United States's Kirk Black finished 2-9 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, United States's Kirk Black lost 7-3 to Korea's Sunseok Seo, droppimg another game, 6-4 to Germany's Christiane Putzich where United States's Kirk Black responded with a 10-2 win over Sweden's Viljo Petersson-Dahl. United States's Kirk Black went on to lose 8-5 against Finland's Sari Karjalainen. United States's Kirk Black lost 6-4 to Athletes From Russia's Konstantin Kurokhtin. United States's Kirk Black lost 6-4 to China's Haitao Wang. United States's Kirk Black lost 6-5 to Canada's Mark Ideson. United States's Kirk Black lost 7-4 to Switzerland's Felix Wagner where United States's Kirk Black responded with a 9-3 win over Great Britain's Aileen Neilson. United States's Kirk Black went on to lose 5-4 against Norway's Rune Lorentsen. United States's Kirk Black lost 7-6 to Slovakia's Dusan Pitonak in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, United States's Kirk Black did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. United States's Kirk Black ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.