Seonyeong Kim/Yeongseok Jeong (Gangwon, KOR) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Kim/Jeong finished 6-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim/Jeong defeated Minhyo Kang/JaeBeom Lee (Gyeongbuk, KOR) 7-5, then won 7-4 against Su ji Kim/Jeongmin Kim (Gyeonggido, KOR). Kim/Jeong went on to lose 9-4 against Youbeen Park/JeongJae Lee (Seoul, KOR). Kim/Jeong responded with a 8-1 win over Anah Jeong/Ohwoo Kwon (Bongmyung, KOR). Kim/Jeong won 9-7 against Seunghee Yang/Taehwan Kim (Seoul, KOR), then won 9-5 against Eunche Lee/Jinwoong Park (Daejon, KOR). Kim/Jeong went on to lose 9-4 against Hyerin Kim/Minhyeon Yoo (Gangwon, KOR). Kim/Jeong responded with a 15-3 win over Jaehee Jeong/Byeonghyo Chae (Jeonbuk, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 1 of the event schedule, Kim/Jeong did not improve upon their best events, dropping from th to 360th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Kim/Jeong ranks 153rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.