Nadja Grunder/Peter Hartmann (Thurgau, SUI) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Grunder/Hartmann finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grunder/Hartmann lost 6-1 to Jie Mei/Jingyuan Wang (Harbin, CHN), then responded with a 8-7 win over Noelle Iseli/Rene Iseli (Gstaad, SUI). Grunder/Hartmann won 8-7 against Lucrezia Laurenti/Marco Pascale (Trentino, ITA). Grunder/Hartmann went on to lose 8-1 against Marliese Kasner/Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK). Grunder/Hartmann lost 8-1 to Eliska Srnska/Krystof Tabery (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 15 of the event schedule, Grunder/Hartmann did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Grunder/Hartmann ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.