Maguire's first ranking event of the 2013–14 season was the Shanghai Masters where he was beaten 5–2 by Xiao Guodong in the opening round.&lt;ref name="2013/14"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; He reached the semi-finals of the inaugural Indian Open and fought back from 3–0 down against home favourite Aditya Mehta to level at 3–3 but lost the deciding frame. At the UK Championship Maguire came back from 5–2 down against Luca Brecel in the second round to win 6–5 and also edged past Liang Wenbo 6–5, before beating John Higgins 6–3. He lost 6–2 to Neil Robertson in the quarter-finals with the Australian calling the table unplayable after the match.