H2H data updated: 2026-09-11 00:00 UTC

David Nalbandian vs Ivo Karlovic H2H: 2-0

David Nalbandian holds a 2–0 lead over Ivo Karlovic in their ATP head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, David Nalbandian leads 1–0 on carpet and 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, David Nalbandian won the 2005 Swiss Indoors round of 32 6-3 7-6(4).

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David Nalbandian
ARG Age 44 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
2 – 0
2 main-draw meetings
Ivo Karlovic
CRO Age 47 Right-Handed 211 cm / 6'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
David Nalbandian #10 6-3 7-6(4) Ivo Karlovic #63 Match data Oct 27, 2005* R32 Swiss Indoors ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Carpet
David Nalbandian #9 6-4 7-6(4) Ivo Karlovic #86 Match data Oct 23, 2005* QF 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
Ivo Karlovic #1,066 #14 2,295 1,999 363 335 52.0% 0 0 0 0 8 8

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 Ivo Karlovic
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 2000 0–2 0.0% #245 1,482 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 2001 17–9 65.4% #47 1,738 0 0 — — — — — — —
20 2002 36–23 61.0% #12 1,856 0 2 — — — — — — —
21 2003 38–20 65.5% #8 2,001 0 2 — — — — — — —
22 2004 33–14 70.2% #9 1,909 0 2 2001 0–1 0.0% #193 1,500 0 0
23 2005 40–19 67.8% #6 1,983 0 4 2002 1–2 33.3% #201 1,454 0 0
24 2006 39–16 70.9% #8 1,941 0 5 2003 9–7 56.2% #73 1,665 0 0
25 2007 31–17 64.6% #9 2,034 0 7 2004 18–25 41.9% #61 1,685 0 0
26 2008 39–15 72.2% #11 2,014 0 9 2005 17–22 43.6% #70 1,745 0 0
27 2009 14–8 63.6% #64 1,941 0 10 2006 16–18 47.1% #98 1,633 0 0
28 2010 25–10 71.4% #27 2,014 0 11 2007 45–21 68.2% #22 1,931 0 3
29 2011 20–13 60.6% #64 1,964 0 11 2008 29–25 53.7% #26 1,814 0 4
30 2012 20–16 55.6% #82 1,880 0 11 2009 21–22 48.8% #37 1,797 0 4
31 2013 6–5 54.5% #229 1,869 0 11 2010 16–9 64.0% #73 1,866 0 4
32 — — — — — — — 2011 16–20 44.4% #56 1,821 0 4
33 — — — — — — — 2012 14–16 46.7% #100 1,769 0 4
34 — — — — — — — 2013 15–13 53.6% #78 1,774 0 5
35 — — — — — — — 2014 36–28 56.2% #27 1,856 0 5
36 — — — — — — — 2015 38–25 60.3% #23 1,917 0 6
37 — — — — — — — 2016 32–22 59.3% #20 1,972 0 8
38 — — — — — — — 2017 15–20 42.9% #80 1,771 0 8
39 — — — — — — — 2018 11–16 40.7% #100 1,645 0 8
40 — — — — — — — 2019 11–15 42.3% #95 1,675 0 8
41 — — — — — — — 2020 1–4 20.0% #147 1,620 0 8
42 — — — — — — — 2021 2–4 33.3% #279 1,625 0 8

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 Ivo Karlovic
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% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2003 21 10 31 67.7% 10 8 18 55.6% 3 1 4 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2004 14 8 22 63.6% 15 5 20 75.0% — — — — 4 1 5 80.0% 2001 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2005 21 11 32 65.6% 8 3 11 72.7% 4 2 6 66.7% 7 3 10 70.0% 2002 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
24 2006 19 11 30 63.3% 16 3 19 84.2% 2 1 3 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 2003 5 4 9 55.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
25 2007 23 10 33 69.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2004 6 12 18 33.3% 5 7 12 41.7% 5 3 8 62.5% 2 3 5 40.0%
26 2008 23 8 31 74.2% 13 5 18 72.2% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2005 9 11 20 45.0% 0 6 6 0.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
27 2009 7 3 10 70.0% 7 5 12 58.3% — — — — — — — — 2006 8 11 19 42.1% 6 4 10 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
28 2010 20 8 28 71.4% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — — 2007 30 16 46 65.2% 6 2 8 75.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
29 2011 13 9 22 59.1% 3 2 5 60.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2008 17 14 31 54.8% 5 8 13 38.5% 7 2 9 77.8% 0 1 1 0.0%
30 2012 7 6 13 53.8% 8 7 15 53.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — 2009 9 15 24 37.5% 5 5 10 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — —
31 2013 1 2 3 33.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — 2010 14 7 21 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 12 13 25 48.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2012 12 11 23 52.2% 0 3 3 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 13 11 24 54.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2014 24 18 42 57.1% 7 6 13 53.8% 5 4 9 55.6% — — — —
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 26 18 44 59.1% 1 3 4 25.0% 11 4 15 73.3% — — — —
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 20 13 33 60.6% 4 6 10 40.0% 8 3 11 72.7% — — — —
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 8 12 20 40.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — —
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 4 7 11 36.4% 5 6 11 45.5% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 9 11 20 45.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
41 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
42 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
Career — 180 98 278 64.7% 125 66 191 65.4% 29 14 43 67.4% 24 9 33 72.7% — 229 213 442 51.8% 54 70 124 43.5% 74 44 118 62.7% 6 8 14 42.9%

