Sacal, Alexander
Current rating: 1718 (#5414)
Record: 52-40-1 (GP) / 36-47-2 (professional)
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2012
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2018
| Grand Prix Mexico City 2018 (GRN limited) | starting rating: 1675 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 47 | Nader, Johnathan (1500) | Won 2-0 | +151690 |
| 2sealed | 73 | Restrepo Duque, Jhonatan Esteban (1493) | Won 2-0 | +141704 |
| 3sealed | 18 | Bazan, Elisa (1452) | Won 2-0 | +141718 |
| 4sealed | 2 | Gomez Juarez, Luis (1521) | Won 2-0 | +141732 |
| 5sealed | 21 | Aguilera, Ryder (1730) | Lost 1-2 | -181714 |
| 6sealed | 19 | Edwards, Craig (1849) | Won 2-0 | +211735 |
| 7sealed | 26 | Villouta, Javier (1472) | Won 2-1 | +131748 |
| 8sealed | 13 | Garcia Rosas, Jose Daniel (1950) | Won 2-0 | +221770 |
| 9sealed | 6 | Chan, Jason (1799) | Won 2-1 | +181788 |
| 10draft | 19 | England, Sarah (1680) | Lost 0-2 | -201768 |
| 11draft | 12 | Austin, Lance (1897) | Lost 0-2 | -151753 |
| 12draft | 21 | Triani, Matteo (1581) | Won 2-1 | +141767 |
| 13draft | 27 | Macaraeg, Tad (1818) | Lost 1-2 | -171750 |
| 14draft | 3 | Pisano, Rob (1919) | Lost 0-2 | -151735 |
| 15draft | 12 | Aguilera, Ryder (1761) | Lost 0-2 | -171718 |
| top | average opponent: 1695record: 9-6 | new rating: 1718 | ||
| Grand Prix Mexico City 2016 (OGW limited) | starting rating: 1678 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 150 | Aldayr, Armando (1500) | Won 2-0 | +151693 |
| 2sealed | 96 | Covarrubias Gonzalez, Jose De Jesus (1500) | Won 2-0 | +151708 |
| 3sealed | 30 | Diaz Gonzalez, Francisco (1536) | Lost 1-2 | -221686 |
| 4sealed | 149 | Zarate Delgado, Juan Carlos (1516) | Won 2-1 | +151701 |
| 5sealed | 123 | Huerta, Jesus (1536) | Won 2-0 | +151716 |
| 6sealed | 52 | Hedan, Josselin (1595) | Lost 1-2 | -201696 |
| 7sealed | 100 | Martinez Morales, Carlos Eduardo (1519) | Lost 1-2 | -211675 |
| 8sealed | 197 | Quiroz, Abraham (1523) | Won 2-0 | +151690 |
| 9sealed | 90 | Fiala-Ibitz, Sebastian (1842) | Lost 0-2 | -151675 |
| top | average opponent: 1563record: 5-4 | new rating: 1675 | ||
| Grand Prix Mexico City 2015 (FRF limited) | starting rating: 1675 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 188 | Leon Acevedo, Daniel (1500) | Won 2-0 | +151690 |
| 2sealed | 233 | Juarez Oliva, Fernando Jose (1481) | Won 2-0 | +151705 |
| 3sealed | 69 | Cisneros, Edgar (1567) | Won 2-1 | +151720 |
| 4sealed | 49 | Martinez, Andres [MEX] (1779) | Won 2-1 | +191739 |
| 5sealed | 17 | Stern, Jon (1850) | Lost 1-2 | -161723 |
| 6sealed | 42 | Hidrogo, Moises (1541) | Won 2-0 | +151738 |
| 7sealed | 30 | Serrano, Alexis (1683) | Lost 1-2 | -191719 |
| 8sealed | 70 | Martinez, Jose Raul (1555) | Lost 1-2 | -211698 |
| 9sealed | 66 | De Luna Solares, Ricardo David (1609) | Lost 0-2 | -201678 |
| top | average opponent: 1618record: 5-4 | new rating: 1678 | ||
| Grand Prix Mexico City 2014 (BNG limited) | starting rating: 1579 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 23 | Martinez Jimenez, Chri (1500) | Lost 1-2 | -201559 |
