Ball, Alexander
Current rating: 1561
Record: 85-72-4 (GP) / 8-8 (professional)
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2022
- 2023
| Regional Championships Lille 2023 (pioneer) | starting rating: 1581 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1pioneer | 5 | Geerts, Floris (1461) | Lost 0-2 | -201561 |
| top | record: 0-1 | new rating: 1561 | ||
| Regional Championships Naples 2023 (ONE standard) | starting rating: 1633 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1standard | 197 | Piscopo, Luca (1500) | Won 2-0 | +161649 |
| 2standard | 113 | Bennett, Alfie (1652) | Lost 0-2 | -181631 |
| 3standard | 163 | Paragi, Zoltan (1562) | Lost 1-2 | -201611 |
| 4standard | 167 | Santos, Diogo (1668) | Lost 0-2 | -171594 |
| 5standard | 195 | Estratti, Samuele (1853) | Lost 0-2 | -131581 |
| top | average opponent: 1647record: 1-4 | new rating: 1581 | ||
| Regional Championships Sofia 2022 (pioneer) | starting rating: 1637 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1pioneer | 79 | Rosadini, Edoardo (1495) | Lost 0-2 | -201617 |
| 2pioneer | 199 | Arvesen, Scott (1659) | Won 2-1 | +191636 |
| 3pioneer | 83 | Kountouris, Ioannis (1563) | Lost 1-2 | -201616 |
| 4pioneer | 137 | Ortiz Ros, Cristian (1697) | Won 2-0 | +201636 |
| 5pioneer | 135 | Szyinski, Piotr (1649) | Won 2-0 | +181654 |
| 6pioneer | 48 | Bini, Paolo (1696) | Won 2-1 | +191673 |
| 7pioneer | 41 | Walsh, Jamie (1596) | Lost 0-2 | -201653 |
| 8pioneer | 85 | Duris, Peter (1522) | Lost 1-2 | -201633 |
| top | average opponent: 1610record: 4-4 | new rating: 1633 | ||
| Grand Prix Utrecht 2019 (ELD limited) | starting rating: 1654 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 556 | Kubu, Vojtech (1511) | Won 2-1 | +151669 |
| 2sealed | 343 | Kaup, Roman (1463) | Lost 1-2 | -221647 |
| 3sealed | 409 | Kurpicz, Fiona (1505) | Lost 1-2 | -201627 |
| 4sealed | 504 | Calabrese, Umile (1442) | Won 2-1 | +141641 |
| 5sealed | 365 | De Biasi, Julio (1553) | Won 2-0 | +171658 |
| 6sealed | 305 | Bedynski, Adam (1521) | Lost 0-2 | -211637 |
| top | average opponent: 1499record: 3-3 | new rating: 1637 | ||
| Grand Prix Minneapolis 2018 (M19 limited) | starting rating: 1666 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 240 | Hunter, Riley (1536) | Won 2-0 | +161682 |
| 4sealed | 29 | Inoue, Toru (2063) | Draw 1-1 | +61688 |
| 5sealed | 95 | Moore, Andrew (1660) | Lost 0-2 | -181670 |
| 6sealed | 205 | Nelson, Evan (1768) | Lost 1-2 | -161654 |
| top | average opponent: 1757record: 1-2-1 | new rating: 1654 | ||
| Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 (std) (DOM standard) | starting rating: 1671 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 11 | Palmason, Heimir (1666) | Won 2-0 | +181689 |
| 4standard | 68 | Been, Iso (1905) | Lost 1-2 | -141675 |
| 5standard | 245 | Misnik, Mateusz (1557) | Won 2-1 | +161691 |
| 6standard | 157 | Bedell, Rodney (1599) | Won 2-0 | +161707 |
| 7standard | 86 | Vale, Nuno (1646) | Lost 1-2 | -191688 |
