Ali Carter was the defending champion, but he was defeated 3 4 by Yan Bingtao in the last 32.
He edged out Peter Ebdon 5 4 to qualify for the 2014 Wuxi Classic, but lost 5 1 to Yan Bingtao in the first round.
The final was won by 17-year-old Iranian Hossein Vafaei, defeating Lee Walker of Wales 10 9 . In 2014, fourteen-year-old Yan Bingtao beat Pakistan's Muhammad Sajjad 8 7 to become the youngest ever world champion in snooker.
During the 2015 / 2016 season, MacGillivray participated in the 2015 Six-red World Championship, but lost all five of his group matches-1 5 to Yan Bingtao and Mark Davis, 2 5 to Soheil Vahedi and 3 5 to Noppon Saengkham and Stuart Bingham.