Cristin Clark/Matt Birklid (Seattle, WA) finished 0-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Clark/Birklid lost 11-4 to Monica Walker/Jason Smith (St. Paul, MN), droppimg another game, 7-5 to Jie Mei/Jingyuan Wang (Harbin, CHN). Clark/Birklid lost 6-3 to Sherry Just/Ryan Deis (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 10 of the event schedule, Clark/Birklid did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Clark/Birklid ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.