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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 174d (1982-01-01)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
3,760pts
#8
(1987-05-22) Age: 39y 33d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
1 - 4
Wins: 20.0% - 80.0%
Hard 1–2Clay 0–1Grass 0–1
Masters 1000 1–3250 0–1
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Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
9.2%90.8%
+606-992

H2H Preview

🇦🇷David Nalbandian and 🇷🇸Novak Djokovic have met 5 times. Novak Djokovic 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%).

🇷🇸Novak Djokovic, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1172–236 from 1408 matches (83.24% win rate). His hard-court record is 741–137 (84.40%), on clay he stands at 297–74 (80.05%), and on grass he has gone 125–21 (85.62%) , with a carpet record of 9–4 (69.23%). He has accumulated 101 titles in total (72 hard, 21 clay, 8 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 265–121 (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 2–1 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Novak Djokovic) across 1 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Novak Djokovic).

Dateâ–¼
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
1–4Overall
1–3Masters 1000
0–1ATP 250
1–2Hard
0–1Clay
0–1Grass

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
82.2%1018-220
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
86.3%1096-174

Opponent Breakdown

David NalbandianNovak Djokovic
65.4%155-82
Vs Younger
86.5%532-83
67.9%228-108
Vs Older
80.7%640-153
66.6%341-171
Vs Right-Handed
84.2%1028-193
68.9%42-19
Vs Left-Handed
77%144-43
65.1%218-117
Vs 2H Backhand
84.1%893-169
65.6%120-63
Vs 1H Backhand
79.9%255-64
67.7%63-30
Vs Shorter
82%593-130
67%278-137
Vs Taller
84.4%411-76

Pressure Situations