Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Gill/Hewitt finished 2-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gill/Hewitt defeated Sarah Wark/Andrew Nerpin (Kelowna , BC) 9-0, then won 7-6 against Shannon Birchard/John Morris (Winnipeg, MB). Gill/Hewitt went on to lose 7-6 against Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON). Gill/Hewitt lost 7-4 to Lauren Wasylkiw/Shane Konings (Stouffville, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Gill/Hewitt earned 5.250 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 16 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.