H2H data updated: 2026-09-03 00:00 UTC

David Nalbandian vs David Ferrer H2H: 4-9

David Ferrer holds a 9–4 lead over David Nalbandian in their ATP head-to-head. Across 13 main-draw meetings, David Nalbandian leads 4–3 on hard courts, while David Ferrer leads 6–0 on clay. Most recently, David Ferrer won the 2013 Argentina Open second round 2-6 6-4 6-0.

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David Nalbandian
ARG Age 44 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
4 – 9
13 main draw meetings
David Ferrer
ESP Age 44 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
David Ferrer #4 2-6 6-4 6-0 David Nalbandian #78 Match data Feb 22, 2013* R16 Argentina Open ATP 250 Clay
David Ferrer #5 6-1 6-4 David Nalbandian #85 Match data Feb 25, 2012* SF Argentina Open ATP 250 Clay
David Ferrer #7 6-3 6-2 David Nalbandian #27 Match data Jan 15, 2011* F ASB Classic ATP 250 Hard
David Nalbandian #45 7-5 3-6 6-3 David Ferrer #12 Match data Aug 11, 2010* R64 Canadian Open Masters 1000 Hard
David Nalbandian #21 7-6(3) 6-7(3) 6-2 David Ferrer #6 Match data Nov 3, 2007* QF Paris Masters Masters 1000 Hard
David Ferrer #15 6-3 3-6 4-6 7-6(5) 7-5 David Nalbandian #24 Match data Sep 2, 2007* R32 US Open Grand Slam Hard
David Nalbandian #26 7-6(4) 6-1 David Ferrer #16 Match data Aug 8, 2007* R32 Canadian Open Masters 1000 Hard
David Ferrer #16 7-6(5) 6-2 David Nalbandian #14 Match data Apr 28, 2007* QF Barcelona Open International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500 Clay
David Ferrer #44 7-6(0) 6-1 David Nalbandian #9 Match data Mar 24, 2005* R32 Miami Open Masters 1000 Hard
David Nalbandian #9 7-6(1) 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 David Ferrer #50 Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
David Ferrer #57 6-2 6-3 David Nalbandian #6 Match data May 12, 2004* R64 Hamburg Open Masters 1000 Clay
David Ferrer #72 6-4 4-6 6-3 David Nalbandian #19 Match data Aug 1, 2003* R16 Sopot ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
David Ferrer #114 6-4 6-3 David Nalbandian #14 Match data Jul 18, 2002* R32 Croatia Open Umag ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
David Nalbandian #231 #3 3,500 2,078 358 187 65.7% 0 2 1 1 7 11
David Ferrer #224 #3 7,220 2,263 703 371 65.5% 0 1 0 10 16 27

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age David Nalbandian David Ferrer
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 2000 0–2 0.0% #245 1,482 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 2001 17–9 65.4% #47 1,739 0 0 — — — — — — —
20 2002 36–23 61.0% #12 1,856 0 2 2002 10–6 62.5% #59 1,610 0 1
21 2003 38–20 65.5% #8 2,001 0 2 2003 20–27 42.6% #71 1,671 0 1
22 2004 33–14 70.2% #9 1,909 0 2 2004 29–31 48.3% #49 1,654 0 1
23 2005 40–19 67.8% #6 1,983 0 4 2005 41–28 59.4% #14 1,777 0 1
24 2006 39–16 70.9% #8 1,941 0 5 2006 37–24 60.7% #14 1,816 0 2
25 2007 31–17 64.6% #9 2,034 0 7 2007 57–22 72.2% #5 2,038 0 5
26 2008 39–15 72.2% #11 2,014 0 9 2008 40–21 65.6% #12 1,837 0 7
27 2009 14–8 63.6% #64 1,941 0 10 2009 40–24 62.5% #17 1,871 0 7
28 2010 25–10 71.4% #27 2,014 0 11 2010 58–23 71.6% #7 2,035 0 9
29 2011 20–13 60.6% #64 1,964 0 11 2011 55–19 74.3% #5 2,109 0 11
30 2012 20–16 55.6% #82 1,880 0 11 2012 70–15 82.4% #5 2,228 0 18
