Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS) finished 1-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fomina/Stukalsky lost 10-4 to Linda Joo/Lorinc Tatar (Budapest, HUN), then responded with a 8-4 win over Blanka Pathy-Dencso/Gergely Szabo (Budapest, HUN). Fomina/Stukalsky went on to lose 6-5 against Joo/Tatar. Fomina/Stukalsky lost 6-5 to Vera Kalocsai/Otto Kalocsay (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. Fomina/Stukalsky move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 1.481 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 667th overall with 90.648 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Fomina/Stukalsky ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 90.648 points earned so far this season.