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David Nalbandian vs Marat Safin Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

David Nalbandian seasons:20132012201120102009
Marat Safin seasons:20092008200720062005
🇦🇷 David Nalbandian
🇷🇺 Marat Safin
Age: 44y 168d (1982-01-01)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1980-01-27) Age: 46y 142d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
3 - 6
Wins: 33.3% - 66.7%
Hard 1–2Clay 1–2Grass 0–0
Masters 1000 1–3Slam 1–2Davis Cup 1–1
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🇦🇷David Nalbandian and 🇷🇺Marat Safin have met 9 times. Marat Safin currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 6–3.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇷David Nalbandian has compiled an overall career record of 383–190 across 573 matches, translating to a win rate of 66.84%. On hard courts his record stands at 187–98 (65.61%), while on clay he holds a 138–68 (66.99%) mark. On grass the numbers read 31–13 (70.45%) , and on carpet 27–11 (71.05%). Throughout his career he has won 11 titles (5 hard, 4 clay, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 35–60 (36.84%).

🇷🇺Marat Safin, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 422–267 from 689 matches (61.25% win rate). His hard-court record is 215–140 (60.56%), on clay he stands at 121–82 (59.61%), and on grass he has gone 26–19 (57.78%) , with a carpet record of 60–26 (69.77%). He has accumulated 15 titles in total (10 hard, 2 clay, 3 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 49–50 (49.49%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Marat Safin leading 2–1 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 2–1 (66.67% for Marat Safin) across 3 matches.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2006-12-01Davis Cup WG F: RUS vs ARGCarpetRR8🇦🇷David Nalbandian26🇷🇺Marat Safin6-4 6-4 6-45------0/0
2006-10-16Madrid MastersHardQF4🇦🇷David Nalbandian (4)49🇷🇺Marat Safin6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(2)31773560.5%70.7%61.2%7/10
2006-08-28US OpenHardR64104🇷🇺Marat Safin4🇦🇷David Nalbandian (4)6-3 7-5 2-6 3-6 7-6(6)522615753.9%74.7%52.1%6/10
2004-10-18Madrid MastersHardF9🇷🇺Marat Safin (3)10🇦🇷David Nalbandian (4)6-2 6-4 6-3511215257.5%81.0%64.5%1/3
2004-05-24Roland GarrosClayR168🇦🇷David Nalbandian (8)20🇷🇺Marat Safin (20)7-5 6-4 6-7(5) 6-352048272.5%69.4%58.5%7/10
2002-10-28Paris MastersCarpetR325🇷🇺Marat Safin (3)13🇦🇷David Nalbandian6-3 6-23639154.5%86.7%56.0%3/3
2002-09-20Davis Cup WG SF: RUS vs ARGCarpetRR4🇷🇺Marat Safin18🇦🇷David Nalbandian7-6(3) 6-7(5) 6-0 6-35------0/0
2002-05-27Roland GarrosClayR322🇷🇺Marat Safin (2)32🇦🇷David Nalbandian (29)6-3 6-3 3-6 6-451606253.2%86.2%37.3%7/11
2002-04-15Monte Carlo MastersClayR166🇷🇺Marat Safin (6)35🇦🇷David Nalbandian6-1 6-7(5) 6-231597254.3%74.0%54.8%2/3

Wins

David Nalbandian
Marat Safin
3–6Overall
1–2Grand Slam
1–3Masters 1000
1–1Davis Cup
1–2Hard
1–2Clay
1–2Indoor Hard

Sets Format

33.3%1
66.7%2
Bo3
33.3%2
66.7%4
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%1
2 Sets
50.0%2
50.0%2
3 Sets
33.3%1
66.7%2
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
5 Sets
David Nalbandian
Marat Safin

Deciding

33.3%1
66.7%2
Decider Set
40.0%2
60.0%3
Tiebreak Wins
50.0%1
50.0%1
After 3 hours
David Nalbandian
Marat Safin

Sets

41.9%13
58.1%18
All
46.2%6
53.8%7
Grand Slam
27.3%3
72.7%8
Masters 1000
36.4%4
63.6%7
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
45.5%5
54.5%6
Clay
44.4%4
55.6%5
Carpet
David Nalbandian
Marat Safin

Games

46.3%144
53.7%167
All
50.8%67
49.2%65
Grand Slam
39.8%43
60.2%65
Masters 1000
47.4%54
52.6%60
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
46.8%51
53.2%58
Clay
44.3%39
55.7%49
Carpet
David Nalbandian
Marat Safin

Overview

By Surface

David Nalbandian
Marat Safin

By Tournament Level

David Nalbandian
Marat Safin

By Round

David Nalbandian
Marat Safin

By Opponent Ranking

David NalbandianMarat Safin
23.1%3-10
vs Top 1
28.6%4-10
30.4%17-39
vs Top 5
42.3%22-30
36.8%35-60
vs Top 10
49.5%49-50
47.7%72-79
vs Top 20
49.7%87-88
62.4%299-180
vs Top 100
58%330-239
89.2%83-10
vs +100
76.5%91-28
52.8%95-85
vs Higher
46.5%93-107
73.2%287-105
vs Lower
67.2%328-160

Opponent Breakdown

David NalbandianMarat Safin
65.4%155-82
Vs Younger
55.4%150-121
67.9%228-108
Vs Older
65.1%272-146
66.6%341-171
Vs Right-Handed
61.8%375-232
68.9%42-19
Vs Left-Handed
57.3%47-35
65.1%218-117
Vs 2H Backhand
57.5%176-130
65.6%120-63
Vs 1H Backhand
59.5%135-92
67.7%63-30
Vs Shorter
61.2%373-236
67%278-137
Vs Taller
70%28-12

Pressure Situations