Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 1-4 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste lost 7-6 to Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT), droppimg another game, 5-3 to Marc Pfister (Bern, SUI) where Kauste responded with a 5-4 win over Alexander Baumann (Fuessen, GER). Kauste went on to lose 7-5 against Bernhard Werthemann (Berne, SUI). Kauste lost 6-5 to James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 11 of the event schedule, Kauste did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 107th to 115th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 8.288 total points. Kauste ranks 148th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.108 points earned so far this season.