H2H data updated: 2026-09-05 00:00 UTC

David Nalbandian vs Fabrice Santoro H2H: 2-2

David Nalbandian and Fabrice Santoro are tied 2–2 in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on clay, while they are tied 1–1 on hard courts. Most recently, David Nalbandian won the 2006 Australian Open quarterfinal 7-5 6-0 6-0.

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David Nalbandian
ARG Age 44 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
2 – 2
4 main draw meetings
Fabrice Santoro
FRA Age 53 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
David Nalbandian #4 7-5 6-0 6-0 Fabrice Santoro #65 Match data Jan 27, 2006* QF Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Fabrice Santoro #54 6-4 1-6 6-4 David Nalbandian #10 Match data May 4, 2005* R64 Italian Open Masters 1000 Clay
David Nalbandian #9 6-3 6-2 Fabrice Santoro #76 Match data Apr 24, 2004* R16 Monte-Carlo Masters Masters 1000 Clay
Fabrice Santoro #50 6-0 6-2 David Nalbandian #18 Match data Oct 19, 2002* R16 Madrid Open Masters 1000 Hard

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
Fabrice Santoro #142 #17 1,516 1,890 462 435 51.5% 0 0 0 1 5 6

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 Fabrice Santoro
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 — — — — — — — 1989 3–6 33.3% #235 1,509 0 0
17 — — — — — — — 1990 15–16 48.4% #62 1,684 0 0
18 2000 0–2 0.0% #245 1,482 0 0 1991 26–21 55.3% #43 1,697 0 0
19 2001 17–9 65.4% #47 1,739 0 0 1992 28–23 54.9% #43 1,748 0 0
20 2002 36–23 61.0% #12 1,856 0 2 1993 24–26 48.0% #55 1,631 0 0
21 2003 38–20 65.5% #8 2,001 0 2 1994 24–18 57.1% #46 1,736 0 0
22 2004 33–14 70.2% #9 1,909 0 2 1995 16–25 39.0% #102 1,610 0 0
23 2005 40–19 67.8% #6 1,983 0 4 1996 6–12 33.3% #118 1,558 0 0
24 2006 39–16 70.9% #8 1,941 0 5 1997 32–23 58.2% #29 1,803 0 1
25 2007 31–17 64.6% #9 2,034 0 7 1998 27–27 50.0% #41 1,708 0 1
26 2008 39–15 72.2% #11 2,014 0 9 1999 36–25 59.0% #34 1,765 0 2
27 2009 14–8 63.6% #64 1,941 0 10 2000 34–27 55.7% #31 1,739 0 3
28 2010 25–10 71.4% #27 2,014 0 11 2001 35–26 57.4% #22 1,769 0 3
29 2011 20–13 60.6% #64 1,964 0 11 2002 27–25 51.9% #35 1,740 0 4
30 2012 20–16 55.6% #82 1,880 0 11 2003 17–21 44.7% #62 1,708 0 4
31 2013 6–5 54.5% #229 1,869 0 11 2004 18–15 54.5% #52 1,815 0 4
32 — — — — — — — 2005 18–19 48.6% #58 1,781 0 4
33 — — — — — — — 2006 19–23 45.2% #52 1,701 0 4
34 — — — — — — — 2007 24–19 55.8% #37 1,788 0 5
35 — — — — — — — 2008 18–17 51.4% #52 1,757 0 6
36 — — — — — — — 2009 15–20 42.9% #68 1,696 0 6
37 — — — — — — — 2010 0–1 0.0% #142 1,689 0 6

