Alexander Baumann (Fuessen, GER) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Baumann finished 3-6 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Baumann defeated
Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) 8-6, then won
8-2 against
Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT). Baumann went on to lose
6-5 against
Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE). Baumann lost
6-4 to
Evgeniy Arkhipov (Moscow, RUS) where Baumann responded with a
7-4 win over
David Edwards (Aberdeen, SCO). Baumann went on to lose
8-7 against
Joel Retornaz (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA). Baumann lost
6-4 to
Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI). Baumann lost
8-2 to
Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Baumann lost
8-7 to
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
Baumann earned
6.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 51 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 104th place overall with
11.882 total points. Baumann ranks 89th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
6.000 points earned so far this season.