| 2sealed | 216 | Zuniga Garcia, Miguel (1540) | Won 2-0 | +181577 |
| 3sealed | 222 | Rodriguez, Luis [MEX] (1465) | Won 2-1 | +161593 |
| 4sealed | 137 | Gomez, Manuel (1640) | Won 2-0 | +191612 |
| 5sealed | 74 | Aboumrad, Gabriel (1547) | Won 2-0 | +171629 |
| 6sealed | 63 | Rios Ruiz, Miguel Tomas (1613) | Lost 1-2 | -191610 |
| 7sealed | 98 | De Luna Solares, Ricardo David (1603) | Won 2-0 | +181628 |
| 8sealed | 55 | Morales Barraza, Pedro David (1525) | Won 2-0 | +161644 |
| 9draft | 54 | Gutierrez Saldate, Luis Fernando (1573) | Won 2-0 | +171661 |
| 10draft | 49 | Pena Lopez, Sergio (1623) | Won 2-1 | +171678 |
| 11draft | 3 | Becerra Reyes, Daniel (1679) | Lost 0-2 | -181660 |
| 12draft | 25 | Camacho Fuentes, Hebert (1602) | Won 2-1 | +171677 |
| 13draft | 37 | Retana, Carlos (1612) | Won 2-1 | +171694 |
| 14draft | 13 | Baba, Tadashi (1656) | Lost 0-2 | -191675 |
| top | average opponent: 1584record: 10-4 | new rating: 1675 | ||
| Grand Prix Mexico City 2012 (DKA limited) | starting rating: 1549 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 157 | Santoyo, Hanzel (1500) | Won 2-1 | +171566 |
| 2sealed | 38 | Garrido, Jose (1518) | Won 2-1 | +171583 |
| 3sealed | 68 | Ramos Garcia, Daniel (1536) | Won 2-1 | +171600 |
| 4sealed | 23 | Figueroa, Lenin (1554) | Won 2-1 | +171617 |
| 5sealed | 27 | Zorzi Pinarello, Marcelo (1573) | Won 2-1 | +171634 |
| 6sealed | 13 | Ganz, Andreas (1703) | Lost 0-2 | -161618 |
| 7sealed | 37 | Torres, Arturo (1508) | Lost 1-2 | -201598 |
| 8sealed | 78 | Nava Canseco, Bruno E (1554) | Lost 0-2 | -191579 |
| top | average opponent: 1556record: 5-3 | new rating: 1579 | ||
| Grand Prix Mexico City 2005 (Kamigawa block) | starting rating: 1588 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 4block | 35 | Alcantara Burbu, Carlos (1552) | Lost 1-2 | -181570 |
| 5block | 24 | Pena Lopez, Sergio (1388) | Lost 0-2 | -221548 |
| 6block | 60 | Nunez Soto, Jorge Ivan (1518) | Won 2-1 | +181566 |
| 7block | 46 | Ferry, Sergio (1612) | Lost 0-2 | -171549 |
| top | average opponent: 1517record: 1-3 | new rating: 1549 | ||
| 2004 World Championship (mixed) | starting rating: 1514 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1standard | 88 | Fialho Martins, Sergio (1648) | Lost 1-2 | -161498 |
| 2standard | 127 | Pauli, Tormod (1465) | Won 2-1 | +181516 |
| 3standard | 111 | Stanicic, Ognjen (1504) | Won 2-1 | +181534 |
| 4standard | 75 | Sagol, Omar (1694) | Lost 0-2 | -161518 |
| 5standard | 90 | Asahara, Akira (1937) | Lost 0-2 | -101508 |
| 6standard | 106 | Godinez Estrada, Gerardo (1641) | Lost 0-2 | -161492 |
| 7draft | 123 | Acosta, Nicolas (1486) | Lost 1-2 | -181474 |
| 8draft | 64 | Bode, Roland (1589) | Won 2-1 | +201494 |
| 9draft | 34 | Manicolo, Kevin (1542) | Won 2-1 | +191513 |
| 10draft | 51 | Budde, Kai (1944) | Lost 0-2 | -111502 |
| 11draft | 115 | Timonen, Jussi (1552) | Lost 0-2 | -171485 |
| 12draft | 33 | Kwan, David Wei Phang (1496) | Lost 1-2 | -181467 |
| 13block | 134 | Danko, Jozef (1458) | Won 2-1 | +181485 |
| 14block | 123 | Yosef, Danny (1423) | Won 2-0 | +171502 |
