Ikue Kitazawa/Kohsuke Hirata (Karuizawa, JPN) finished 2-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa/Hirata defeated Ying Yang/Dongxu Jiang (Harbin, CHN) 7-6, then won 7-6 against Veronica Zappone/Simone Gonin (Trentino, ITA). Kitazawa/Hirata went on to lose 8-2 against Yang/Jiang. Kitazawa/Hirata lost 7-3 to Becca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (Madison, USA). Kitazawa/Hirata lost 8-7 to Zappone/Gonin. Kitazawa/Hirata lost 10-5 to Hamilton/Hamilton in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 3 of the event schedule, Kitazawa/Hirata did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kitazawa/Hirata ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.