In the 2019–20 season, Ding and compatriot Yan Bingtao participated in the World Cup. They beat Andy Lee and Cheung Ka Wai 4–0 in the quarter-finals, before losing 4–1 in the semi-finals to eventual winners John Higgins and Stephen Maguire. Ding reached the quarter-finals of the 2019 International Championship. At the 2019 Six-red World Championship, he reached the quarter-finals, losing to Gary Wilson after a 5–4 lead.