David Murdoch (Lockerbie, UK) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Murdoch finished 5-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murdoch lost 6-4 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE), then responded with a 9-4 win over Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA). Murdoch went on to lose 4-3 against Markus Eggler (St. Gallen, SUI). Murdoch responded with a 9-6 win over Ulrik Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN). Murdoch won 9-4 against Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN). Murdoch went on to lose 7-6 against Kevin Martin (Edmonton, CAN). Murdoch responded with a 4-2 win over John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Murdoch won 8-2 against Andy Kapp (Fuessen, GER). Murdoch went on to lose 9-5 against Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Murdoch did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Murdoch ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.