France's Thomas Dufour needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, France's Thomas Dufour finished 6-5 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, France's Thomas Dufour lost 10-2 to Andy Kapp (Fussen, GER), then responded with a 6-5 win over Korea's Jae Ho Lee. France's Thomas Dufour went on to lose 9-8 against Scotland's Warwick Smith. France's Thomas Dufour responded with a 6-2 win over United States's Todd Birr. France's Thomas Dufour won 7-3 against Denmark's Johnny Frederiksen. France's Thomas Dufour went on to lose 12-5 against Canada's Glenn Howard. France's Thomas Dufour responded with a 9-7 win over Norway's Thomas Ulsrud. France's Thomas Dufour won 7-3 against Australia's Hugh Millikin. France's Thomas Dufour went on to lose 7-5 against Sweden's Peja Lindholm. France's Thomas Dufour responded with a 10-6 win over Switzerland's Ralph Stöckli. France's Thomas Dufour went on to lose 10-6 against Finland's Markku Uusipaavalniemi in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, France's Thomas Dufour did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. France's Thomas Dufour ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.