31 2013 6–5 54.5% #229 1,869 0 11 2013 63–24 72.4% #3 2,092 0 20
32 — — — — — — — 2014 55–24 69.6% #10 2,060 0 21
33 — — — — — — — 2015 53–16 76.8% #7 2,127 0 26
34 — — — — — — — 2016 34–23 59.6% #21 1,961 0 26
35 — — — — — — — 2017 25–21 54.3% #37 1,907 0 27
36 — — — — — — — 2018 8–17 32.0% #125 1,708 0 27
37 — — — — — — — 2019 8–6 57.1% #224 1,803 0 27

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age David Nalbandian David Ferrer
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
18 2000 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2001 2 2 4 50.0% 14 6 20 70.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2002 9 9 18 50.0% 15 11 26 57.7% 6 1 7 85.7% 6 2 8 75.0% 2002 0 1 1 0.0% 10 4 14 71.4% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
21 2003 21 10 31 67.7% 10 8 18 55.6% 3 1 4 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 2003 6 10 16 37.5% 13 16 29 44.8% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
22 2004 14 8 22 63.6% 15 5 20 75.0% — — — — 4 1 5 80.0% 2004 3 10 13 23.1% 22 15 37 59.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 3 3 6 50.0%
23 2005 21 11 32 65.6% 8 3 11 72.7% 4 2 6 66.7% 7 3 10 70.0% 2005 16 11 27 59.3% 23 14 37 62.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
24 2006 19 11 30 63.3% 16 3 19 84.2% 2 1 3 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 2006 17 13 30 56.7% 15 7 22 68.2% 3 1 4 75.0% 2 3 5 40.0%
25 2007 23 10 33 69.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2007 37 14 51 72.5% 19 7 26 73.1% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
26 2008 23 8 31 74.2% 13 5 18 72.2% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2008 15 14 29 51.7% 18 6 24 75.0% 7 1 8 87.5% — — — —
27 2009 7 3 10 70.0% 7 5 12 58.3% — — — — — — — — 2009 22 14 36 61.1% 14 8 22 63.6% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
28 2010 20 8 28 71.4% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — — 2010 26 15 41 63.4% 29 7 36 80.6% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — —
29 2011 13 9 22 59.1% 3 2 5 60.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2011 30 12 42 71.4% 22 6 28 78.6% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — —
30 2012 7 6 13 53.8% 8 7 15 53.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — 2012 31 8 39 79.5% 28 5 33 84.8% 11 2 13 84.6% — — — —
31 2013 1 2 3 33.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — 2013 37 16 53 69.8% 22 6 28 78.6% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2014 29 15 44 65.9% 25 8 33 75.8% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 34 10 44 77.3% 19 5 24 79.2% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 17 13 30 56.7% 15 7 22 68.2% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 11 10 21 52.4% 12 8 20 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 6 10 16 37.5% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 4 3 7 57.1% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — —
Career — 180 98 278 64.7% 125 66 191 65.4% 29 14 43 67.4% 24 9 33 72.7% — 341 199 540 63.1% 311 137 448 69.4% 44 26 70 62.9% 7 9 16 43.8%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 529/545 of David Nalbandian's and 1,056/1,074 of David Ferrer's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age David Nalbandian David Ferrer
