Korey Dropkin (Southborough, MA) finished 1-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin lost 5-4 to Alexander Attinger (Dübendorf, SUI), then responded with a 5-3 win over Jim Milosevich (St Paul, MN). Dropkin went on to lose 7-6 against Todd Birr (Mankato, MN). Dropkin lost 6-2 to Eric Fenson (Bemidji, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 16 of the event schedule, Dropkin did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 170th to 173rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 5.231 total points. Dropkin ranks 159th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.325 points earned so far this season.