Joel Retornaz (Cortina, ITA) finished 2-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Jan Hauser (Zurich, SUI) 6-4, then went on to lose 8-3 against Switzerland's Bernhard Werthemann. Retornaz lost 8-2 to Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) where Retornaz responded with a 7-6 win over Finland's Tomi Rantamaki in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 10 of the event schedule, Retornaz did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 573rd to 574th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Retornaz ranks 414th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.