Melnikow, Alex
Current rating: 1675
Record: 18-15-1 (GP) / 23-24-1 (professional)
| Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2013 (GTC limited) | starting rating: 1686 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 344 | Crock, Shannon (1465) | Won 2-0 | +141700 |
| 2sealed | 297 | Delaurentis, Marcus (1518) | Won 2-1 | +151715 |
| 3sealed | 207 | Smith, Kasey (1555) | Won 2-0 | +151730 |
| 4sealed | 166 | Kofsky, Robert (1649) | Lost 1-2 | -201710 |
| 5sealed | 193 | Parker, Brock (1933) | Lost 0-2 | -141696 |
| 6sealed | 339 | Brock, Kyle (1535) | Lost 1-2 | -211675 |
| top | average opponent: 1609record: 3-3 | new rating: 1675 | ||
| Grand Prix Atlanta 2008 (ALA limited) | starting rating: 1659 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 4sealed | 78 | Gosche, Matt (1553) | Lost 0-2 | -191640 |
| 5sealed | 104 | Rawson, Ken (1502) | Lost 1-2 | -211619 |
| 6sealed | 168 | Mollenkopf, Tyler (1546) | Won 2-1 | +171636 |
| 7sealed | 129 | Pallone, Eric P (1611) | Won 2-0 | +171653 |
| 8sealed | 97 | Roper, Derrick (1555) | Won 2-1 | +161669 |
| 9sealed | 38 | Wainwright, Matt (1578) | Won 2-0 | +171686 |
| top | average opponent: 1558record: 4-2 | new rating: 1686 | ||
| Grand Prix Kansas City 2008 (ALA limited) | starting rating: 1612 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 4sealed | 1 | Haefner, Bob (1519) | Won 2-0 | +171629 |
| 5sealed | 50 | Strasberg, Steven (1613) | Won 2-0 | +171646 |
| 6sealed | 23 | Sonne, Jonathan (1945) | Lost 0-2 | -121634 |
| 7sealed | 46 | Piazza, Brett (1629) | Lost 1-2 | -191615 |
| 8sealed | 101 | Olson, Josh (1569) | Won 2-0 | +181633 |
| 9sealed | 43 | Thorp, Zachary W (1574) | Won 2-1 | +171650 |
| 10draft | 14 | Herberholz, Mark (1864) | Lost 0-2 | -151635 |
| 11draft | 23 | Wolansky, Steven (1734) | Won 2-0 | +201655 |
| 12draft | 31 | Connor, Sean (1631) | Won 2-0 | +181673 |
| 13draft | 12 | Sadin, Steven (1937) | Lost 0-2 | -141659 |
| 15draft | 11 | Cheon, Paul (1949) | ID | 01659 |
| top | average opponent: 1724record: 6-4-1 | new rating: 1659 | ||
| Pro Tour San Diego 2004 (DST draft) | starting rating: 1492 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1draft | 103 | Taulbee, Brad (1746) | Lost 0-2 | -131479 |
| 2draft | 124 | Lamarche, Alexandre (1483) | Won 2-0 | +181497 |
| 3draft | 85 | Giusti, Norberto (1641) | Won 2-1 | +201517 |
| 4draft | 123 | Evans, Murray (1627) | Won 2-0 | +201537 |
| 5draft | 125 | Peset, Alexandre (1847) | Won 2-1 | +241561 |
| 6draft | 29 | Aten, Timothy (1776) | Won 2-0 | +221583 |
| 7draft | 9 | Nassif, Gabriel (2189) | Won 2-1 | +271610 |
| 8draft | 25 | Levy, Raphael (2019) | Won 2-0 | +251635 |
| 9draft | 5 | Hirabayashi, Kazuya (1919) | Lost 0-2 | -121623 |
| 10draft | 5 | Stark, Ben S (1986) | Lost 0-2 | -121611 |
| 11draft | 11 | Kibler, Brian (1982) | Lost 1-2 | -121599 |
| 12draft | 37 | Cuneo, Andrew (1858) | Lost 1-2 | -131586 |
| 13draft | 2 | Spaulding, Ian (1762) | Won 2-1 | +211607 |
| 14draft | 3 | Godinez Estrada, Gerardo (1659) | Lost 1-2 | -171590 |
| 15draft | 38 | Menard, Antoine (1820) | Won 2-0 | +221612 |
| top | average opponent: 1821record: 9-6 | new rating: 1612 | ||
| Grand Prix Columbus 2004 (DST limited) | starting rating: 1492 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 120 | Curtis, Craig (1519) | Draw 1-1 | 01492 |
| top | record: 0-0-1 | new rating: 1492 | ||
| Grand Prix Boston 2003 (LGN limited) | starting rating: 1498 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 4sealed | 79 | Reeves, Neil (1792) | Won 2-1 | +231521 |
