Christopher Brooks (St. Paul, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Brooks finished 1-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brooks defeated Michael Glessner (Philadelphia, PA) 7-4, then went on to lose 7-3 against Art Ruohonen (Blaine, MN). Brooks lost 10-8 to John Larson (Chaska, MN). Brooks lost 7-2 to Nick Ward (Mapleton, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Brooks did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Brooks ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.