Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Melbourne, AUS) finished 2-2 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gill/Hewitt lost 11-7 to Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN), then responded with a 7-4 win over Sherry Just/Dean Grindheim (Prince Albert, SK). Gill/Hewitt won 7-3 against Ashley Thevenot/Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK). Gill/Hewitt went on to lose 9-7 against Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Gill/Hewitt earned 5.250 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 18 of the event schedule, Gill/Hewitt did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Gill/Hewitt ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.