Troy Dittberner (Alexandria, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Dittberner finished 1-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dittberner defeated Daniel Fort (Greenville, SC) 8-0, then went on to lose 6-3 against Brent Cooke (Richmond, VA). Dittberner lost 6-5 to Matt Galas (Chicago, IL) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Dittberner did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Dittberner ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.