| 8standard | 74 | Alcantara, Jomar (1477) | Lost 1-2 | -221666 |
| top | average opponent: 1642record: 3-3 | new rating: 1666 | ||
| Grand Prix London 2018 (RIX limited) | starting rating: 1691 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 163 | Nguyen, Thien (1782) | Lost 0-2 | -171674 |
| 4sealed | 319 | Gibert Font, Marc (1464) | Won 2-0 | +151689 |
| 5sealed | 204 | Mitchell, Matthew (1490) | Won 2-1 | +141703 |
| 6sealed | 245 | Hauck, Christian (2019) | Lost 1-2 | -121691 |
| 7sealed | 325 | Dominguez, Francisco (1602) | Lost 1-2 | -201671 |
| top | average opponent: 1671record: 2-3 | new rating: 1671 | ||
| Grand Prix Liverpool 2017 (XLN limited) | starting rating: 1752 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 75 | Sarap, Karl (1738) | Lost 0-2 | -181734 |
| 4sealed | 319 | Larsson, David (1905) | Lost 1-2 | -151719 |
| 5sealed | 306 | Hauchard, Francois (1511) | Lost 1-2 | -221697 |
| 6sealed | 402 | Rees, Alastair (1507) | Won 2-0 | +151712 |
| 7sealed | 320 | Miele, Leonardo (1544) | Lost 0-2 | -211691 |
| top | average opponent: 1641record: 1-4 | new rating: 1691 | ||
| Grand Prix Barcelona 2017 (AER standard) | starting rating: 1689 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 10 | Palacios Carbonell, Gerard (1562) | Won 2-0 | +151704 |
| 4standard | 38 | Niederkircher, Frederik (1500) | Won 2-1 | +151719 |
| 5standard | 22 | Gueler Berdasco, Fernando (1760) | Draw 1-1 | 01719 |
| 6standard | 47 | Montesi, Marco (1743) | Won 2-0 | +191738 |
| 7standard | 25 | De Castro Sanchez, Ivan (1748) | Won 2-1 | +181756 |
| 8standard | 13 | Leigh, David (1766) | Won 2-0 | +181774 |
| 9standard | 7 | Pinto, Paulo [PRT] (1663) | Lost 0-2 | -201754 |
| 10standard | 28 | Dimitriadis, George (1707) | Lost 0-2 | -191735 |
| 11standard | 61 | Fons, Ferran (1525) | Won 2-0 | +141749 |
| 12standard | 37 | Lagarde, Antoine (1923) | Lost 1-2 | -141735 |
| 13standard | 67 | Goncalves, Tiago (1590) | Lost 0-2 | -211714 |
| 14standard | 102 | Ros, David (1635) | Won 2-1 | +171731 |
| 15standard | 74 | Pla, David (1930) | Won 2-1 | +211752 |
| top | average opponent: 1696record: 8-4-1 | new rating: 1752 | ||
| Grand Prix Prague 2017 (AER limited) | starting rating: 1725 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 431 | Orheim, Nikolai (1535) | Lost 1-2 | -221703 |
| 4sealed | 500 | Havranek, Radim (1421) | Lost 0-2 | -231680 |
| 5sealed | 617 | van der Linden, Bob (1540) | Won 2-1 | +161696 |
| 6sealed | 307 | Steudtner, Christian (1738) | Won 2-1 | +181714 |
| 7sealed | 369 | Heijne, Pim (1550) | Won 2-1 | +151729 |
| 8sealed | 224 | Dulsster, Dries (1676) | Lost 1-2 | -191710 |
| 9sealed | 226 | Horsten, Brent (1495) | Lost 0-2 | -211689 |
| top | average opponent: 1565record: 3-4 | new rating: 1689 | ||
| Grand Prix Madrid 2016 (KLD standard) | starting rating: 1763 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 122 | Martos Villalba, Victor (1500) | Won 2-1 | +131776 |
