Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA) finished 3-8 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dufour defeated Sweden's Per Carlsen 5-1, then went on to lose 9-3 against Torger Nergaard (Oslo, NOR). Dufour lost 8-6 to Warwick Smith (Perth, SCO). Dufour lost 9-6 to Germany's Andy Kapp. Dufour lost 5-4 to Stefan Karnusian (St. Moritz, SUI). Dufour lost 7-5 to Pete Fenson (Bemidji, USA) where Dufour responded with a 9-4 win over Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN). Dufour went on to lose 7-1 against Kevin Koe (Edmonton, CAN). Dufour responded with a 7-4 win over Japan's Makato Tsuruga. Dufour went on to lose 9-8 against Italy's Joel Retornaz. Dufour lost 6-4 to Denmark's Ulrik Schmidt in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Dufour did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Dufour ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.