| 15block | 113 | Tan, Chuen Hwa (1752) | Won 2-0 | +231525 |
| 16block | 83 | Willis, Paul (1570) | Won 2-0 | +181543 |
| 17block | 75 | Li, Jie (1698) | Won 2-0 | +211564 |
| 18block | 71 | Kibler, Brian (1913) | Won 2-0 | +241588 |
| top | average opponent: 1628record: 10-8 | new rating: 1588 | ||
| Pro Tour San Diego 2004 (DST draft) | starting rating: 1484 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1draft | 66 | Rabinovitz, Josh (1515) | Won 2-1 | +191503 |
| 2draft | 48 | Suzuki, Kenta (1669) | Won 2-0 | +211524 |
| 3draft | 26 | Sinclair, Donald (1655) | Won 2-0 | +201544 |
| 4draft | 154 | Oiso, Masashi (1982) | Lost 0-2 | -101534 |
| 5draft | 133 | Turian, Michael (2088) | Lost 1-2 | -91525 |
| 6draft | 80 | Karsten, Frank (1929) | Lost 0-2 | -111514 |
| top | average opponent: 1806record: 3-3 | new rating: 1514 | ||
| Grand Prix Anaheim 2003 (extended) | starting rating: 1485 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 4extended | 23 | Holmes, Adam (1503) | Lost 0-2 | -181467 |
| 5extended | 52 | Cameron, Christopher (1539) | Won 2-0 | +191486 |
| 6extended | 22 | Walls, Gabe (1842) | Lost 0-2 | -111475 |
| 7extended | 56 | Marick, Joshua (1579) | Won 2-0 | +201495 |
| 8extended | 42 | Kibler, Brian (1958) | Lost 0-2 | -111484 |
| top | average opponent: 1684record: 2-3 | new rating: 1484 | ||
| Grand Prix Boston 2003 (LGN limited) | starting rating: 1514 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 4sealed | 17 | Fitch, Britt (1679) | Won 1-0 | +211535 |
| 5sealed | 10 | Lynch, John (1572) | Lost 0-2 | -181517 |
| 6sealed | 54 | Ruggiero, Pasquale (1593) | Lost 0-2 | -161501 |
| 7sealed | 97 | Ramasami, Anthony (1548) | Won 2-1 | +191520 |
| 8sealed | 79 | Gauthier, Martin-Eric (1508) | Lost 1-2 | -191501 |
| 9sealed | 67 | Chin, Chris (1577) | Lost 0-2 | -161485 |
| top | average opponent: 1580record: 2-4 | new rating: 1485 | ||
| Pro Tour Chicago 2003 (ONS rochester) | starting rating: 1547 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1rochester | 63 | Delere, Andre (1825) | Lost 1-2 | -131534 |
| 2rochester | 169 | Fujimoto, Takehiro (1517) | Won 2-0 | +181552 |
| 3rochester | 94 | Robertsen, Christian (1551) | Lost 1-2 | -181534 |
| 4rochester | 158 | Musser, Michael (1501) | Won 2-1 | +171551 |
| 5rochester | 88 | Berti, Francesco (1415) | Won 2-1 | +161567 |
| 6rochester | 91 | Heiss, Nathan (1700) | Won 2-0 | +201587 |
| 7rochester | 32 | Anderson, Eddie (1541) | ID | 01587 |
| 8rochester | 45 | Malka, Sol (1889) | Lost 0-2 | -121575 |
| 9rochester | 57 | Rabinowitz, Jacob (1648) | Lost 0-2 | -171558 |
| 11rochester | 42 | Bastos, Frederico (1635) | Lost 0-2 | -171541 |
| 12rochester | 55 | Nassif, Gabriel (1862) | Lost 0-2 | -121529 |
| 13rochester | 40 | Kubota, Yuuhi (1681) | Lost 0-2 | -151514 |
| top | average opponent: 1647record: 4-7-1 | new rating: 1514 | ||
| Grand Prix Milwaukee 2002 (TOR standard) | starting rating: 1479 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 151 | Kershner, Squire (1518) | Won 2-0 | +191498 |
| 3standard | 18 | Sadler, Chris (1553) | Won 2-1 | +191517 |