| 4standard | 89 | Fernandez Martin, Tomas (1528) | Won 2-0 | +141790 |
| 5standard | 76 | Severino, Hugo (1534) | Lost 1-2 | -231767 |
| 6standard | 108 | Erdogan, Cem (1650) | Draw 1-1 | -21765 |
| 7standard | 138 | Martinez Querol, Daniel (1644) | Lost 0-2 | -201745 |
| 8standard | 244 | Buj Llorca, Oscar (1616) | Lost 0-2 | -201725 |
| top | average opponent: 1579record: 2-3-1 | new rating: 1725 | ||
| Grand Prix Warsaw 2016 (KLD standard) | starting rating: 1766 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 66 | Boucek, Jaroslav (1885) | Won 2-0 | +211787 |
| 4standard | 61 | Myszkowiak, Maciej (1707) | Lost 1-2 | -201767 |
| 5standard | 252 | Kawonczyk, Maciej (1880) | Won 2-0 | +201787 |
| 6standard | 59 | Oberbek, Przemyslaw (1765) | Won 2-0 | +181805 |
| 7standard | 37 | Canonico, Davide (1552) | Won 2-0 | +131818 |
| 8standard | 18 | Papadopoulos, Panagiotis (1604) | Lost 0-2 | -221796 |
| 9standard | 58 | van Herwaarden, Sander (1803) | Won 2-0 | +181814 |
| 10standard | 52 | Boccalari, Marco (1634) | Won 2-0 | +151829 |
| 11standard | 33 | Rosdahl, Alexander (1581) | Lost 1-2 | -221807 |
| 12standard | 81 | Encinas, Alejandro (1663) | Lost 0-2 | -211786 |
| 13standard | 108 | Borkowski, Robert (1617) | Won 2-0 | +151801 |
| 14standard | 67 | Vale, Nuno (1558) | Lost 0-2 | -221779 |
| 15standard | 72 | Perez, Ruben (1895) | Lost 0-2 | -161763 |
| top | average opponent: 1703record: 7-6 | new rating: 1763 | ||
| Grand Prix London 2016 (KLD limited) | starting rating: 1810 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 89 | Boldrini, Giulio (1691) | Won 2-1 | +161826 |
| 4sealed | 54 | Reguant Carreno, Victor (1403) | Won 2-0 | +101836 |
| 5sealed | 28 | Lane, Adam J (1568) | Won 2-1 | +141850 |
| 6sealed | 1 | Sbrozzi, Luigi (1703) | Lost 1-2 | -211829 |
| 7sealed | 47 | Gyhagen, Mikael (1525) | Won 2-1 | +131842 |
| 8sealed | 77 | Baumert, Martin (1834) | Lost 1-2 | -191823 |
| 9sealed | 217 | Hutchings, Terry (1601) | Lost 0-2 | -221801 |
| 10draft | 127 | Billiau, Michel (1360) | Won 2-1 | +111812 |
| 11draft | 192 | Montesi, Marco (1612) | Lost 0-2 | -221790 |
| 12draft | 334 | Roginski, Tom (1572) | Won 2-0 | +141804 |
| 13draft | 110 | Poulton, Christopher (1594) | Lost 1-2 | -211783 |
| 14draft | 216 | Bachaud, Louis (1879) | Lost 1-2 | -171766 |
| top | average opponent: 1612record: 6-6 | new rating: 1766 | ||
| Grand Prix Manchester 2016 (SOI standard) | starting rating: 1798 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 36 | Murphy, Tadhg (1548) | Lost 1-2 | -221776 |
| 4standard | 529 | Kondrk, Marcel (1595) | Won 2-1 | +141790 |
| 5standard | 289 | Plimmer, Morgan (1551) | Lost 0-2 | -221768 |
| 6standard | 431 | Nicholls, Jimmy (1516) | Won 2-0 | +141782 |
| 7standard | 238 | Rigby, Martin (1591) | Won 2-0 | +141796 |
| 8standard | 112 | Coto Grosser, Daniel (1537) | Won 2-0 | +141810 |
| 9standard | 110 | Miras, Sergio (1649) | Won 2-0 | +151825 |
| 10standard | 75 | Ball, Nick (1600) | Lost 1-2 | -221803 |
