 In the World Championship, Murphy, seeded eighth, beat Robin Hull 10 – 3, Joe Perry 13 – 5, Anthony McGill 13 – 8 and Barry Hawkins 17 – 9 to reach his third World Championship final, meeting tenth seed Stuart Bingham. In the final, despite leading 3 – 0 and 8 – 5, Murphy fell behind 14 – 11 in the third session. Despite fighting back to level the score at 15 – 15, Murphy lost the next three frames and the final 18 – 15.