| 4standard | 37 | Tsang, Gabriel (1753) | Lost 1-2 | -141503 |
| 5standard | 124 | Black, Samuel (1521) | Won 2-0 | +181521 |
| 6standard | 80 | Mcfadden, Jason (1555) | Won 2-0 | +191540 |
| 7standard | 62 | Jensen, William (1875) | Lost 1-2 | -121528 |
| 8standard | 67 | Breider, Aaron (1604) | Won 2-1 | +191547 |
| top | average opponent: 1626record: 5-2 | new rating: 1547 | ||
| Grand Prix Las Vegas 2001 (extended) | starting rating: 1475 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2extended | 90 | Bock, Daniel (1494) | Lost 1-2 | -181457 |
| 3extended | 147 | Allbright, Bob (1471) | Won 2-1 | +181475 |
| 4extended | 89 | Cerefice, Gary (1519) | Lost 1-2 | -171458 |
| 5extended | 122 | Einwiller, Jeff (1531) | Won 2-1 | +191477 |
| 6extended | 97 | Hernandez, Rodrigo (1534) | Lost 0-2 | -171460 |
| 7extended | 101 | lyle, ryan (1502) | Won 2-1 | +191479 |
| top | average opponent: 1508record: 3-3 | new rating: 1479 | ||
| Grand Prix Atlanta 2001 (ODY limited) | starting rating: 1439 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 18 | Flora, Dustin (1513) | Won 2-0 | +201459 |
| 4sealed | 14 | Jensen, William (1791) | Lost 1-2 | -131446 |
| 5sealed | 81 | Jones, Ricky (1532) | Won 2-0 | +201466 |
| 6sealed | 40 | Johnson, Andrew (1815) | Lost 0-2 | -121454 |
| 7sealed | 49 | Egli, Walter (1585) | Won 2-1 | +211475 |
| top | average opponent: 1647record: 3-2 | new rating: 1475 | ||
| Pro Tour Barcelona 2001 (PLS draft) | starting rating: 1408 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1draft | 90 | Mowshowitz, Zvi (1885) | Won 2-0 | +261434 |
| 2draft | 57 | Coeckelbergh, Gert (1721) | Lost 0-2 | -131421 |
| 3draft | 3 | Greenwood, Kyle (1507) | Won 2-1 | +201441 |
| 4draft | 27 | Ormerod, John (1860) | Won 2-1 | +251466 |
| 5draft | 79 | Higashino, Masayuki (1800) | Lost 1-2 | -121454 |
| 6draft | 92 | Cabrera, Adham (1585) | Lost 1-2 | -161438 |
| 7draft | 97 | Jaboli, Fabio (1492) | Draw 1-1 | +11439 |
| top | average opponent: 1693record: 3-3-1 | new rating: 1439 | ||
| Pro Tour Tokyo 2001 (Invasion block) | starting rating: 1443 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 42 | Hernandez, Marc [FRA] (1588) | Lost 0-2 | -151428 |
| 2block | 118 | Zuercher, Martin (1655) | Won 2-1 | +221450 |
| 3block | 40 | Keffer, Philip (1595) | Lost 0-2 | -161434 |
| 4block | 80 | Schneider, Oliver (1518) | Lost 1-2 | -161418 |
| 5block | 103 | Zografos, Ilias (1538) | Lost 1-2 | -161402 |
| 6block | 117 | Silverstone, Julien (1566) | Lost 0-2 | -151387 |
| 7block | 108 | Sorino, Roger (1565) | Won 2-1 | +211408 |
| top | average opponent: 1575record: 2-5 | new rating: 1408 | ||
| Pro Tour Los Angeles 2001 (INV rochester) | starting rating: 1421 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1rochester | 95 | Johnson, Andrew (1621) | Lost 0-2 | -141407 |
| 2rochester | 100 | Eslami, Ali (1554) | Lost 1-2 | -161391 |
| 3rochester | 134 | Alexander, Ernest (1478) | Won 2-0 | +201411 |
| 4rochester | 52 | Davis, Randy (1614) | Draw 1-1 | +41415 |
| 5rochester | 1 | Chiera, Luca (1681) | Won 2-0 | +221437 |
