Heather Rankin (Calgary, AB) finished 1-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rankin defeated Holly Scott (Winnipeg, MB) 7-5, then went on to lose 5-3 against Bobbie Sauder (Edmonton, AB). Rankin lost 6-5 to Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN). Rankin lost 5-4 to Liudmila Privivkova (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Rankin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Rankin ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.