Paulina Hajduk/Jan Horacek (Bratislava, SVK) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Hajduk/Horacek finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hajduk/Horacek lost 7-2 to Laura Knowles/Pascal Michaud (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a 8-2 win over Darila Gudovski/Olev Gudovski (Tallinn, EST). Hajduk/Horacek went on to lose 12-0 against Evita Regza/Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Hajduk/Horacek earned 1.875 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 36 of the event schedule, Hajduk/Horacek did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hajduk/Horacek ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.