Stefan Karnusian (St. Moritz, SUI) finished 1-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Karnusian lost 6-1 to David Murdoch (Dumfries, SCO), then responded with a 7-5 win over Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE). Karnusian went on to lose 7-3 against Andy Kapp (Fussen, GER). Karnusian lost 7-3 to Scotland's Warwick Smith in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Karnusian did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Karnusian ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.