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 Fabrice Santoro
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 %
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1989 1 1 2 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1990 8 4 12 66.7% 7 9 16 43.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
18 2000 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1991 13 10 23 56.5% 11 8 19 57.9% — — — — 2 3 5 40.0%
19 2001 2 2 4 50.0% 14 6 20 70.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 1992 6 6 12 50.0% 21 13 34 61.8% — — — — 1 4 5 20.0%
20 2002 9 9 18 50.0% 15 11 26 57.7% 6 1 7 85.7% 6 2 8 75.0% 1993 16 14 30 53.3% 8 11 19 42.1% — — — — 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% 1994 12 9 21 57.1% 12 8 20 60.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
22 2004 14 8 22 63.6% 15 5 20 75.0% — — — — 4 1 5 80.0% 1995 3 7 10 30.0% 13 14 27 48.1% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
23 2005 21 11 32 65.6% 8 3 11 72.7% 4 2 6 66.7% 7 3 10 70.0% 1996 1 4 5 20.0% 5 8 13 38.5% — — — — — — — —
24 2006 19 11 30 63.3% 16 3 19 84.2% 2 1 3 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 1997 9 6 15 60.0% 12 8 20 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 11 7 18 61.1%
25 2007 23 10 33 69.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 1998 14 15 29 48.3% 9 8 17 52.9% — — — — 4 4 8 50.0%
26 2008 23 8 31 74.2% 13 5 18 72.2% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 1999 22 12 34 64.7% 3 4 7 42.9% 3 3 6 50.0% 8 6 14 57.1%
27 2009 7 3 10 70.0% 7 5 12 58.3% — — — — — — — — 2000 22 16 38 57.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 3 6 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0%
28 2010 20 8 28 71.4% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — — 2001 20 15 35 57.1% 7 6 13 53.8% 6 2 8 75.0% 2 3 5 40.0%
29 2011 13 9 22 59.1% 3 2 5 60.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2002 22 14 36 61.1% 2 6 8 25.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
30 2012 7 6 13 53.8% 8 7 15 53.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — 2003 11 11 22 50.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0%
31 2013 1 2 3 33.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — 2004 13 11 24 54.2% 4 2 6 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 10 9 19 52.6% 2 5 7 28.6% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1%
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 9 13 22 40.9% 2 4 6 33.3% 5 3 8 62.5% 3 3 6 50.0%
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 15 12 27 55.6% 0 2 2 0.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 11 10 21 52.4% 1 3 4 25.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 1 1 2 50.0%
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 8 13 21 38.1% 0 3 3 0.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — —
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 180 98 278 64.7% 125 66 191 65.4% 29 14 43 67.4% 24 9 33 72.7% — 246 213 459 53.6% 128 136 264 48.5% 44 33 77 57.1% 44 53 97 45.4%

