Anne Sophie Gionest/Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC) finished 1-4 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gionest/Desjardins lost 10-6 to Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN), then responded with a 7-6 win over Megan Smith/Doug Thomson (Newmarket, ON). Gionest/Desjardins went on to lose 8-5 against Alina Paetz/Sven Michel (Zurich, SUI). Gionest/Desjardins lost 8-7 to Riley Sandham/Brendan Craig (Guelph, ON). Gionest/Desjardins lost 7-4 to Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Gionest/Desjardins earned 2.625 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 23 of the event schedule, Gionest/Desjardins did not improve upon their best events, improving from 13th to 12th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 86.579 total points. Gionest/Desjardins ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 67.126 points earned so far this season.