Merten, David
Current rating: 1732 (#4723)
Record: 51-32-4 (GP) / 2-3-1 (professional)
| Grand Prix Vienna 2001 (ODY limited) | starting rating: 1758 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 153 | Sita, Jaroslav (1650) | Lost 0-2 | -201738 |
| 3sealed | 239 | Gaspar, Attila (1506) | Won 2-0 | +131751 |
| 4sealed | 116 | Cikac, Tadej (1522) | Draw 1-1 | -41747 |
| 5sealed | 138 | Ivancic, Aljaz (1562) | Lost 1-2 | -211726 |
| 6sealed | 173 | Domagalski, Tomasz (1502) | Won 2-0 | +141740 |
| 7sealed | 119 | Albrecht, Jens (1486) | Lost 0-2 | -231717 |
| 8sealed | 122 | Braun, Matthias (1503) | Won 2-1 | +151732 |
| top | average opponent: 1533record: 3-3-1 | new rating: 1732 | ||
| Grand Prix Gothenburg 2001 (PLS limited) | starting rating: 1782 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 48 | Dahl, Alexander [SWE] (1518) | Lost 0-2 | -221760 |
| 3sealed | 82 | Laier, Peter (1601) | Won 2-1 | +151775 |
| 4sealed | 110 | Sjuve, Adrian (1519) | Won 2-1 | +131788 |
| 5sealed | 81 | Hoppe, Karsten (1561) | Lost 1-2 | -221766 |
| 6sealed | 90 | Strombro, Jorgen (1518) | Won 2-0 | +141780 |
| 7sealed | 52 | Wahlstedt, Fredrik (1552) | Lost 0-2 | -221758 |
| top | average opponent: 1545record: 3-3 | new rating: 1758 | ||
| Grand Prix Prague 2001 (PLS limited) | starting rating: 1699 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 48 | Baudys, Ondrej (1623) | Won 2-1 | +171716 |
| 3sealed | 70 | Joebstl, Markus (1771) | Won 2-0 | +191735 |
| 4sealed | 4 | Schleif, Filip (1500) | Won 2-0 | +141749 |
| 5sealed | 17 | Ruel, Olivier (1959) | Won 2-1 | +211770 |
| 6sealed | 7 | Svoboda, Cenek (1596) | Lost 1-2 | -211749 |
| 7sealed | 22 | Vasicek, David (1579) | Won 2-0 | +151764 |
| 8sealed | 12 | Mariani, Rui (1763) | Lost 1-2 | -181746 |
| 9draft | 26 | Boeken, Noah (1998) | Won 2-0 | +231769 |
| 10draft | 16 | Zidek, Arnost (1518) | Lost 0-2 | -231746 |
| 11draft | 19 | Smrek, Juraj (1649) | Won 2-1 | +161762 |
| 12draft | 12 | Genders, Bart (1702) | Won 2-0 | +171779 |
| 13draft | 13 | Boeken, Noah (2009) | Lost 1-2 | -141765 |
| 14draft | 17 | Jorstedt, Mattias (1700) | Won 2-0 | +171782 |
| top | average opponent: 1721record: 9-4 | new rating: 1782 | ||
| Grand Prix Cologne 2001 (PLS limited) | starting rating: 1644 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 117 | Schwankl, Andre (1464) | Lost 0-2 | -221622 |
| 2sealed | 236 | Baierhofer, Horst (1433) | Won 2-0 | +151637 |
| 3sealed | 100 | Kahabka, Helmut (1500) | Won 2-0 | +151652 |
| 4sealed | 94 | Blontrock, Stijn (1558) | Won 2-0 | +171669 |
| 5sealed | 80 | Hartmann, Yves (1536) | Lost 1-2 | -211648 |
| 6sealed | 130 | Sprenger, Marco (1519) | Won 2-0 | +161664 |
| 7sealed | 76 | Rade, Olle (1773) | Won 2-0 | +201684 |
| 8sealed | 35 | Jungling, Sebastian (1539) | Won 2-0 | +151699 |
| top | average opponent: 1540record: 6-2 | new rating: 1699 | ||
| Grand Prix Amsterdam 2001 (INV limited) | starting rating: 1605 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 132 | Buttgereit, Dieter (1518) | Won 2-0 | +161621 |
| 3sealed | 43 | Tenenbaum, Amiel (1500) | Won 2-1 | +161637 |
| 4sealed | 64 | Pagorek, Laurent (1512) | Lost 0-2 | -201617 |
| 5sealed | 90 | Hugi, Niklaus (1637) | Won 2-1 | +181635 |
| 6sealed | 28 | Wennberg, Nicklas (1536) | Won 2-0 | +161651 |
| 7sealed | 43 | Klauser, Benedikt (1876) | Won 2-1 | +221673 |
| 8sealed | 9 | Van Der Eerden, Jos (1591) | Won 2-0 | +171690 |
| 9draft | 5 | Nitter, Eivind (1766) | Lost 0-2 | -171673 |
| 10draft | 18 | Rade, Olle (1727) | Lost 0-2 | -171656 |
| 11draft | 23 | Shvartsman, Alex (1834) | Lost 0-2 | -151641 |
| 12draft | 28 | Genders, Bart (1517) | Draw 1-1 | -21639 |
| 13draft | 26 | Snepvangers, Bram (1702) | Lost 0-2 | -171622 |
| 14draft | 28 | Jorstedt, Mattias (1809) | Won 2-0 | +221644 |
| top | average opponent: 1656record: 7-5-1 | new rating: 1644 | ||
