Claudio Pescia (St. Galler, SUI) finished 3-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pescia lost 6-2 to Jiri Snitil (Brno, CZE), then responded with a 6-3 win over Switzerland's Florian Meister. Pescia went on to lose 5-4 against Patrick Vuille (Glarus, SUI). Pescia responded with a 10-3 win over Scotland's Jamie Dick. Pescia won 6-4 against Switzerland's Stefan Heilmann. Pescia went on to lose 5-4 against Switzerland's Kevin Froidevaux in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Pescia did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Pescia ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.