McGill lost in qualifying for the first three events of the season, but at the Indian Open he reached the quarter-finals of a ranking tournament for the first time.&lt;ref name="2013/14"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; He faced Robbie Williams and was whitewashed 4–0. At the minor-ranking Zhengzhou Open, he let a 2–0 lead slip in the semi-finals against Liang Wenbo to lose 4–3. McGill was beaten in the last 32 of ranking events on three further occasions during the season.