Finland's Markku Karjalainen finished 2-7 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Finland's Markku Karjalainen defeated China's Haitao Wang 5-2, then won 6-5 against Switzerland's Felix Wagner. Finland's Markku Karjalainen went on to lose 6-3 against Scotland's Aileen Neilson. Finland's Markku Karjalainen lost 6-4 to United States's Steve Emt. Finland's Markku Karjalainen lost 8-1 to Norway's Rune Lorentsen. Finland's Markku Karjalainen lost 7-5 to Germany's Christiane Putzich. Finland's Markku Karjalainen lost 8-6 to Canada's Jim Armstrong. Finland's Markku Karjalainen lost 7-6 to Russia's Andrey Smirnov. Finland's Markku Karjalainen lost 9-1 to Korea's Jong Pan Kim in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Finland's Markku Karjalainen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Finland's Markku Karjalainen ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.