H2H data updated: 2026-09-06 00:00 UTC

David Nalbandian vs Juan Ignacio Chela H2H: 4-2

David Nalbandian holds a 4–2 lead over Juan Ignacio Chela in their ATP head-to-head. Across 6 main-draw meetings, David Nalbandian leads 3–1 on hard courts, while they are tied 1–1 on clay. Most recently, David Nalbandian won the 2008 Argentina Open semifinal 6-1 6-2.

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David Nalbandian
ARG Age 44 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
4 – 2
6 main-draw meetings
Juan Ignacio Chela
ARG Age 47 Right-Handed 190 cm / 6'3"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
David Nalbandian #11 6-1 6-2 Juan Ignacio Chela #25 Match data Feb 23, 2008* SF Argentina Open International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
David Nalbandian #4 6-7(6) 6-2 6-2 Juan Ignacio Chela #33 Match data Oct 12, 2006* R32 Vienna Open ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500 Hard
David Nalbandian #12 6-4 6-1 Juan Ignacio Chela #52 Match data Aug 10, 2005* R64 Canadian Open Masters 1000 Hard
David Nalbandian #14 6-4 6-4 Juan Ignacio Chela #37 Match data Aug 16, 2003* R16 Cincinnati Open Masters 1000 Hard
Juan Ignacio Chela #30 4-6 6-4 7-5 David Nalbandian #10 Match data Mar 12, 2003* R64 Indian Wells Open Masters 1000 Hard
Juan Ignacio Chela #60 7-5 6-3 David Nalbandian #242 Match data Feb 2, 2001* QF Bogota 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
Juan Ignacio Chela #967 #15 1,510 1,908 307 270 53.2% 0 0 0 2 4 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 Juan Ignacio Chela
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 1999 0–3 0.0% #124 1,463 0 0
20 2002 36–23 61.0% #12 1,856 0 2 2000 14–16 46.7% #63 1,558 0 1
21 2003 38–20 65.5% #8 2,001 0 2 2001 10–10 50.0% #70 1,601 0 1
22 2004 33–14 70.2% #9 1,909 0 2 2002 44–27 62.0% #23 1,782 0 2
23 2005 40–19 67.8% #6 1,983 0 4 2003 35–27 56.5% #38 1,762 0 2
24 2006 39–16 70.9% #8 1,941 0 5 2004 33–26 55.9% #26 1,718 0 3
25 2007 31–17 64.6% #9 2,034 0 7 2005 28–26 51.9% #39 1,690 0 3
26 2008 39–15 72.2% #11 2,014 0 9 2006 27–26 50.9% #33 1,722 0 3
27 2009 14–8 63.6% #64 1,941 0 10 2007 39–23 62.9% #20 1,795 0 4
28 2010 25–10 71.4% #27 2,014 0 11 2008 11–12 47.8% #140 1,737 0 4
29 2011 20–13 60.6% #64 1,964 0 11 2009 9–14 39.1% #73 1,731 0 4
30 2012 20–16 55.6% #82 1,880 0 11 2010 28–24 53.8% #38 1,837 0 6
31 2013 6–5 54.5% #229 1,869 0 11 2011 24–24 50.0% #29 1,737 0 6
32 — — — — — — — 2012 5–12 29.4% #176 1,633 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 Juan Ignacio Chela
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% 1999 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
20 2002 9 9 18 50.0% 15 11 26 57.7% 6 1 7 85.7% 6 2 8 75.0% 2000 1 6 7 14.3% 13 8 21 61.9% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
21 2003 21 10 31 67.7% 10 8 18 55.6% 3 1 4 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 2001 2 5 7 28.6% 8 5 13 61.5% — — — — — — — —
22 2004 14 8 22 63.6% 15 5 20 75.0% — — — — 4 1 5 80.0% 2002 24 14 38 63.2% 20 11 31 64.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 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% 2003 20 14 34 58.8% 14 10 24 58.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
24 2006 19 11 30 63.3% 16 3 19 84.2% 2 1 3 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 2004 12 12 24 50.0% 20 11 31 64.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
25 2007 23 10 33 69.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2005 20 14 34 58.8% 8 11 19 42.1% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
26 2008 23 8 31 74.2% 13 5 18 72.2% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2006 10 11 21 47.6% 15 12 27 55.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
27 2009 7 3 10 70.0% 7 5 12 58.3% — — — — — — — — 2007 17 11 28 60.7% 21 10 31 67.7% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
28 2010 20 8 28 71.4% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — — 2008 2 4 6 33.3% 9 8 17 52.9% — — — — — — — —
29 2011 13 9 22 59.1% 3 2 5 60.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2009 1 3 4 25.0% 8 11 19 42.1% — — — — — — — —
30 2012 7 6 13 53.8% 8 7 15 53.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — 2010 7 11 18 38.9% 21 12 33 63.6% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
31 2013 1 2 3 33.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — 2011 4 10 14 28.6% 19 13 32 59.4% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2012 2 4 6 33.3% 3 7 10 30.0% 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% — 122 120 242 50.4% 179 131 310 57.7% 4 11 15 26.7% 2 8 10 20.0%