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 692/698 of Ivo Karlovic'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 Ivo Karlovic
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% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2003 57/58 3.3 3.7 57.7% 69.4% 52.6% 50.2% 49.3% 62.2% 42.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2004 47/47 4.1 2.9 60.0% 70.1% 53.2% 59.7% 50.0% 63.2% 41.3% 2001 1/1 16.0 2.0 76.6% 71.4% 46.7% 60.0% 50.0% 65.6% 32.4%
23 2005 59/59 3.2 2.7 61.6% 68.9% 54.8% 51.7% 48.8% 63.7% 43.9% 2002 2/3 15.0 8.5 53.7% 75.3% 40.4% 71.7% 75.0% 59.2% 28.6%
24 2006 55/55 3.1 3.3 60.9% 68.1% 55.3% 64.5% 49.1% 63.0% 41.4% 2003 16/16 17.6 6.3 61.1% 83.8% 53.3% 73.0% 28.3% 71.9% 29.0%
25 2007 48/48 5.6 3.3 57.1% 73.4% 51.8% 62.5% 46.6% 64.2% 39.7% 2004 40/43 21.1 5.4 61.9% 81.6% 52.8% 63.7% 25.9% 70.3% 26.8%
26 2008 51/54 5.3 3.0 58.7% 73.8% 53.2% 60.4% 48.3% 65.4% 41.2% 2005 39/39 18.7 4.4 63.3% 82.0% 51.5% 69.3% 31.9% 70.9% 25.5%
27 2009 21/22 3.9 3.7 51.6% 70.5% 54.0% 46.2% 54.6% 62.5% 43.3% 2006 34/34 18.3 3.1 65.0% 82.0% 50.3% 70.9% 34.6% 70.7% 28.1%
28 2010 34/35 3.4 3.1 58.5% 73.4% 50.4% 55.6% 48.0% 64.1% 42.4% 2007 64/66 20.6 1.9 68.7% 84.3% 54.5% 71.9% 34.1% 74.9% 29.5%
29 2011 32/33 3.5 3.8 58.1% 70.0% 52.7% 62.5% 38.8% 62.5% 39.3% 2008 54/54 17.8 1.8 66.2% 81.4% 53.2% 66.2% 31.8% 71.8% 30.1%
30 2012 35/36 3.4 3.5 58.0% 70.2% 53.2% 56.6% 43.1% 63.2% 39.7% 2009 43/43 20.7 2.3 66.4% 84.9% 54.8% 62.5% 39.2% 74.8% 29.1%
31 2013 11/11 4.6 4.5 58.0% 69.9% 49.6% 47.1% 59.8% 61.4% 40.8% 2010 25/25 18.9 2.1 64.2% 83.5% 51.8% 68.0% 27.1% 72.1% 30.3%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2011 36/36 17.6 2.7 66.4% 80.8% 49.8% 65.5% 37.0% 70.5% 28.4%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2012 30/30 16.9 2.9 64.7% 79.5% 52.3% 61.0% 31.2% 69.7% 30.5%
34 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2013 28/28 17.3 3.4 64.1% 82.1% 55.1% 61.7% 28.7% 72.4% 27.8%
35 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2014 64/64 18.5 2.8 66.3% 82.8% 54.0% 68.7% 34.9% 73.2% 27.5%
36 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2015 63/63 23.0 3.6 66.4% 84.9% 57.0% 73.1% 33.3% 75.5% 29.0%
37 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2016 54/54 20.9 5.2 63.8% 81.7% 56.4% 72.1% 35.7% 72.6% 26.9%
38 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2017 35/35 20.8 5.1 65.1% 81.8% 56.2% 67.0% 29.2% 72.7% 25.9%
39 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 27/27 23.5 5.9 65.1% 83.9% 54.4% 71.8% 28.8% 73.4% 25.9%
40 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 26/26 23.7 4.3 65.0% 83.3% 54.3% 72.4% 24.8% 73.2% 25.6%
41 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 5/5 13.4 3.6 66.8% 75.6% 56.8% 71.8% 21.3% 69.5% 24.7%
42 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 6/6 18.2 5.2 64.8% 79.3% 46.0% 44.2% 29.2% 67.6% 27.1%
Career — 529/545 3.7 3.3 58.8% 70.1% 53.1% 57.2% 48.2% 63.1% 41.5% — 692/698 19.8 3.5 65.3% 82.6% 53.8% 68.2% 32.4% 72.6% 28.1%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. 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 Ivo Karlovic
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%) 105.1 -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%) 112.4 -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%) 100.0 +0.37 2000 1493 98.8 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2001 1501 100.2 -4.08 -1.53 0.943 47.8% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — 0–1 — +0.14
