Alexander Orlov (St. Petersburg, RUS) finished 3-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Orlov defeated Kirill Surovov (Dmitrov, RUS) 4-2, then won 5-4 against Georgy Epremyan (Moscow, RUS). Orlov went on to lose 8-2 against Aleksandr Kirikov (Moscow, RUS). Orlov responded with a 8-5 win over Vasiliy Groshev (Krasnoyarsk, RUS). Orlov went on to lose 5-4 against Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS). Orlov lost 5-4 to Vadim Raev (Moscow, RUS). Orlov lost 5-2 to Mikhail Vlasenko (Irkutsk, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Orlov ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.