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 447/453 of Juan Ignacio Chela'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 Juan Ignacio Chela
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% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 2005 59/59 3.2 2.7 61.6% 68.9% 54.8% 51.7% 48.8% 63.7% 43.9% 2003 58/62 4.0 4.4 58.8% 69.7% 47.9% 54.8% 45.2% 60.5% 40.8%
24 2006 55/55 3.1 3.3 60.9% 68.1% 55.3% 64.5% 49.1% 63.0% 41.4% 2004 58/59 2.8 2.4 65.3% 66.8% 49.9% 53.6% 46.0% 60.9% 42.5%
25 2007 48/48 5.6 3.3 57.1% 73.4% 51.8% 62.5% 46.6% 64.2% 39.7% 2005 54/54 3.1 2.5 62.6% 68.2% 50.1% 56.5% 43.2% 61.3% 39.8%
26 2008 51/54 5.3 3.0 58.7% 73.8% 53.2% 60.4% 48.3% 65.4% 41.2% 2006 53/53 2.6 1.9 60.4% 69.2% 52.7% 63.5% 44.0% 62.5% 39.4%
27 2009 21/22 3.9 3.7 51.6% 70.5% 54.0% 46.2% 54.6% 62.5% 43.3% 2007 62/62 2.8 3.4 58.0% 69.7% 51.5% 54.4% 43.9% 62.2% 40.8%
28 2010 34/35 3.4 3.1 58.5% 73.4% 50.4% 55.6% 48.0% 64.1% 42.4% 2008 23/23 1.6 4.0 58.1% 62.8% 49.0% 56.5% 48.6% 56.9% 38.6%
29 2011 32/33 3.5 3.8 58.1% 70.0% 52.7% 62.5% 38.8% 62.5% 39.3% 2009 23/23 1.8 3.1 61.8% 66.1% 45.1% 61.1% 39.4% 58.1% 40.6%
30 2012 35/36 3.4 3.5 58.0% 70.2% 53.2% 56.6% 43.1% 63.2% 39.7% 2010 51/52 1.9 2.0 61.6% 65.8% 53.2% 54.6% 51.9% 60.9% 42.5%
31 2013 11/11 4.6 4.5 58.0% 69.9% 49.6% 47.1% 59.8% 61.4% 40.8% 2011 48/48 1.9 2.4 65.4% 65.6% 50.5% 58.7% 47.1% 60.3% 41.6%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2012 17/17 2.1 2.4 65.3% 61.8% 49.9% 56.0% 40.5% 57.6% 39.1%
Career — 529/545 3.7 3.3 58.8% 70.1% 53.1% 57.2% 48.2% 63.1% 41.5% — 447/577 2.6 2.8 61.6% 67.4% 50.4% 56.7% 45.4% 60.7% 40.8%

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 Juan Ignacio Chela
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 1999 1464 96.2 — — — — — — — 14.3% -2.28 0–1 — — +0.19
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 2000 1559 133.5 — — — — -63 +120 — 44.9% -0.28 7–4 (64%) 6–7 (46%) 105.5 -0.31
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 2001 1602 129.7 — — — — -95 +120 — 56.9% +0.49 2–6 (25%) 3–5 (38%) 94.4 +1.29
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 2002 1783 151.5 — — — — -32 +59 — 56.5% +0.48 18–8 (69%) 18–14 (56%) 109.2 -1.32
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 2003 1762 142.3 -1.02 +3.12 1.035 50.6% -22 +63 — 54.2% +0.28 11–8 (58%) 14–7 (67%) 104.3 -0.30
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 2004 1718 148.1 -1.13 +4.91 1.089 51.6% -9 +123 — 53.9% +0.42 11–10 (52%) 5–11 (31%) 95.4 -1.39
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 2005 1691 142.8 -0.78 +2.25 1.029 50.3% +64 +15 — 51.9% +0.01 7–8 (47%) 12–10 (55%) 100.7 +0.41
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 2006 1723 142.8 +0.65 +1.91 1.053 50.9% +36 +10 — 50.4% -0.03 6–11 (35%) 6–11 (35%) 91.5 -0.31
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 2007 1796 148.8 -0.41 +3.45 1.078 51.3% +38 +27 -340 56.3% +0.40 15–5 (75%) 8–10 (44%) 107.2 +2.42
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 2008 1738 127.4 -3.84 +1.12 0.895 47.8% +27 +71 — 41.1% -0.75 6–2 (75%) 2–5 (29%) 100.1 +0.48
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 2009 1732 139.8 -3.44 +1.91 0.970 49.2% -13 +55 — 43.1% -0.12 5–6 (45%) 1–2 (33%) 97.2 -0.53
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 2010 1838 147.5 -1.66 +4.86 1.088 51.7% -116 +93 — 51.2% +0.38 9–7 (56%) 8–12 (40%) 98.7 -0.78
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 2011 1738 144.8 -2.16 +3.38 1.047 50.9% -88 +162 — 50.0% +0.18 9–10 (47%) 5–7 (42%) 95.7 +2.14
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2012 1634 126.2 -2.43 +0.71 0.923 48.4% +23 +118 — 42.9% -0.67 1–8 (11%) 4–2 (67%) 92.8 +1.58
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 — 1909 149.6 -1.24 +3.12 1.040 50.7% -9 +79 -340 51.6% +0.16 107–94 (53%) 92–103 (47%) 98.2 +0.62

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.