23 2005 1983 155.5 +1.22 +6.61 1.209 53.5% +13 -69 -66 64.8% +0.98 7–9 (44%) 13–13 (50%) 93.3 +0.79 2002 1455 101.0 -0.82 -1.26 0.701 45.7% — — — 42.9% -0.57 0–1 1–1 — -0.01
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 2003 1666 123.8 +5.40 -4.66 1.033 50.5% -35 — +2 54.3% +0.22 2–2 (50%) 9–10 (47%) 100.2 -0.07
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 2004 1686 136.3 +5.37 -7.05 0.904 48.9% -54 -121 +84 45.1% -0.31 10–14 (42%) 28–28 (50%) 102.1 -0.85
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 2005 1745 141.3 +6.26 -7.68 0.875 48.7% -20 -269 +91 45.4% -0.26 6–7 (46%) 24–22 (52%) 102.5 -2.07
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 2006 1633 131.3 +6.13 -7.11 0.960 49.6% +16 -48 — 51.1% +0.03 7–9 (44%) 19–18 (51%) 97.8 +0.32
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 2007 1931 150.5 +9.95 -5.32 1.173 51.8% -6 -289 -103 60.5% +0.53 17–8 (68%) 37–30 (55%) 109.8 -1.29
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 2008 1815 150.1 +7.57 -4.88 1.069 50.7% +25 -181 +93 53.4% +0.24 7–10 (41%) 26–29 (47%) 93.8 +0.70
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 2009 1798 147.0 +8.98 -4.91 1.158 51.5% -104 -119 +253 51.8% +0.26 4–9 (31%) 14–24 (37%) 89.5 0.00
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 2010 1867 147.8 +6.46 -3.55 1.087 51.1% -26 -171 — 56.7% +0.33 4–0 (100%) 11–9 (55%) 107.1 -0.09
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 1822 147.5 +6.44 -5.95 0.962 49.6% +14 -88 +122 46.5% -0.14 5–5 (50%) 19–19 (50%) 98.0 -1.25
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2012 1769 144.3 +5.38 -4.85 1.007 49.8% +37 -113 +182 48.7% -0.18 2–6 (25%) 17–14 (55%) 95.3 -0.59
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 1774 137.0 +5.97 -5.23 1.007 50.0% +27 — +167 51.6% +0.06 6–4 (60%) 17–11 (61%) 106.8 +0.66
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2014 1857 153.7 +7.97 -6.74 1.029 49.9% +21 -115 +54 55.0% +0.13 11–8 (58%) 34–31 (52%) 102.5 +1.55
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 1917 155.1 +10.01 -5.54 1.186 51.7% -35 -231 +136 57.1% +0.52 15–12 (56%) 32–44 (42%) 99.7 +3.01
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 1973 155.0 +7.27 -7.09 0.983 50.0% -18 -250 +83 56.8% +0.16 12–6 (67%) 41–25 (62%) 110.4 +3.08
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 1771 141.4 +6.85 -7.48 0.952 49.6% +15 -53 +153 44.9% -0.17 6–5 (55%) 17–24 (41%) 95.8 +1.27
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1646 126.4 +5.95 -7.94 0.974 49.6% +41 +26 +201 46.2% -0.10 5–9 (36%) 17–24 (41%) 89.6 +0.79
40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 1675 134.3 +6.12 -7.61 0.954 49.4% +46 -25 +100 49.3% -0.17 2–6 (25%) 20–18 (53%) 99.5 +1.01
41 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1621 114.5 +1.55 -3.38 0.808 46.4% +33 — — 28.6% -1.00 — 1–4 (20%) — -0.32
42 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1626 114.4 +1.80 -4.17 0.837 47.4% +19 — — 31.3% -0.75 2–1 (67%) 0–3 (0%) 98.7 +0.12
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 — 2000 150.3 +7.24 -6.06 1.023 50.2% -4 -133 +101 51.7% +0.09 123–122 (50%) 384–389 (50%) 100.0 +0.88

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.