Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT) finished 0-4 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hackner lost 6-5 to Minnesota's Mike Farbelow, droppimg another game, 7-5 to Jia Liang Zang (Beijing, CHN). Hackner lost 7-6 to Geoff Goodland (St. Paul, MN). Hackner lost 6-0 to Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 18 of the event schedule, Hackner did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 138th to 142nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 24.053 total points. Hackner ranks 666th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.