| 5sealed | 31 | Ryder, Jake (1567) | Lost 0-2 | -171504 |
| 6sealed | 25 | Moore, Jeremy (1589) | Lost 0-2 | -171487 |
| 7sealed | 109 | giordano, angelo (1538) | Won 2-0 | +191506 |
| 8sealed | 41 | Tsai, Tony (1680) | Lost 1-2 | -141492 |
| top | average opponent: 1633record: 2-3 | new rating: 1492 | ||
| Pro Tour Chicago 2003 (ONS rochester) | starting rating: 1523 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1rochester | 44 | Rebagliati, Nicola (1658) | Won 2-0 | +211544 |
| 2rochester | 37 | Zaun, Michael (1560) | Lost 0-2 | -181526 |
| 3rochester | 84 | Ribar, Ammi (1477) | Lost 1-2 | -191507 |
| 5rochester | 79 | Maher, Bob (2044) | Lost 0-2 | -91498 |
| top | average opponent: 1685record: 1-3 | new rating: 1498 | ||
| 2002 World Championship (mixed) | starting rating: 1490 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1standard | 95 | Murakami, Yuuki (1503) | Lost 0-2 | -181472 |
| 2standard | 83 | Harle, Thomas (1602) | Won 2-0 | +211493 |
| 3standard | 56 | Gardos, Gergely (1381) | Won 2-1 | +161509 |
| 4standard | 46 | Chai, Royce Ming Huang (1720) | Won 2-0 | +211530 |
| 5standard | 25 | Darras, Alexandre (1597) | Won 2-0 | +201550 |
| 6standard | 17 | Campbell, Gary (1461) | Lost 1-2 | -201530 |
| 7draft | 13 | Minh-dot, Thai (1506) | Won 2-1 | +171547 |
| 8draft | 39 | Haim, Christophe (1971) | Lost 1-2 | -101537 |
| 9draft | 28 | Law, Albertus Hui Chin (1910) | Lost 0-2 | -121525 |
| 10draft | 69 | Boeken, Noah (1864) | Won 2-1 | +241549 |
| 11draft | 63 | Balogh, Andras (1647) | Won 2-0 | +201569 |
| 12draft | 23 | Richards, Scott (1838) | Lost 1-2 | -131556 |
| 13block | 38 | Rosati, Dante (1630) | Lost 0-2 | -171539 |
| 14block | 45 | Dong, Zhong (1552) | Lost 1-2 | -181521 |
| 15block | 60 | Mayer, Michael (1637) | Lost 0-2 | -161505 |
| 16block | 68 | Udomrattanamanee, Suttiporn (1484) | Lost 1-2 | -181487 |
| 17block | 78 | Vefa, Yusuf Kemal (1321) | Won 2-0 | +151502 |
| 18block | 69 | Guevin, Peter (1668) | Won 2-0 | +211523 |
| top | average opponent: 1627record: 9-9 | new rating: 1523 | ||
| Pro Tour Nice 2002 (TOR draft) | starting rating: 1493 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1draft | 36 | Klauser, Benedikt (1797) | Lost 1-2 | -121481 |
| 2draft | 159 | Braatz, Jim (1507) | Won 2-0 | +181499 |
| 3draft | 126 | Pagano, Alessandro (1556) | Draw 1-1 | +11500 |
| 4draft | 79 | Morel, Yael (1550) | Won 2-1 | +191519 |
| 5draft | 4 | Hadfield, Kyle (1532) | Lost 0-2 | -181501 |
| 6draft | 69 | Baberowski, Dirk (1875) | Lost 0-2 | -111490 |
| top | average opponent: 1636record: 2-3-1 | new rating: 1490 | ||
| Pro Tour San Diego 2002 (ODY rochester) | starting rating: 1502 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1rochester | 125 | Wiegersma, Jelger (1899) | Won 2-1 | +251527 |
| 2rochester | 143 | Wright, Stuart (1549) | Lost 1-2 | -181509 |
| 3rochester | 34 | Duarte, Joao (1576) | Won 2-0 | +191528 |
| 4rochester | 162 | McKeon, Robert (1393) | Lost 1-2 | -201508 |
| 5rochester | 30 | McCord, Scott (1713) | Lost 0-2 | -151493 |
| top | average opponent: 1626record: 2-3 | new rating: 1493 | ||
| Grand Prix Boston 2001 (PLS limited) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 167 | Kvecher, Leonid (1527) | Won 2-1 | +181518 |
| 2sealed | 81 | Kim, Terence (1518) | Won 2-0 | +181536 |
| 3sealed | 85 | Cain, Joe (1535) | Lost 0-2 | -181518 |
| 4sealed | 170 | Gurwitz, Zev (1536) | Won 2-0 | +191537 |
| 5sealed | 46 | Fitch, Britt (1638) | Lost 1-2 | -161521 |
| 6sealed | 111 | Raymond, Ben (1471) | Lost 0-2 | -191502 |
| top | average opponent: 1538record: 3-3 | new rating: 1502 | ||