Robert Melville (Wayland, MA) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Melville finished 6-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Melville defeated Melvin Shaw (Laurel, MD) 9-4, then won 7-1 against Ann Drummie (Laurel, MD) and 5-3 against Ivaylo Petrov (Plainfield, NJ). Melville won 7-6 against Philip Bruce (Cape Cod, MA), then won 7-4 against Michael Stefanik (Schenectady, NY) and 8-4 against Timothy Ho (Wayland, MA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Melville did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Melville ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.