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 766/857 of Fabrice Santoro'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 Fabrice Santoro
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% 1991 43/47 1.3 2.4 59.8% 64.2% 47.7% 57.1% 45.6% 57.5% 43.8%
19 2001 23/26 3.0 3.5 62.0% 68.7% 53.8% 54.5% 52.8% 63.1% 45.3% 1992 41/51 1.9 3.2 58.7% 63.0% 51.9% 51.4% 47.1% 58.2% 42.1%
20 2002 54/59 2.6 3.1 58.4% 66.4% 53.3% 58.8% 48.2% 61.0% 40.2% 1993 46/50 1.3 2.7 61.4% 64.0% 51.2% 51.1% 47.6% 58.6% 41.1%
21 2003 57/58 3.3 3.7 57.7% 69.4% 52.6% 50.2% 49.3% 62.2% 42.7% 1994 36/42 2.5 3.1 61.1% 66.0% 51.6% 64.6% 42.4% 60.0% 42.5%
22 2004 47/47 4.1 2.9 60.0% 70.1% 53.2% 59.7% 50.0% 63.2% 41.3% 1995 39/41 2.0 3.4 61.1% 62.4% 48.9% 54.4% 37.3% 57.2% 39.6%
23 2005 59/59 3.2 2.7 61.6% 68.9% 54.8% 51.7% 48.8% 63.7% 43.9% 1996 13/18 1.6 3.2 53.2% 61.7% 49.9% 50.7% 47.8% 56.1% 36.9%
24 2006 55/55 3.1 3.3 60.9% 68.1% 55.3% 64.5% 49.1% 63.0% 41.4% 1997 48/55 3.4 2.1 50.9% 70.6% 54.1% 56.5% 43.0% 62.5% 40.7%
25 2007 48/48 5.6 3.3 57.1% 73.4% 51.8% 62.5% 46.6% 64.2% 39.7% 1998 42/54 3.0 2.0 54.4% 67.3% 51.7% 57.4% 43.3% 60.1% 40.6%
26 2008 51/54 5.3 3.0 58.7% 73.8% 53.2% 60.4% 48.3% 65.4% 41.2% 1999 51/61 3.1 2.4 58.3% 67.4% 50.4% 61.7% 41.5% 60.2% 38.7%
27 2009 21/22 3.9 3.7 51.6% 70.5% 54.0% 46.2% 54.6% 62.5% 43.3% 2000 51/61 3.2 2.6 55.4% 68.5% 52.3% 55.2% 44.2% 61.1% 39.0%
28 2010 34/35 3.4 3.1 58.5% 73.4% 50.4% 55.6% 48.0% 64.1% 42.4% 2001 51/61 2.8 1.7 57.0% 66.1% 51.9% 62.8% 47.5% 60.0% 39.2%
29 2011 32/33 3.5 3.8 58.1% 70.0% 52.7% 62.5% 38.8% 62.5% 39.3% 2002 43/52 3.9 2.7 56.0% 69.4% 53.4% 54.4% 42.1% 62.2% 40.2%
30 2012 35/36 3.4 3.5 58.0% 70.2% 53.2% 56.6% 43.1% 63.2% 39.7% 2003 38/38 2.9 2.2 59.9% 67.0% 49.7% 47.3% 39.7% 59.9% 39.2%
31 2013 11/11 4.6 4.5 58.0% 69.9% 49.6% 47.1% 59.8% 61.4% 40.8% 2004 31/33 4.2 1.8 56.0% 69.3% 51.0% 56.2% 37.7% 61.0% 38.8%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2005 37/37 3.4 1.4 58.5% 64.7% 51.6% 59.6% 36.9% 59.4% 40.2%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2006 42/42 4.3 2.6 58.4% 68.0% 48.9% 56.2% 46.1% 60.0% 38.2%
34 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2007 43/43 5.0 1.5 55.7% 72.3% 54.2% 57.1% 45.6% 64.1% 38.6%
35 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2008 35/35 3.5 1.3 57.5% 69.5% 53.5% 57.8% 41.1% 62.7% 37.2%
36 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2009 35/35 4.8 1.9 56.6% 69.3% 49.5% 56.5% 41.4% 60.9% 36.1%
37 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2010 1/1 0.0 1.0 60.2% 66.2% 48.8% 70.6% 50.0% 59.3% 30.4%
Career — 529/545 3.7 3.3 58.8% 70.1% 53.1% 57.2% 48.2% 63.1% 41.5% — 766/897 3.1 2.3 57.4% 67.1% 51.3% 56.5% 43.2% 60.3% 39.7%

