Seunghee Yang/Taehwan Kim (Seoul, KOR) finished 3-5 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yang/Kim defeated Anah Jeong/Ohwoo Kwon (Bongmyung, KOR) 14-2, then won 12-4 against Jaehee Jeong/Byeonghyo Chae (Jeonbuk, KOR). Yang/Kim went on to lose 10-4 against Hyerin Kim/Minhyeon Yoo (Gangwon, KOR). Yang/Kim responded with a 12-3 win over Eunche Lee/Jinwoong Park (Daejon, KOR). Yang/Kim went on to lose 9-7 against Seonyeong Kim/Yeongseok Jeong (Gangwon, KOR). Yang/Kim lost 7-4 to Su ji Kim/Jeongmin Kim (Gyeonggido, KOR). Yang/Kim lost 7-3 to Minhyo Kang/JaeBeom Lee (Gyeongbuk, KOR). Yang/Kim lost 9-3 to Youbeen Park/JeongJae Lee (Seoul, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 1 of the event schedule, Yang/Kim did not improve upon their best events, dropping from th to 437th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Yang/Kim ranks 76th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.