Jin Hee Ahn/Jongduk Park (Seoul, 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, Ahn/Park finished 5-1 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ahn/Park defeated Jisoo Kim/Taewoo Kim (Jeonbuk, KOR) 10-3, then won 6-4 against Ye ji Seol/San Kim (Gyeonggi, KOR). Ahn/Park went on to lose 6-5 against Eunchae Lee/MinWoo Kim (Seoul, KOR). Ahn/Park responded with a 6-3 win over Subin Kim/Kyungho Park (Chungbuk, KOR). Ahn/Park won 7-5 against Suhyeon Kim/JaeBeom Lee (Uiseong, KOR), then won 9-3 against Chohi Kim/Kibok Lee (Gangwon, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 1 of the event schedule, Ahn/Park did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Ahn/Park ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.