Christian Heinimann (Basel, SUI) finished 2-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Heinimann defeated Bart Klomp (Zoetermeer, NED) 7-2, then went on to lose 6-3 against Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS). Heinimann lost 9-3 to Bjorn Jungen (Bern, SUI) where Heinimann responded with a 7-5 win over Jan Iseli (Solothun, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 6 of the event schedule, Heinimann did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Heinimann ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.