Kevin Martin (Edmonton, CAN) finished 9-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martin defeated Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) 7-6, then won 9-4 against Andy Kapp (Fuessen, GER) and 7-3 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Martin won 12-5 against Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA), then won 10-3 against Ulrik Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) and 7-6 against David Murdoch (Lockerbie, UK). Martin won 6-4 against Markus Eggler (St. Gallen, SUI), then won 7-2 against John Shuster (Duluth, MN) and 10-3 against Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Martin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Martin ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.