Ilgiz Sayfutdinov (Moscow, RUS) finished 2-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sayfutdinov lost 9-3 to Matthew Pring (Philadelphia, USA), then responded with a 9-2 win over Josep Duro (AND/ENG, ). Sayfutdinov went on to lose 8-6 against Gord Turcotte (Ottawa, ON). Sayfutdinov lost 7-5 to Ueli Hirt (Thun, SUI) where Sayfutdinov responded with a 8-5 win over Christopher Mina (San Francisco, USA). Sayfutdinov went on to lose 5-2 against Felix Schulze (Hamburg, GER) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Sayfutdinov did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Sayfutdinov ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.