Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Chris Gardner (Ottawa, ON) 7-1, then went on to lose 4-3 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Smith lost 6-4 to Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) where Smith responded with a 7-5 win over Christopher Plys (Blaine, USA). Smith went on to lose 6-4 against John Epping (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Smith did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 49th to 51st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 28.233 total points. Smith ranks 499th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.