| Grand Prix Copenhagen 2000 (PCY limited) | starting rating: 1574 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 42 | Holzweiss, Ralf (1535) | Won 1-0 | +171591 |
| 3sealed | 26 | Selsing, Rune (1537) | Lost 1-2 | -191572 |
| 4sealed | 91 | Svendsen, Soren (1517) | Won 2-1 | +171589 |
| 5sealed | 59 | Thomsen, Casper (1538) | Won 2-0 | +171606 |
| 6sealed | 41 | Elfgren, Bertil (1505) | Lost 0-2 | -191587 |
| 7sealed | 67 | Thoren, Jens (1590) | Won 2-0 | +181605 |
| top | average opponent: 1537record: 4-2 | new rating: 1605 | ||
| Grand Prix Milan 1999 (Urza's block) | starting rating: 1590 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2block | 77 | Asquini, Luca (1518) | Lost 1-2 | -191571 |
| 3block | 166 | Dolazza, Marco (1502) | Lost 1-2 | -191552 |
| 4block | 186 | Haberstezer, Mathieu (1482) | Won 2-0 | +161568 |
| 5block | 94 | Bouloc, Yannick (1483) | Won 2-0 | +171585 |
| 6block | 115 | Tscherrig, Patrice (1518) | Won 2-1 | +171602 |
| 7block | 77 | Negrini, Matteo (1536) | Won 2-0 | +161618 |
| 8block | 43 | Jacquet, Lois (1554) | Won 2-0 | +171635 |
| 9block | 13 | Dumay, Alexis (1504) | Lost 1-2 | -201615 |
| 10block | 31 | Mazzurco, Carlo (1574) | Lost 0-2 | -191596 |
| 11block | 29 | Ristedt, Ralph (1509) | Won 2-1 | +161612 |
| 12block | 23 | Gruber, Michael (1537) | Lost 0-2 | -191593 |
| 13block | 26 | Wang, Kung-Chieh (1535) | Lost 0-2 | -191574 |
| top | average opponent: 1521record: 6-6 | new rating: 1574 | ||
| Grand Prix Oslo 1999 (ULG sealed) | starting rating: 1559 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 69 | Makipaa, Mikko (1500) | Lost 1-2 | -191540 |
| 3sealed | 81 | Ozkam, Selcuk (1500) | Won 2-0 | +171557 |
| 4sealed | 80 | Halvorsen, Thomas (1518) | Won 2-0 | +171574 |
| 5sealed | 43 | Sarkjaer, Tony (1536) | Lost 0-2 | -181556 |
| 6sealed | 87 | Kronstrand, Hans-Ole (1518) | Won 2-0 | +171573 |
| 7sealed | 40 | Valkyser, Stephan (1529) | Won 2-0 | +171590 |
| top | average opponent: 1517record: 4-2 | new rating: 1590 | ||
| Grand Prix Vienna 1999 (extended) | starting rating: 1506 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1extended | 54 | Grottke, Sven (1500) | Won 0-0 | +181524 |
| 2extended | 11 | Navratil, Miroslav (1518) | Draw 0-0 | 01524 |
| 3extended | 62 | Navratil, Martin (1518) | Won 0-0 | +181542 |
| 4extended | 38 | Klauser, Benedikt (1528) | Lost 0-0 | -191523 |
| 5extended | 74 | Andreu, Jean-Philippe (1518) | Won 0-0 | +181541 |
| 6extended | 43 | Devos, Carl (1558) | Won 0-0 | +191560 |
| 7extended | 26 | Okon, Ales (1535) | Draw 0-0 | -11559 |
| 8extended | 26 | Menke, Thomas (1557) | Won 0-0 | +181577 |
| 9extended | 17 | Staudt, Thomas (1572) | Won 0-0 | +181595 |
| 10extended | 11 | Rosochacki, Rafal (1593) | Lost 0-0 | -181577 |
| 11extended | 18 | Santin, Andrea (1568) | Lost 0-0 | -181559 |
| top | average opponent: 1542record: 6-3-2 | new rating: 1559 | ||
| Grand Prix Barcelona 1999 (USG sealed) | starting rating: 1486 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 15 | Juan, Eufemio (1500) | Won 0-0 | +181504 |
| 3sealed | 10 | Giudicelli, Alexandre (1518) | Lost 0-0 | -171487 |
| 4sealed | 93 | Aranzana, Ivan (1498) | Won 0-0 | +181505 |
| 5sealed | 39 | Perez, Pedro Miguel (1518) | Lost 0-0 | -181487 |
| 6sealed | 70 | Singleton, Lee (1536) | Won 0-0 | +191506 |
| top | average opponent: 1514record: 3-2 | new rating: 1506 | ||
| Pro Tour Rome 1998 (extended) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1extended | 93 | Butterfield, Chad (1500) | Won 0-0 | +181518 |
| 2extended | 1 | Edwards, Rudy (1684) | Draw 0-0 | +31521 |
| 3extended | 35 | O'Mahoney-Schwartz, Steven (1606) | Won 0-0 | +201541 |
| 4extended | 18 | Mariani, Rui (1503) | Lost 0-0 | -191522 |
| 5extended | 42 | Jensen, William (1523) | Lost 0-0 | -181504 |
| 6extended | 64 | Kesselman, Eric (1519) | Lost 0-0 | -181486 |
| top | average opponent: 1556record: 2-3-1 | new rating: 1486 | ||