Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP) finished 0-4 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Unanue lost 8-1 to Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS), droppimg another game, 7-3 to Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI). Unanue lost 8-0 to Switzerland's Michael Brunner. Unanue lost 6-5 to Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 1 of the event schedule, Unanue did not improve upon their best events, dropping from th to 640th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Unanue ranks 241st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.