Ginette Simard/Marc Cote (Saguenay, QC) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Simard/Cote finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Simard/Cote lost
9-1 to
Audrey Laplante/Jasmin Gibeau (Thurso, QC), droppimg another game,
8-3 to
Genevieve Frappier/Martin Begin (Rosemere, QC) where Simard/Cote responded with a
9-5 win over
Karina Theriault/Joe Beland (Riviere-du-Loup, QC) in their final qualifying round match.
Simard/Cote earned
1.205 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1.204 after improving upon their best so far this season. Simard/Cote ranks 310th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
1.204 points earned so far this season.
