Wayne Middaugh (Toronto, ON) finished 3-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Middaugh defeated Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB) 8-2, then went on to lose 7-1 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Middaugh responded with a 7-4 win over Kerry Burtnyk (Winnipeg, MB). Middaugh won 5-3 against Markus Eggler (Basel, SUI). Middaugh went on to lose 8-5 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Beausejour, MB). Middaugh lost 7-2 to Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Middaugh did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Middaugh ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.