Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Uusipaavalniemi defeated Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) 8-1, then went on to lose 5-3 against Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN). Uusipaavalniemi lost 7-2 to Stefan Staehli (Gstaad, SUI). Uusipaavalniemi lost 7-3 to Martin Lill (Tallinn, EST) where Uusipaavalniemi responded with a 7-4 win over Evgeniy Arkhipov (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Uusipaavalniemi did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 221st to 225th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 1.500 total points. Uusipaavalniemi ranks 418th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.