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David Nalbandian vs Marin Cilic Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

David Nalbandian seasons:20132012201120102009
Marin Cilic seasons:20262025202420232022
🇦🇷 David Nalbandian
🇭🇷 Marin Cilic
Age: 44y 123d (1982-01-01)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
980pts
#47
(1988-09-28) Age: 37y 218d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
4 - 1
Wins: 80.0% - 20.0%
Hard 3–0Clay 0–1Grass 0–0
Davis Cup 1–1500 2–0Masters 1000 1–0
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Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
10.2%89.8%
+559-884

H2H Preview

🇦🇷David Nalbandian and 🇭🇷Marin Cilic have met 5 times. David Nalbandian currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–1.

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%).

🇭🇷Marin Cilic, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 605–358 from 963 matches (62.82% win rate). His hard-court record is 379–226 (62.64%), on clay he stands at 140–94 (59.83%), and on grass he has gone 82–33 (71.30%) , with a carpet record of 4–5 (44.44%). He has accumulated 21 titles in total (16 hard, 2 clay, 3 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 38–103 (26.95%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with David Nalbandian leading 3–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Marin Cilic) across 1 matches.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2012-04-06Davis Cup WG QF: ARG vs CROClayRR23🇭🇷Marin Cilic50🇦🇷David Nalbandian5-7 6-4 4-6 7-6(2) 6-35------0/0
2012-03-08Indian Wells MastersHardR6474🇦🇷David Nalbandian24🇭🇷Marin Cilic (24)7-6(3) 7-6(4)31284564.8%75.4%38.7%4/7
2010-11-01BaselHardR1629🇦🇷David Nalbandian15🇭🇷Marin Cilic (6)4-6 6-4 6-431203261.5%79.2%63.3%2/4
2010-08-01WashingtonHardSF117🇦🇷David Nalbandian (WC)13🇭🇷Marin Cilic (4)6-2 6-23733053.2%68.0%72.7%4/5
2006-04-07Davis Cup WG QF: CRO vs ARGCarpetRR3🇦🇷David Nalbandian378🇭🇷Marin Cilic6-1 6-1 6-25------0/0

Wins

David Nalbandian
Marin Cilic
4–1Overall
1–0Masters 1000
2–0ATP 500
1–1Davis Cup
3–0Hard
0–1Clay
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

100.0%3
0.0%0
Bo3
50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo5
100.0%2
0.0%0
2 Sets
100.0%2
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
5 Sets
David Nalbandian
Marin Cilic

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
50.0%1
50.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
David Nalbandian
Marin Cilic

Sets

73.3%11
26.7%4
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
100.0%2
0.0%0
Masters 1000
85.7%6
14.3%1
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
40.0%2
60.0%3
Clay
100.0%3
0.0%0
Carpet
David Nalbandian
Marin Cilic

Games

58.1%86
41.9%62
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
53.8%14
46.2%12
Masters 1000
58.3%42
41.7%30
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
48.1%26
51.9%28
Clay
81.8%18
18.2%4
Carpet
David Nalbandian
Marin Cilic

Overview

By Surface

David Nalbandian
Marin Cilic

By Tournament Level

David Nalbandian
Marin Cilic

By Round

David Nalbandian
Marin Cilic

By Opponent Ranking

David NalbandianMarin Cilic
23.1%3-10
vs Top 1
13.3%2-13
30.4%17-39
vs Top 5
15.9%13-69
36.8%35-60
vs Top 10
27%38-103
47.7%72-79
vs Top 20
35.9%89-159
62.4%299-180
vs Top 100
58.6%453-320
89.2%83-10
vs +100
80%152-38
52.8%95-85
vs Higher
35.1%100-185
73.2%287-105
vs Lower
74.5%505-173

Opponent Breakdown

David NalbandianMarin Cilic
65.4%155-82
Vs Younger
63.2%230-134
67.9%228-108
Vs Older
62.6%375-224
66.6%341-171
Vs Right-Handed
61.6%515-321
68.9%42-19
Vs Left-Handed
70.9%90-37
65.1%218-117
Vs 2H Backhand
63.9%482-272
65.6%120-63
Vs 1H Backhand
56.2%104-81
67.7%63-30
Vs Shorter
63.9%569-322
67%278-137
Vs Taller
71%22-9

Pressure Situations