his 2014/2015 season was much better as he started it by beating jimmy white 5–2 to qualify for the 2014 wuxi classic. in patrick's debut at a chinese ranking event he lost 5–3 to sam baird. he whitewashed stuart bingham 4–0 at the minor-ranking paul hunter classic and then defeated matthew stevens 4–3 and jamie jones 4–1 to reach the last 16, where rod lawler ended his run 4–0.<ref name="2014/15"></ref> patrick won his first ever match at the venue stage of a ranking event by seeing off jamie burnett 6–4 at the uk championship. he then knocked out world number 22 ryan day 6–4, during which he made a 139 break which went on to be the third highest of the event. in his second last 32 appearance at a ranking event he lost 6–3 to judd trump. patrick qualified for the indian open, but lost 4–2 to jamie cope in the first round. patrick could not get into the top 64 in the world rankings (he was 77th), but by finishing 40th on the european order of merit he earned himself a new two-year tour place.