David Nalbandian vs Marat Safin Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
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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.
Date▼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-12-01 | Davis Cup WG F: RUS vs ARG | Carpet | RR | 8 | 26 | 6-4 6-4 6-4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/0 | ||
| 2006-10-16 | Madrid Masters | Hard | QF | 4 | 49 | 6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(2) | 3 | 177 | 3 | 5 | 60.5% | 70.7% | 61.2% | 7/10 | ||
| 2006-08-28 | US Open | Hard | R64 | 104 | 4 | 6-3 7-5 2-6 3-6 7-6(6) | 5 | 226 | 15 | 7 | 53.9% | 74.7% | 52.1% | 6/10 | ||
| 2004-10-18 | Madrid Masters | Hard | F | 9 | 10 | 6-2 6-4 6-3 | 5 | 112 | 15 | 2 | 57.5% | 81.0% | 64.5% | 1/3 | ||
| 2004-05-24 | Roland Garros | Clay | R16 | 8 | 20 | 7-5 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 | 5 | 204 | 8 | 2 | 72.5% | 69.4% | 58.5% | 7/10 | ||
| 2002-10-28 | Paris Masters | Carpet | R32 | 5 | 13 | 6-3 6-2 | 3 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 54.5% | 86.7% | 56.0% | 3/3 | ||
| 2002-09-20 | Davis Cup WG SF: RUS vs ARG | Carpet | RR | 4 | 18 | 7-6(3) 6-7(5) 6-0 6-3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/0 | ||
| 2002-05-27 | Roland Garros | Clay | R32 | 2 | 32 | 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-4 | 5 | 160 | 6 | 2 | 53.2% | 86.2% | 37.3% | 7/11 | ||
| 2002-04-15 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R16 | 6 | 35 | 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2 | 3 | 159 | 7 | 2 | 54.3% | 74.0% | 54.8% | 2/3 |