France's Thomas Dufour4-5 at 2009 Le Gruyere European Curling Championship

France's Thomas Dufour finished 4-5 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, France's Thomas Dufour lost 6-5 to Ireland's Peter J.D. Wilson, then responded with a 8-3 win over Sweden's Mathias Mabergs. France's Thomas Dufour went on to lose 10-3 against Norway's Thomas Ulsrud. France's Thomas Dufour responded with a 10-5 win over Spain's Antonio De Mollinedo. France's Thomas Dufour won 10-7 against Switzerland's Stefan Karnusian. France's Thomas Dufour went on to lose 6-3 against Denmark's Ulrik Schmidt. France's Thomas Dufour lost 5-4 to Germany's Andy Kapp. France's Thomas Dufour lost 6-5 to Scotland's David Murdoch where France's Thomas Dufour responded with a 4-3 win over Czech Republic's Jiri Snitil in their final qualifying round match.

France's Thomas Dufour earned 8.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week of the event schedule, France's Thomas Dufour did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. France's Thomas Dufour ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.