France's Thomas Dufour4-7 at 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship

France's Thomas Dufour finished 4-7 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, France's Thomas Dufour defeated Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN) 7-5, then went on to lose 7-2 against Kevin Martin (Edmonton, CAN). France's Thomas Dufour responded with a 8-2 win over Japan's Yusuke Morozumi. France's Thomas Dufour went on to lose 7-3 against Denmark's Ulrik Schmidt. France's Thomas Dufour responded with a 6-5 win over Switzerland's Ralph Stöckli. France's Thomas Dufour went on to lose 7-5 against Germany's Andy Kapp. France's Thomas Dufour responded with a 8-2 win over Finland's Kalle Kiiskinen. France's Thomas Dufour went on to lose 10-4 against Norway's Thomas Ulsrud. France's Thomas Dufour lost 9-1 to Scotland's David Murdoch. France's Thomas Dufour lost 6-2 to Czech Republic's Jiri Snitil. France's Thomas Dufour lost 9-6 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA) 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.