Kyeongae Kim/Jihoon Seong (Gangwon, KOR) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Kim/Seong finished 5-1 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim/Seong defeated Nara Kang/Si-Woo Moon (Gyeonggi, KOR) 11-3, then won 10-1 against Dahye Jo/Jangyeon Cho (Chungbuk, KOR) and 8-5 against Yubin Park/Jeongmin Kim (Seoul, KOR). Kim/Seong won 10-7 against Min Ji Kim/Jinwoong Park (Gyeonggi, KOR), then won 10-3 against Yujeong Shim/Seungwon Shim (Jeonbuk, KOR). Kim/Seong went on to lose 7-5 against Seunghee Yang/JeongJae Lee (Seoul, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 1 of the event schedule, Kim/Seong did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kim/Seong ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.