Andrey Smirnov (Moscow, RUS) finished 5-6 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smirnov defeated Germany's Christiane Putzich 7-3, then won 11-1 against Viljar Villiste (Tallinn, EST). Smirnov went on to lose 7-2 against Rune Lorentsen (Oslo, NOR). Smirnov responded with a 7-4 win over Polina Rozkova (Riga, LAT). Smirnov went on to lose 7-5 against Steve Emt (Madison, USA). Smirnov responded with a 8-4 win over Radoslav Duris (Bratislava, SVK). Smirnov went on to lose 6-3 against Canada's Mark Ideson. Smirnov lost 4-3 to Haitao Wang (Beijing, CHN). Smirnov lost 5-4 to Aileen Neilson (Stirling, SCO). Smirnov lost 7-1 to Jinho Cha (Seoul, KOR) where Smirnov responded with a 7-2 win over Switzerland's Raymond Pfyffer in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 30 of the event schedule, Smirnov did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Smirnov ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.