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David Nalbandian vs Nikolay Davydenko Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

David Nalbandian seasons:20132012201120102009
Nikolay Davydenko seasons:20142013201220112010
🇦🇷 David Nalbandian
🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko
Age: 44y 123d (1982-01-01)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1981-06-02) Age: 44y 336d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
7 - 5
Wins: 58.3% - 41.7%
Hard 2–1Clay 3–4Grass 0–0
500 0–2Davis Cup 3–1Finals 1–0250 1–0Slam 1–1Masters 1000 1–1
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🇦🇷David Nalbandian and 🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 12 times. David Nalbandian currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 7–5.

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%).

🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 482–329 from 811 matches (59.43% win rate). His hard-court record is 253–173 (59.39%), on clay he stands at 185–118 (61.06%), and on grass he has gone 10–20 (33.33%) , with a carpet record of 34–18 (65.38%). He has accumulated 21 titles in total (8 hard, 10 clay, 3 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 38–78 (32.76%).

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 2–1 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 4–3 (57.14% for Nikolay Davydenko) across 7 matches.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2010-07-09Davis Cup WG QF: RUS vs ARGHardRR153🇦🇷David Nalbandian6🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko6-4 7-6(5) 7-6(6)5------0/0
2009-04-12Monte Carlo MastersClayR169🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko (8)15🇦🇷David Nalbandian (12)6-4 5-7 6-331521567.4%59.4%48.4%8/14
2008-10-26Paris MastersHardSF8🇦🇷David Nalbandian (8)6🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko (6)6-1 5-7 6-431253158.8%76.0%57.1%4/6
2008-09-19Davis Cup WG SF: ARG vs RUSClayRR6🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko7🇦🇷David Nalbandian3-6 6-3 7-6(2) 6-05------0/0
2007-05-28Roland GarrosClayR164🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko (4)18🇦🇷David Nalbandian (15)6-3 7-6(1) 3-6 7-6(2)52043768.7%70.9%46.8%15/19
2006-12-01Davis Cup WG F: RUS vs ARGCarpetRR8🇦🇷David Nalbandian3🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko6-2 6-2 4-6 6-45------0/0
2006-05-29Roland GarrosClayQF3🇦🇷David Nalbandian (3)6🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko (6)6-3 6-3 2-6 6-451668458.9%66.7%56.5%6/10
2006-05-01EstorilClayF4🇦🇷David Nalbandian (1)6🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko (2)6-3 6-43792462.3%68.4%65.2%1/2
2005-11-14Masters CupCarpetSF12🇦🇷David Nalbandian7🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko6-0 7-53862054.7%75.9%54.2%0/1
2003-04-21BarcelonaClayR3244🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko12🇦🇷David Nalbandian (6)6-3 7-6(4)31015570.2%57.6%52.0%7/11
2003-04-04Davis Cup WG QF: ARG vs RUSClayRR10🇦🇷David Nalbandian63🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko6-2 6-2 7-55------0/0
2002-10-07ViennaHardR3280🇷🇺Nikolay Davydenko (LL)19🇦🇷David Nalbandian (8)6-3 6-23711064.9%73.0%55.0%1/2

Wins

David Nalbandian
Nikolay Davydenko
7–5Overall
1–1Grand Slam
1–1Masters 1000
0–2ATP 500
1–0ATP 250
1–0Tour Finals
3–1Davis Cup
2–1Hard
3–4Clay
2–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

50.0%3
50.0%3
Bo3
66.7%4
33.3%2
Bo5
50.0%2
50.0%2
2 Sets
75.0%3
25.0%1
3 Sets
50.0%2
50.0%2
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
David Nalbandian
Nikolay Davydenko

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
25.0%1
75.0%3
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
100.0%1
After 3 hours
David Nalbandian
Nikolay Davydenko

Sets

58.3%21
41.7%15
All
50.0%4
50.0%4
Grand Slam
50.0%3
50.0%3
Masters 1000
62.5%5
37.5%3
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
50.0%11
50.0%11
Clay
83.3%5
16.7%1
Carpet
David Nalbandian
Nikolay Davydenko

Games

53.0%187
47.0%166
All
51.2%41
48.8%39
Grand Slam
51.7%31
48.3%29
Masters 1000
51.2%42
48.8%40
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
50.7%110
49.3%107
Clay
64.8%35
35.2%19
Carpet
David Nalbandian
Nikolay Davydenko

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

David Nalbandian
Nikolay Davydenko

By Tournament Level

David Nalbandian
Nikolay Davydenko

By Round

David Nalbandian
Nikolay Davydenko

By Opponent Ranking

David NalbandianNikolay Davydenko
23.1%3-10
vs Top 1
18.2%4-18
30.4%17-39
vs Top 5
24.2%15-47
36.8%35-60
vs Top 10
32.8%38-78
47.7%72-79
vs Top 20
40.8%80-116
62.4%299-180
vs Top 100
57.7%382-280
89.2%83-10
vs +100
67.1%100-49
52.8%95-85
vs Higher
36.9%83-142
73.2%287-105
vs Lower
68.1%399-187

Opponent Breakdown

David NalbandianNikolay Davydenko
65.4%155-82
Vs Younger
57%259-195
67.9%228-108
Vs Older
62.5%223-134
66.6%341-171
Vs Right-Handed
58.3%416-297
68.9%42-19
Vs Left-Handed
67.3%66-32
65.1%218-117
Vs 2H Backhand
58.6%278-196
65.6%120-63
Vs 1H Backhand
56.3%139-108
67.7%63-30
Vs Shorter
70.3%45-19
67%278-137
Vs Taller
58.1%406-293

Pressure Situations