H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

David Nalbandian vs Nicolas Escude H2H: 1-0

David Nalbandian holds a 1–0 lead over Nicolas Escude in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, David Nalbandian leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, David Nalbandian won the 2001 US Open round of 64 4-6 6-3 4-6 6-3 7-5.

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David Nalbandian
ARG Age 44 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main draw meetings
Nicolas Escude
FRA Age 50 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
David Nalbandian #80 4-6 6-3 4-6 6-3 7-5 Nicolas Escude #31 Match data Aug 31, 2001* R64 US Open Grand Slam 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
Nicolas Escude #1,071 #17 1,357 1,918 157 125 55.7% 0 0 0 2 2 4

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 Nicolas Escude
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 — — — — — — — 1993 0–1 0.0% #670 1,497 0 0
18 2000 0–2 0.0% #245 1,482 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 2001 17–9 65.4% #47 1,739 0 0 1995 1–2 33.3% #189 1,504 0 0
20 2002 36–23 61.0% #12 1,856 0 2 — — — — — — —
21 2003 38–20 65.5% #8 2,001 0 2 1997 6–6 50.0% #93 1,621 0 0
22 2004 33–14 70.2% #9 1,909 0 2 1998 22–22 50.0% #37 1,708 0 0
23 2005 40–19 67.8% #6 1,983 0 4 1999 19–15 55.9% #37 1,821 0 1
24 2006 39–16 70.9% #8 1,941 0 5 2000 26–23 53.1% #48 1,703 0 1
25 2007 31–17 64.6% #9 2,034 0 7 2001 28–23 54.9% #27 1,722 0 2
26 2008 39–15 72.2% #11 2,014 0 9 2002 29–15 65.9% #34 1,846 0 3
27 2009 14–8 63.6% #64 1,941 0 10 2003 11–10 52.4% #114 1,802 0 3
28 2010 25–10 71.4% #27 2,014 0 11 2004 15–8 65.2% #64 1,834 0 4
29 2011 20–13 60.6% #64 1,964 0 11 — — — — — — —
30 2012 20–16 55.6% #82 1,880 0 11 — — — — — — —
31 2013 6–5 54.5% #229 1,869 0 11 — — — — — — —

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 Nicolas Escude
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 %
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1993 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
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% 1995 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
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% 1997 1 2 3 33.3% 2 1 3 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
22 2004 14 8 22 63.6% 15 5 20 75.0% — — — — 4 1 5 80.0% 1998 13 11 24 54.2% 5 6 11 45.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0%
23 2005 21 11 32 65.6% 8 3 11 72.7% 4 2 6 66.7% 7 3 10 70.0% 1999 12 9 21 57.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 4 10 60.0%
24 2006 19 11 30 63.3% 16 3 19 84.2% 2 1 3 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 2000 16 11 27 59.3% 3 6 9 33.3% 7 3 10 70.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
25 2007 23 10 33 69.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2001 18 12 30 60.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 7 3 10 70.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
26 2008 23 8 31 74.2% 13 5 18 72.2% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2002 15 5 20 75.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 11 5 16 68.8%
27 2009 7 3 10 70.0% 7 5 12 58.3% — — — — — — — — 2003 10 5 15 66.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
28 2010 20 8 28 71.4% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — — 2004 10 5 15 66.7% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
29 2011 13 9 22 59.1% 3 2 5 60.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2012 7 6 13 53.8% 8 7 15 53.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2013 1 2 3 33.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 180 98 278 64.7% 125 66 191 65.4% 29 14 43 67.4% 24 9 33 72.7% — 96 61 157 61.1% 18 27 45 40.0% 21 14 35 60.0% 22 23 45 48.9%