| 6rochester | 87 | Marsh, Warren (1669) | Lost 1-2 | -141423 |
| 7rochester | 86 | Kenny, John (1499) | Won 2-1 | +201443 |
| top | average opponent: 1588record: 3-3-1 | new rating: 1443 | ||
| Grand Prix Buenos Aires 2000 (extended) | starting rating: 1412 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3extended | 44 | Duering, Emanuel (1536) | Lost 0-2 | -161396 |
| 4extended | 79 | Perosi Nieto, Rodrigo (1518) | Won 2-0 | +201416 |
| 5extended | 51 | Elizalde, Victor (1536) | Draw 1-1 | +21418 |
| 6extended | 44 | Sousa, Alex T (1481) | Won 2-0 | +191437 |
| 7extended | 28 | Daruich, Maximiliano (1535) | Lost 1-2 | -161421 |
| top | average opponent: 1521record: 2-2-1 | new rating: 1421 | ||
| 2000 World Championship (mixed) | starting rating: 1457 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1standard | 63 | van de Logt, Tom (1621) | Lost 1-2 | -151442 |
| 2standard | 114 | Moro, Andres (1488) | Won 2-0 | +191461 |
| 3standard | 79 | Higashino, Masayuki (1589) | Won 2-1 | +201481 |
| 4standard | 30 | Remie, Jeroen (1585) | Lost 0-2 | -161465 |
| 5standard | 86 | Eder, Wolfgang (1592) | Lost 1-2 | -161449 |
| 6standard | 102 | Law, Albertus Hui Chin (1582) | Won 2-0 | +211470 |
| 7draft | 77 | Brown, Barry (1484) | Lost 0-2 | -181452 |
| 8draft | 10 | Selden, Brian (1709) | Lost 0-2 | -141438 |
| 9draft | 90 | Wilson, Chris [NZL] (1441) | Won 2-1 | +181456 |
| 10draft | 49 | Kimchi, Baruchi (1461) | Lost 0-2 | -171439 |
| 11draft | 2 | Laznovsky, Martin (1558) | Lost 0-2 | -161423 |
| 12draft | 113 | Senyuz, Aras (1433) | Lost 1-2 | -181405 |
| 13block | 115 | Rodrigues, Marcio (1432) | Won 2-1 | +181423 |
| 14block | 108 | Mitchell, Andrew [ZAF] (1558) | Lost 1-2 | -151408 |
| 15block | 117 | Velonis, George (1445) | Won 2-0 | +191427 |
| 16block | 106 | Hong, Craig (1475) | Won 2-1 | +181445 |
| 17block | 95 | Laznovsky, Martin (1550) | Lost 1-2 | -161429 |
| 18block | 97 | Cetl, Erwin (1443) | Lost 0-2 | -171412 |
| top | average opponent: 1525record: 7-11 | new rating: 1412 | ||
| Pro Tour New York 1999 (Urza's block) | starting rating: 1428 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 124 | Jensen, William (1456) | Lost 0-2 | -171411 |
| 2block | 86 | Yamaguchi, Tyron (1484) | Lost 0-2 | -171394 |
| 3block | 137 | Carruthers, Nick (1469) | Won 2-0 | +191413 |
| 4block | 120 | Lancaster, Charles (1484) | Won 2-0 | +201433 |
| 5block | 64 | Hernandez, Marc [FRA] (1628) | Won 2-0 | +211454 |
| 6block | 44 | Baran, Marcel (1535) | Lost 1-2 | -161438 |
| 7block | 87 | Furui, Yasunobu (1509) | Won 2-1 | +191457 |
| top | average opponent: 1509record: 4-3 | new rating: 1457 | ||
| Pro Tour Rome 1998 (extended) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1extended | 99 | Galimbertti, Victor (1500) | Lost 0-0 | -181482 |
| 2extended | 112 | Curtis, Lee (1482) | Lost 0-0 | -181464 |
| 3extended | 120 | Baberowski, Dirk (1464) | Lost 0-0 | -181446 |
| 4extended | 122 | Jilani, Shaiquel (1447) | Lost 0-0 | -181428 |
| top | average opponent: 1473record: 0-4 | new rating: 1428 | ||