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David Nalbandian vs Novak Djokovic Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

David Nalbandian seasons:20132012201120102009
Novak Djokovic seasons:20262025202420232022
🇦🇷 David Nalbandian
🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic
Age: 44y 77d (1982-01-01)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
5,370pts
#3
(1987-05-22) Age: 38y 301d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
1 - 4
Wins: 20.0% - 80.0%
Hard 1–2Clay 0–1Grass 0–1
Masters 1000 13250 01
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Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
9.1%90.9%
+607-994

H2H Preview

🇦🇷David Nalbandian and 🇷🇸Novak Djokovic have met 5 times. Novak Djokovic currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 41.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇷David Nalbandian has compiled an overall career record of 383190 across 573 matches, translating to a win rate of 66.84%. On hard courts his record stands at 18798 (65.61%), while on clay he holds a 13868 (66.99%) mark. On grass the numbers read 3113 (70.45%) , and on carpet 2711 (71.05%). Throughout his career he has won 11 titles (5 hard, 4 clay, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 3560 (36.84%).

🇷🇸Novak Djokovic, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1170234 from 1404 matches (83.33% win rate). His hard-court record is 741137 (84.40%), on clay he stands at 29572 (80.38%), and on grass he has gone 12521 (85.62%) , with a carpet record of 94 (69.23%). He has accumulated 101 titles in total (72 hard, 21 clay, 8 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 265121 (68.65%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Novak Djokovic leading 21 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 10 (100.00% for Novak Djokovic) across 1 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 10 (100.00% for Novak Djokovic).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2010-08-15Cincinnati MastersHardR163🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (2)37🇦🇷David Nalbandian6-1 7-6(7)3972366.7%71.7%39.1%5/8
2010-04-11Monte Carlo MastersClayQF2🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (1)151🇦🇷David Nalbandian6-2 6-33802058.0%69.0%61.9%2/3
2008-06-09Queen's ClubGrassSF3🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (2)8🇦🇷David Nalbandian (4)6-1 6-03485162.5%85.0%58.3%0/0
2007-10-15Madrid MastersHardSF25🇦🇷David Nalbandian3🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (3)6-4 7-6(4)31058060.3%85.4%55.6%2/2
2007-08-05Canada MastersHardR164🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (3)26🇦🇷David Nalbandian6-2 6-33705077.3%91.2%60.0%0/0

Wins

David Nalbandian
Novak Djokovic
14Overall
13Masters 1000
01ATP 250
12Hard
01Clay
01Grass

Sets Format

20.0%1
80.0%4
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
20.0%1
80.0%4
2 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
David Nalbandian
Novak Djokovic

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
50.0%1
50.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
David Nalbandian
Novak Djokovic

Sets

20.0%2
80.0%8
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
25.0%2
75.0%6
Masters 1000
33.3%2
66.7%4
Hard
0.0%0
100.0%2
Grass
0.0%0
100.0%2
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
David Nalbandian
Novak Djokovic

Games

34.4%31
65.6%59
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
39.0%30
61.0%47
Masters 1000
41.7%25
58.3%35
Hard
7.7%1
92.3%12
Grass
29.4%5
70.6%12
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
David Nalbandian
Novak Djokovic

Overview

By Surface

David Nalbandian
Novak Djokovic

By Tournament Level

David Nalbandian
Novak Djokovic

By Round

David Nalbandian
Novak Djokovic

By Opponent Ranking

David NalbandianNovak Djokovic
23.1%3-10
vs Top 1
42.1%16-22
30.4%17-39
vs Top 5
60.1%128-85
36.8%35-60
vs Top 10
68.7%265-121
47.7%72-79
vs Top 20
72.8%406-152
62.4%299-180
vs Top 100
82.3%1016-218
89.2%83-10
vs +100
91%151-15
52.8%95-85
vs Higher
54.5%73-61
73.2%287-105
vs Lower
86.4%1094-172

Opponent Breakdown

David NalbandianNovak Djokovic
65.4%155-82
Vs Younger
86.7%530-81
67.9%228-108
Vs Older
80.7%640-153
66.6%341-171
Vs Right-Handed
84.3%1026-191
68.9%42-19
Vs Left-Handed
77%144-43
65.1%218-117
Vs 2H Backhand
84.2%892-167
65.6%120-63
Vs 1H Backhand
79.9%254-64
67.7%63-30
Vs Shorter
82%593-130
67%278-137
Vs Taller
84.4%410-76

Pressure Situations