Italy's Joel Retornaz finished 3-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Italy's Joel Retornaz lost 7-4 to Switzerland's Christof Schwaller, then responded with a 8-5 win over Daniel Neuner (Hamburg, GER). Italy's Joel Retornaz won 7-3 against Thomas Due (Oslo, NOR), then won 6-5 against Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI). Italy's Joel Retornaz went on to lose 7-6 against Sweden's Per Carlsen. Italy's Joel Retornaz lost 6-4 to Switzerland's Peter de Cruz in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 7 of the event schedule, Italy's Joel Retornaz did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 138th to 140th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 8.228 total points. Italy's Joel Retornaz ranks 485th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.