At the International Championship, Joyce overcame Martin Gould 6–3, before losing 6–4 to Zhou Yuelong. He also lost in the second round of the UK Championship 6–2 against David Gilbert.&lt;ref name="2016/17"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; The highlight of Joyce's season came at the China Open where, after narrowly seeing off Fraser Patrick 5–4, he was never behind against Ronnie O'Sullivan in another 5–4 win. It was the only time Joyce played in the last 16 of a ranking event this season and he was defeated 5–3 by Ding Junhui.