In the &lt;a href="2012%E2%80%9313%20snooker%20season"&gt;2012/2013 season&lt;/a&gt; Lu was awarded a place in the wildcard round for five ranking events, losing at this stage in four of them.&lt;ref name="2012/13"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; At the International Championship he beat Barry Pinches 6–5, before losing in the first round 6–4 to Ricky Walden. He played in all three of the new Asian Players Tour Championships, but could not advance beyond the third round in any of them to finish 45th on the Asian Order of Merit.