Sari Karjalainen/Markku Karjalainen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 4-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Karjalainen/Karjalainen defeated Helle Christiansen/Jack Brendle (Hvidovre, DEN) 9-6, then won 9-5 against Monika Kunkelova/Radoslav Duris (Bratislava, SVK) and 11-3 against Signe Falkenberg/Ain Villau (Tallinn, EST). Karjalainen/Karjalainen won 7-6 against Lucrezia Celentano/Gabriele Dallapiccola (Trentino, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Karjalainen/Karjalainen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Karjalainen/Karjalainen ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.