Graeme Black (Perth, SCO) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Black defeated Kelly Marnoch (Carberry, MB) 5-1, then went on to lose 7-3 against Grant Hardie (Dumfries, SCO). Black lost 5-3 to Scotland's Bruce Mouat. Black lost 7-1 to Warwick Smith (Perth, SCO) where Black responded with a 6-1 win over Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 16 of the event schedule, Black did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 222nd to 225th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 3.180 total points. Black ranks 135th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.180 points earned so far this season.