Lucien Lottenbach (Luzern, SUI) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Lottenbach finished 3-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lottenbach defeated
Jan Klossner (Langenthal, SUI) 7-2, then went on to lose
9-7 against
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Lottenbach responded with a
5-3 win over
Eddy Mercier (Lyon, FRA). Lottenbach went on to lose
5-4 against
Robin Brydone (Perth, SCO). Lottenbach responded with a
7-4 win over
Klossner. Lottenbach went on to lose
7-3 against
Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
Lottenbach earned
5.964 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Lottenbach move up 13 spots after posting a net gain of 4.046 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 92nd overall with
39.019 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Lottenbach ranks 76th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
25.590 points earned so far this season.
