Patrick Vuille (Glarus, SUI) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Vuille lost 7-2 to David Sik (Praha, CZE), then responded with a 7-3 win over Switzerland's Michael Hoechner. Vuille won 5-4 against Claudio Pescia (St. Galler, SUI). Vuille went on to lose 5-3 against Switzerland's Sven Iten. Vuille lost 6-4 to Ulrik Schmidt (Copenhagen, DEN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Vuille did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Vuille ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.