Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rantamaki lost 7-5 to Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS), droppimg another game, 7-2 to Thomas Loevold (Oslo, NOR). Rantamaki lost 10-3 to Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) where Rantamaki responded with a 7-6 win over Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, UK). Rantamaki won 6-3 against Switzerland's Stephane Marietan in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Rantamaki did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 119th to 122nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 7.767 total points. Rantamaki ranks 491st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.