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
18 2000 2/2 2.5 6.5 51.0% 68.0% 35.6% 59.2% 15.0% 52.1% 31.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2001 23/26 3.0 3.5 62.0% 68.7% 53.8% 54.5% 52.8% 63.1% 45.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2002 54/59 2.6 3.1 58.4% 66.4% 53.3% 58.8% 48.2% 61.0% 40.2% 2002 15/16 1.1 2.9 60.6% 66.6% 52.3% 44.8% 46.2% 60.7% 43.0%
21 2003 57/58 3.3 3.7 57.7% 69.4% 52.6% 50.2% 49.3% 62.2% 42.7% 2003 45/47 2.0 3.8 59.2% 63.2% 46.7% 53.8% 44.3% 56.4% 39.3%
22 2004 47/47 4.1 2.9 60.0% 70.1% 53.2% 59.7% 50.0% 63.2% 41.3% 2004 60/60 2.5 2.7 63.1% 64.2% 49.4% 56.1% 44.4% 58.3% 40.5%
23 2005 59/59 3.2 2.7 61.6% 68.9% 54.8% 51.7% 48.8% 63.7% 43.9% 2005 68/69 2.5 2.6 64.1% 65.3% 51.4% 54.6% 48.0% 60.5% 42.3%
24 2006 55/55 3.1 3.3 60.9% 68.1% 55.3% 64.5% 49.1% 63.0% 41.4% 2006 61/61 2.5 3.0 63.5% 66.0% 49.4% 52.9% 47.3% 59.9% 42.3%
25 2007 48/48 5.6 3.3 57.1% 73.4% 51.8% 62.5% 46.6% 64.2% 39.7% 2007 79/79 2.9 1.7 65.4% 69.1% 53.5% 57.6% 52.1% 63.7% 44.3%
26 2008 51/54 5.3 3.0 58.7% 73.8% 53.2% 60.4% 48.3% 65.4% 41.2% 2008 60/61 2.7 1.6 66.1% 69.0% 54.5% 55.7% 43.0% 64.2% 41.9%
27 2009 21/22 3.9 3.7 51.6% 70.5% 54.0% 46.2% 54.6% 62.5% 43.3% 2009 62/64 3.1 2.9 61.2% 70.2% 52.9% 58.9% 49.4% 63.4% 42.7%
28 2010 34/35 3.4 3.1 58.5% 73.4% 50.4% 55.6% 48.0% 64.1% 42.4% 2010 81/81 3.0 1.7 65.1% 70.7% 56.5% 63.9% 48.7% 65.7% 43.1%
29 2011 32/33 3.5 3.8 58.1% 70.0% 52.7% 62.5% 38.8% 62.5% 39.3% 2011 74/74 3.6 2.7 60.7% 72.9% 56.8% 65.7% 48.1% 66.6% 42.8%
30 2012 35/36 3.4 3.5 58.0% 70.2% 53.2% 56.6% 43.1% 63.2% 39.7% 2012 82/85 3.3 2.1 63.4% 73.9% 57.8% 65.2% 48.2% 68.0% 42.7%
31 2013 11/11 4.6 4.5 58.0% 69.9% 49.6% 47.1% 59.8% 61.4% 40.8% 2013 84/87 3.2 2.3 62.9% 70.4% 53.4% 57.1% 44.8% 64.2% 42.6%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2014 78/79 2.2 2.5 62.9% 69.9% 53.7% 61.3% 43.8% 63.8% 43.3%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2015 69/69 2.2 2.9 62.4% 70.5% 54.2% 60.3% 47.6% 64.4% 43.6%
34 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2016 54/57 2.8 3.2 61.3% 70.5% 53.7% 63.4% 43.6% 63.8% 40.3%
35 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2017 45/46 2.6 4.6 59.1% 70.6% 50.9% 61.7% 39.6% 62.4% 39.6%
36 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 25/25 2.0 3.8 60.7% 66.1% 49.2% 57.7% 36.2% 59.1% 39.5%
37 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 14/14 1.6 2.8 64.7% 67.0% 55.6% 54.9% 39.1% 62.7% 41.7%
Career — 529/545 3.7 3.3 58.8% 70.1% 53.1% 57.2% 48.2% 63.1% 41.5% — 1,056/1,074 2.7 2.6 62.8% 69.2% 53.3% 59.2% 46.2% 63.2% 42.3%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age David Nalbandian David Ferrer
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
18 2000 1482 102.2 -1.59 -1.12 0.655 42.3% — — — 20.0% -2.20 0–1 — — -0.08 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2001 1739 145.8 +1.20 +5.17 1.229 53.9% -114 +18 — 60.3% +1.05 4–1 (80%) 2–4 (33%) — -0.30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2002 1857 144.2 -0.29 +2.49 1.030 50.5% -88 -84 -106 56.4% +0.27 14–8 (64%) 16–8 (67%) — -0.80 2002 1611 129.0 -0.14 +2.61 1.094 51.9% — +85 — 59.5% +1.03 3–2 (60%) 1–0 — +0.80