| 11standard | 82 | Utzon, Mads (1968) | Lost 0-2 | -151788 |
| 12standard | 184 | Tennivaara, Sabina (1581) | Lost 1-2 | -221766 |
| 13standard | 178 | Jenkins, Thomas (1539) | Won 2-0 | +141780 |
| 14standard | 131 | Buchanan, Adam (1569) | Won 2-0 | +141794 |
| 15standard | 126 | Vartanian, Adam (1671) | Won 2-0 | +161810 |
| top | average opponent: 1609record: 8-5 | new rating: 1810 | ||
| Grand Prix Barcelona 2016 (SOI limited) | starting rating: 1783 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 385 | Citelli, Luca (1516) | Won 2-0 | +131796 |
| 3sealed | 121 | Barry, Olivier (1605) | Won 2-0 | +151811 |
| 4sealed | 75 | Tisseyre, Sebastien (1496) | Won 2-0 | +121823 |
| 5sealed | 114 | Lantto, Magnus (2088) | Won 2-0 | +231846 |
| 6sealed | 52 | Trallero, Ivan (1629) | Won 2-0 | +141860 |
| 7sealed | 4 | Anteri, Fabrizio (2269) | Won 2-1 | +251885 |
| 8sealed | 5 | Dickmann, Fabian (1968) | Lost 1-2 | -161869 |
| 9sealed | 33 | Juza, Martin (2104) | Lost 0-2 | -141855 |
| 10draft | 87 | Taylor, Dustin (1815) | Lost 0-2 | -191836 |
| 11draft | 158 | Rizzi, Mattia (2065) | Lost 1-2 | -141822 |
| 12draft | 13 | Ward, Peter (1628) | Lost 1-2 | -211801 |
| 13draft | 57 | Martell, Tom (1883) | Won 2-0 | +191820 |
| 14draft | 185 | Macgiollabhain, Cathal (1590) | Lost 1-2 | -221798 |
| top | average opponent: 1820record: 7-6 | new rating: 1798 | ||
| Grand Prix Melbourne 2016 (modern) | starting rating: 1765 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2modern | 65 | Maligec, Nick (1517) | Lost 0-2 | -231742 |
| 3modern | 317 | Kimpton, Ricky (1499) | Won 2-0 | +141756 |
| 4modern | 265 | Yow, Jonathan (1632) | Won 2-0 | +161772 |
| 5modern | 198 | Pigram, Wayne (1549) | Lost 1-2 | -221750 |
| 6modern | 179 | Jensen, Chris [NZL] (1554) | Won 2-1 | +141764 |
| 7modern | 110 | Hall-kelly, Jade (1535) | Lost 1-2 | -221742 |
| 8modern | 182 | Estephan, Jessica (1461) | Won 2-1 | +131755 |
| 9modern | 146 | Brent, Sammy (1570) | Won 2-0 | +151770 |
| 10modern | 73 | Sturiale, Giuseppe (1539) | Won 2-1 | +141784 |
| 11modern | 76 | Liu, Robert (1531) | Lost 0-2 | -231761 |
| 12modern | 116 | Singleton, Lachlan (1511) | Lost 0-2 | -221739 |
| 13modern | 124 | Emery, Jarad (1514) | Won 2-0 | +141753 |
| 14modern | 84 | Coombe, Phillip (1525) | Won 2-1 | +141767 |
| 15modern | 86 | Jacobs, Andrew (1685) | Won 2-0 | +161783 |
| top | average opponent: 1544record: 9-5 | new rating: 1783 | ||
| Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch (modern) | starting rating: 1724 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1draft | 112 | Blohon, Lukas (2147) | Won 2-1 | +251749 |
| 2draft | 54 | Black, Samuel (2018) | Lost 0-2 | -131736 |
| 3draft | 142 | Baker, Ryan (1458) | Won 2-1 | +131749 |
| 4modern | 68 | Anderson, Robert (1771) | Lost 1-2 | -181731 |
| 5modern | 69 | Minard, Darin (1893) | Won 2-0 | +211752 |
| 6modern | 40 | Floch, Ivan (2021) | Lost 0-2 | -131739 |
| 7modern | 71 | Levy, Raphael (1932) | Won 2-0 | +221761 |