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 238/282 of Nicolas Escude'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 Nicolas Escude
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%
17 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1993 1/1 0.0 3.0 53.8% 51.4% 30.0% 41.7% 0.0% 41.5% 27.1%
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% 1995 3/3 0.7 2.3 61.4% 64.7% 50.6% 56.7% 23.6% 59.2% 33.3%
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% 1997 9/12 4.7 3.1 56.8% 70.9% 53.7% 71.4% 37.5% 63.3% 36.1%
22 2004 47/47 4.1 2.9 60.0% 70.1% 53.2% 59.7% 50.0% 63.2% 41.3% 1998 32/44 6.4 3.4 57.0% 70.0% 47.6% 61.1% 39.2% 60.1% 37.9%
23 2005 59/59 3.2 2.7 61.6% 68.9% 54.8% 51.7% 48.8% 63.7% 43.9% 1999 28/34 6.3 2.6 57.0% 71.3% 54.2% 62.4% 45.9% 63.7% 39.3%
24 2006 55/55 3.1 3.3 60.9% 68.1% 55.3% 64.5% 49.1% 63.0% 41.4% 2000 43/49 6.5 3.6 51.7% 75.2% 51.3% 52.4% 36.7% 63.8% 39.1%
25 2007 48/48 5.6 3.3 57.1% 73.4% 51.8% 62.5% 46.6% 64.2% 39.7% 2001 41/51 6.0 3.8 54.4% 71.8% 50.6% 59.5% 46.5% 62.2% 37.8%
26 2008 51/54 5.3 3.0 58.7% 73.8% 53.2% 60.4% 48.3% 65.4% 41.2% 2002 38/44 7.7 4.5 58.9% 76.4% 51.3% 60.5% 43.6% 66.0% 39.5%
27 2009 21/22 3.9 3.7 51.6% 70.5% 54.0% 46.2% 54.6% 62.5% 43.3% 2003 20/21 8.2 4.0 57.7% 75.1% 49.2% 59.8% 46.6% 64.1% 38.4%
28 2010 34/35 3.4 3.1 58.5% 73.4% 50.4% 55.6% 48.0% 64.1% 42.4% 2004 23/23 7.3 2.4 59.7% 75.5% 53.2% 62.6% 42.2% 66.4% 38.8%
29 2011 32/33 3.5 3.8 58.1% 70.0% 52.7% 62.5% 38.8% 62.5% 39.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 2012 35/36 3.4 3.5 58.0% 70.2% 53.2% 56.6% 43.1% 63.2% 39.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2013 11/11 4.6 4.5 58.0% 69.9% 49.6% 47.1% 59.8% 61.4% 40.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 529/545 3.7 3.3 58.8% 70.1% 53.1% 57.2% 48.2% 63.1% 41.5% — 238/282 6.6 3.5 56.2% 73.3% 51.0% 59.6% 42.0% 63.5% 38.5%

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 Nicolas Escude
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
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1993 1498 100.2 -2.06 +3.59 0.464 34.1% — — — 0.0% -5.00 — — — -0.22
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 1995 1505 108.2 -1.55 -1.30 0.817 47.2% +30 — — 33.3% -0.83 — 1–1 — -0.09
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 1997 1621 125.8 +0.79 +0.26 0.983 49.9% -43 -32 — 48.4% -0.03 — 4–3 (57%) — -0.37
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 1998 1708 143.8 -0.82 +1.23 0.950 49.2% +9 -93 -49 50.0% -0.08 9–6 (60%) 8–4 (67%) — -1.77
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 1999 1822 146.6 +1.88 +1.67 1.082 51.3% +16 — — 55.3% +0.26 7–6 (54%) 11–6 (65%) — -1.08
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 2000 1704 140.2 +1.39 +1.93 1.082 51.3% +56 -130 -10 53.7% +0.40 6–9 (40%) 7–14 (33%) — +1.03
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 2001 1723 146.5 +0.67 +0.71 1.001 49.9% -9 -144 +98 55.0% +0.43 9–8 (53%) 10–12 (45%) — -0.53
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 2002 1847 151.5 +3.07 +1.82 1.161 52.3% +54 -306 -51 63.1% +0.66 8–7 (53%) 14–2 (88%) — -0.81
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 2003 1803 136.0 +1.80 +1.45 1.069 51.5% +113 — -32 59.6% +0.55 3–1 (75%) 6–4 (60%) — -1.00
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 2004 1835 138.5 +1.43 +2.19 1.155 52.1% +25 -193 — 67.3% +1.00 2–2 (50%) 7–4 (64%) — -0.24
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — 1918 150.4 +1.26 +1.47 1.054 50.8% +30 -138 +10 55.8% +0.35 44–39 (53%) 68–50 (58%) 104.7 -1.82

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.