21 2003 2002 153.3 +0.97 +5.48 1.130 52.3% +9 -255 -154 62.7% +0.64 8–11 (42%) 15–9 (63%) — +0.37 2003 1672 133.1 -4.21 +1.79 0.902 48.2% -135 +48 — 40.5% -0.84 7–3 (70%) 5–4 (56%) — -2.35
22 2004 1910 152.1 +1.43 +3.62 1.123 52.4% +18 +13 — 65.4% +0.95 7–6 (54%) 13–7 (65%) — +0.96 2004 1655 133.7 -3.20 +2.62 0.972 49.4% -121 +132 -112 46.3% -0.23 13–7 (65%) 8–11 (42%) — +0.43
23 2005 1983 155.5 +1.22 +6.61 1.209 53.5% +13 -68 -66 64.8% +0.98 7–9 (44%) 13–13 (50%) — +0.79 2005 1777 152.3 -0.65 +4.57 1.071 51.2% -27 +72 — 58.3% +0.68 11–12 (48%) 6–7 (46%) — +1.45
24 2006 1941 157.1 +0.94 +4.60 1.118 52.2% +6 +128 -31 66.0% +1.00 11–8 (58%) 7–13 (35%) — +0.24 2006 1816 148.0 -1.48 +4.87 1.055 51.0% -62 +114 -166 57.8% +0.52 13–6 (68%) 8–9 (47%) — +1.00
25 2007 2034 159.2 +2.25 +3.52 1.109 51.8% +31 -57 -168 61.6% +0.70 8–5 (62%) 12–11 (52%) — +0.27 2007 2038 165.7 +0.90 +7.85 1.222 53.9% +1 -58 — 66.5% +1.31 12–4 (75%) 13–12 (52%) — -0.11
26 2008 2015 156.9 +2.41 +4.20 1.191 52.9% +66 -36 -146 65.7% +0.90 11–4 (73%) 16–3 (84%) — +1.15 2008 1838 152.2 +1.24 +4.88 1.168 52.6% -35 +228 -34 60.9% +0.75 10–6 (63%) 11–8 (58%) — +2.27
27 2009 1941 145.8 +0.36 +3.91 1.154 52.6% +98 +24 — 63.5% +0.87 3–5 (38%) 1–3 (25%) — +0.35 2009 1871 159.3 +0.54 +5.75 1.169 52.8% +17 +139 -50 59.8% +0.90 14–10 (58%) 4–13 (24%) — +0.88
28 2010 2015 167.2 +1.51 +5.37 1.181 53.2% +50 +7 — 65.9% +1.04 8–3 (73%) 7–4 (64%) — -1.13 2010 2036 167.1 +2.99 +6.37 1.257 54.2% -69 +114 -169 67.4% +1.08 11–10 (52%) 11–9 (55%) — +0.59
29 2011 1965 152.5 +0.32 +2.26 1.049 50.5% +46 +40 -25 59.2% +0.41 3–0 (100%) 6–1 (86%) — -0.83 2011 2109 173.9 +4.03 +6.13 1.283 54.5% +5 +84 -191 69.8% +1.52 12–7 (63%) 9–9 (50%) — +1.39
30 2012 1881 152.2 +0.89 +2.86 1.077 51.5% +99 +12 +43 55.3% +0.34 5–7 (42%) 8–3 (73%) — -2.55 2012 2229 173.7 +4.91 +6.11 1.332 55.1% -6 +114 -152 75.9% +1.67 14–1 (93%) 20–12 (63%) — +1.07
31 2013 1870 142.5 -0.16 +2.69 1.057 50.9% +70 +63 — 55.2% +0.04 3–4 (43%) 2–1 (67%) — -0.77 2013 2093 174.2 +1.94 +6.08 1.191 53.3% +31 +273 -20 64.6% +1.16 20–8 (71%) 12–9 (57%) — +1.12
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2014 2060 172.8 +1.07 +6.87 1.198 53.5% +10 +218 — 65.5% +1.12 15–11 (58%) 17–12 (59%) — +2.77
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 2127 174.9 +1.19 +7.08 1.223 53.6% +32 +170 — 67.6% +1.31 15–2 (88%) 12–10 (55%) — +3.35
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 1961 160.9 -0.03 +3.83 1.112 51.7% +65 +185 -21 57.1% +0.66 10–8 (56%) 8–12 (40%) — +1.83
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 1907 153.4 -0.46 +2.91 1.054 50.7% +10 +112 -23 49.2% +0.13 12–6 (67%) 5–9 (36%) — +0.54
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1708 138.6 -2.32 +3.21 0.966 49.2% +118 +153 +130 41.7% -0.43 0–6 (0%) 5–5 (50%) — -0.57
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 1804 151.4 -0.33 +3.86 1.116 51.9% +47 +91 — 60.0% +0.57 2–2 (50%) 3–2 (60%) — -0.85
Career — 2079 161.5 +1.10 +4.21 1.126 52.2% +21 -24 -71 62.2% +0.73 92–72 (56%) 118–80 (60%) 104.0 -0.43 — 2264 167.8 +0.80 +5.33 1.149 52.6% -5 +126 -81 61.4% +0.85 194–111 (64%) 158–153 (51%) 102.5 +1.46

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.