In December 2009, Fu participated in the East Asian Games, held in Hong Kong. In the singles competition Yu Delu beat him by 4–1 in the quarter-finals, but he later won a gold medal in the team competition. Fu lost his next three first-round matches. He lost against Peter Lines 3–9 at the 2009 UK Championship, Peter Ebdon 2–6 at the Masters and Andrew Higginson 2–5 at the Welsh Open. However, Fu won the 2010 Championship League by beating Mark Allen 3–2 in the final. Fu also reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 China Open, where he lost 1–5 against Mark Williams. At the last ranking event of the season, the World Championship Fu faced Martin Gould and led 5–4 after the first session. Ultimately Fu lost the match 9–10.