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 Fabrice Santoro
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
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1989 1509 117.4 — — — — +25 +18 — 37.5% -0.75 2–2 (50%) 3–1 (75%) 103.0 -0.24
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1990 1685 143.3 — — — — -18 -64 — 53.2% -0.15 2–7 (22%) 6–3 (67%) 100.0 -1.45
18 2000 1482 102.2 -1.59 -1.12 0.655 42.3% — — — 20.0% -2.20 0–1 — — -0.08 1991 1698 140.2 -2.94 +4.41 1.033 50.6% -23 +17 — 55.5% +0.39 8–9 (47%) 7–4 (64%) 101.6 -0.38
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%) 105.1 -0.30 1992 1748 143.8 -2.09 +2.77 1.007 50.2% -63 +37 — 53.7% +0.24 7–6 (54%) 13–6 (68%) 108.5 -1.57
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%) 112.4 -0.80 1993 1632 140.6 -2.07 +2.75 0.993 49.9% +48 +70 — 46.7% -0.12 9–7 (56%) 5–8 (38%) 100.9 -0.03
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%) 100.0 +0.37 1994 1737 139.2 -1.00 +3.08 1.062 51.3% -5 +10 — 56.3% +0.29 9–9 (50%) 8–4 (67%) 101.6 -0.43
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%) 99.8 +0.96 1995 1611 128.7 -2.75 +0.77 0.927 48.4% -29 +106 — 43.8% -0.57 6–11 (35%) 3–8 (27%) 90.8 +0.74
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%) 93.3 +0.79 1996 1558 113.5 -2.78 -1.32 0.840 46.7% -8 +78 — 35.9% -1.13 2–2 (50%) 3–7 (30%) 97.8 +0.36
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%) 92.8 +0.24 1997 1804 152.5 +0.69 +3.16 1.085 51.3% -35 -44 — 56.1% +0.33 11–9 (55%) 11–3 (79%) 111.3 -2.98
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%) 99.8 +0.27 1998 1709 143.8 -1.02 +2.20 1.017 50.4% -3 +74 — 50.7% -0.05 10–12 (45%) 8–5 (62%) 98.4 -0.42
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%) 111.1 +1.15 1999 1766 144.6 -1.34 +1.00 0.973 49.6% +38 -13 -220 56.4% +0.23 10–5 (67%) 13–8 (62%) 106.5 +1.38
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%) 94.3 +0.35 2000 1740 141.2 -0.34 +2.05 1.004 50.0% +13 +19 -204 51.0% -0.11 13–8 (62%) 10–12 (45%) 101.1 -0.61
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%) 103.7 -1.13 2001 1769 141.9 -1.14 +1.52 0.980 49.9% -19 +17 -124 56.3% +0.07 9–7 (56%) 10–6 (63%) 106.1 -0.40
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%) 105.8 -0.83 2002 1740 141.0 -0.22 +2.22 1.064 51.1% +48 -51 -125 51.5% +0.12 10–12 (45%) 12–11 (52%) 95.5 +1.01
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%) 99.7 -2.55 2003 1709 127.8 -1.70 +2.05 0.978 49.4% +20 -96 -93 45.7% -0.26 9–10 (47%) 2–6 (25%) 95.6 -0.35
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 2004 1816 137.3 -1.06 +1.68 0.997 49.9% -21 -159 — 50.0% +0.07 5–3 (63%) 3–5 (38%) 101.9 -0.43
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 1781 146.7 -1.92 +3.04 0.990 49.9% +42 -184 -142 50.0% +0.01 6–5 (55%) 6–8 (43%) 100.4 -2.81
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 1702 141.3 -1.28 +1.44 0.957 49.5% +11 -128 +3 48.2% -0.10 4–9 (31%) 7–8 (47%) 94.8 -2.48
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 1788 144.1 +1.04 +2.02 1.074 51.2% -11 — +11 55.1% +0.11 6–9 (40%) 12–5 (71%) 103.1 -1.41
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 1758 141.9 -0.13 +0.94 0.995 50.0% +37 -208 +68 49.4% -0.26 3–2 (60%) 9–6 (60%) 103.6 -0.59
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 1696 134.7 -1.83 -0.14 0.922 48.5% -3 -186 +180 42.9% -0.27 6–6 (50%) 4–9 (31%) 95.4 -1.38
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 1690 110.3 +0.81 +1.44 0.747 46.0% — — — 0.0% -2.33 — — — -0.30
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 — 1890 147.6 -1.17 +2.02 1.000 50.0% +6 +5 -36 51.0% -0.01 147–150 (49%) 155–133 (54%) 103.9 -1.65

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.