| 8modern | 72 | Ashton, Thomas (1958) | Won 2-1 | +211782 |
| 9draft | 14 | Sirilertvorakul, Veerapat (1943) | Won 2-1 | +211803 |
| 10draft | 109 | Cucunato, Robert (1992) | Lost 1-2 | -151788 |
| 11draft | 69 | Lee, Shi Tian (1967) | Lost 0-2 | -141774 |
| 12modern | 64 | Ahlstrom, Christian (1890) | Won 2-0 | +201794 |
| 13modern | 66 | Dean, Paul (1886) | Lost 1-2 | -171777 |
| 14modern | 62 | Pathirana, Prads (1795) | Lost 0-2 | -171760 |
| 15modern | 92 | Krautmann, Wenzel (1737) | Won 2-0 | +171777 |
| 16modern | 67 | Juza, Martin (2085) | Lost 1-2 | -121765 |
| top | average opponent: 1906record: 8-8 | new rating: 1765 | ||
| Grand Prix Sydney 2015 (BFZ limited) | starting rating: 1547 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 82 | Krawiec, Filip (1500) | Won 2-0 | +171564 |
| 4sealed | 74 | Messel, Nicolas (1722) | Won 2-1 | +211585 |
| 5sealed | 19 | Malone, Coen (1536) | Won 2-0 | +171602 |
| 6sealed | 17 | Seaton, John (1646) | Lost 1-2 | -171585 |
| 7sealed | 39 | Fulko, Scott (1539) | Won 2-1 | +171602 |
| 8sealed | 8 | Lee, Alex [AUS] (1577) | Won 2-0 | +181620 |
| 9sealed | 14 | Wei, Yifan (1916) | Won 2-0 | +231643 |
| 10draft | 10 | Edwards, Robin (1795) | Draw 1-1 | +31646 |
| 11draft | 45 | Gittins, Calum (1681) | Won 2-1 | +181664 |
| 12draft | 12 | Sugaya, Hironobu (1861) | Lost 0-2 | -141650 |
| 13draft | 45 | Rank, Damien (1626) | Won 2-0 | +181668 |
| 14draft | 23 | Diquelou, Marie (1636) | Won 2-1 | +171685 |
| 15draft | 19 | Fraser, Oliver (1673) | Won 2-1 | +181703 |
| Qdraft | Costentin, Paul (1750) | Won 2-1 | +191722 | |
| Sdraft | Chew, Kelvin (1790) | Won 2-0 | +191741 | |
| Fdraft | Seaton, John (1795) | Lost 1-2 | -171724 | |
| top | average opponent: 1690record: 12-3-1 | new rating: 1724 | ||
| Grand Prix Utrecht 2015 (MM2 limited) | starting rating: 1522 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 1022 | Creelle, Christophe (1457) | Won 2-1 | +161538 |
| 3sealed | 1199 | Langer, Tim (1611) | Won 2-0 | +201558 |
| 4sealed | 1046 | van Lamoen, Tom (1575) | Lost 0-2 | -181540 |
| 5sealed | 1087 | Stein, Sascha (1751) | Won 2-1 | +221562 |
| 6sealed | 1099 | Heinemann, Stefan (1586) | Won 2-1 | +181580 |
| 7sealed | 1057 | Lachaud, Remy (1650) | Lost 0-2 | -161564 |
| 8sealed | 1123 | Rogachevsky, Victor (1651) | Lost 0-2 | -171547 |
| top | average opponent: 1612record: 4-3 | new rating: 1547 | ||
| Grand Prix Manchester 2014 (Theros block) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 222 | Tolan, Will (1500) | Lost 1-2 | -181482 |
| 2block | 356 | Wellsted, Simon (1481) | Won 2-0 | +181500 |
| 3block | 529 | Shepherd, Anthony (1484) | Won 2-0 | +181518 |
| 4block | 305 | Barker, Gary (1518) | Won 2-1 | +181536 |
| 5block | 224 | Weeda, Chris (1530) | Lost 0-2 | -181518 |
| 6block | 224 | Vanek, Tomas (1774) | Lost 1-2 | -141504 |
| 7block | 333 | Minter, Nathan (1474) | Won 2-1 | +181522 |
| top | average opponent: 1537record: 4-3 | new rating: 1522 | ||