Germany's Christopher Bartsch needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Germany's Christopher Bartsch finished 5-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Germany's Christopher Bartsch defeated
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) 7-5, then won
7-4 against
Joel Retornaz (Cortina, ITA) and
10-6 against
David Murdoch (Lockerbie, SCO). Germany's Christopher Bartsch won
7-4 against
Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA). Germany's Christopher Bartsch went on to lose
10-3 against
Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Germany's Christopher Bartsch lost
7-4 to
Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE). Germany's Christopher Bartsch lost
8-6 to
Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) where Germany's Christopher Bartsch responded with a
6-4 win over
Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT). Germany's Christopher Bartsch went on to lose
4-3 against
Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
Germany's Christopher Bartsch earned
10.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 140 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 119th place overall with
12.130 total points. Germany's Christopher Bartsch ranks 77th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
10.000 points earned so far this season.
