H2H data updated: 2026-09-07 00:00 UTC

David Nalbandian vs Sjeng Schalken H2H: 1-0

David Nalbandian holds a 1–0 lead over Sjeng Schalken in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, David Nalbandian leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, David Nalbandian won the 2002 Estoril Open quarterfinal 6-4 6-4.

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David Nalbandian
ARG Age 44 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Sjeng Schalken
NED Age 49 Right-Handed 193 cm / 6'4"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
David Nalbandian #47 6-4 6-4 Sjeng Schalken #31 Match data Apr 13, 2002* QF Estoril Open 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
Sjeng Schalken #677 #11 1,790 1,928 280 254 52.4% 0 0 0 1 8 9

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 Sjeng Schalken
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 — — — — — — — 1994 1–2 33.3% #148 1,501 0 0
18 2000 0–2 0.0% #245 1,482 0 0 1995 17–14 54.8% #69 1,645 0 1
19 2001 17–9 65.4% #47 1,739 0 0 1996 26–26 50.0% #65 1,687 0 2
20 2002 36–23 61.0% #12 1,856 0 2 1997 16–25 39.0% #59 1,633 0 3
21 2003 38–20 65.5% #8 2,001 0 2 1998 22–30 42.3% #66 1,598 0 3
22 2004 33–14 70.2% #9 1,909 0 2 1999 28–26 51.9% #44 1,744 0 4
23 2005 40–19 67.8% #6 1,983 0 4 2000 35–26 57.4% #22 1,823 0 5
24 2006 39–16 70.9% #8 1,941 0 5 2001 36–27 57.1% #26 1,837 0 6
25 2007 31–17 64.6% #9 2,034 0 7 2002 36–27 57.1% #20 1,839 0 7
26 2008 39–15 72.2% #11 2,014 0 9 2003 39–23 62.9% #18 1,822 0 9
27 2009 14–8 63.6% #64 1,941 0 10 2004 17–18 48.6% #57 1,698 0 9
28 2010 25–10 71.4% #27 2,014 0 11 2005 7–10 41.2% #230 1,663 0 9
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 Sjeng Schalken
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1994 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
18 2000 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1995 0 2 2 0.0% 14 8 22 63.6% 1 3 4 25.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
19 2001 2 2 4 50.0% 14 6 20 70.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 1996 10 10 20 50.0% 10 10 20 50.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
20 2002 9 9 18 50.0% 15 11 26 57.7% 6 1 7 85.7% 6 2 8 75.0% 1997 11 11 22 50.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 5 5 0.0%
21 2003 21 10 31 67.7% 10 8 18 55.6% 3 1 4 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 1998 11 15 26 42.3% 5 8 13 38.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 4 4 8 50.0%
22 2004 14 8 22 63.6% 15 5 20 75.0% — — — — 4 1 5 80.0% 1999 17 16 33 51.5% 3 5 8 37.5% 5 3 8 62.5% 3 2 5 60.0%
23 2005 21 11 32 65.6% 8 3 11 72.7% 4 2 6 66.7% 7 3 10 70.0% 2000 28 17 45 62.2% 4 6 10 40.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
24 2006 19 11 30 63.3% 16 3 19 84.2% 2 1 3 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 2001 21 15 36 58.3% 8 6 14 57.1% 4 3 7 57.1% 3 3 6 50.0%
25 2007 23 10 33 69.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2002 12 16 28 42.9% 5 6 11 45.5% 12 2 14 85.7% 7 3 10 70.0%
26 2008 23 8 31 74.2% 13 5 18 72.2% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2003 23 13 36 63.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 10 2 12 83.3% 0 3 3 0.0%
27 2009 7 3 10 70.0% 7 5 12 58.3% — — — — — — — — 2004 11 12 23 47.8% 1 3 4 25.0% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
28 2010 20 8 28 71.4% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — — 2005 3 6 9 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 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% — 147 133 280 52.5% 61 66 127 48.0% 47 30 77 61.0% 25 25 50 50.0%

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 466/534 of Sjeng Schalken'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 Sjeng Schalken
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 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1994 3/3 3.0 3.7 61.3% 70.8% 53.2% 74.5% 29.2% 64.2% 32.7%
18 2000 2/2 2.5 6.5 51.0% 68.0% 35.6% 59.2% 15.0% 52.1% 31.4% 1995 29/31 4.6 4.3 60.7% 70.0% 46.7% 57.7% 43.2% 60.7% 38.9%
19 2001 23/26 3.0 3.5 62.0% 68.7% 53.8% 54.5% 52.8% 63.1% 45.3% 1996 44/52 4.6 4.8 56.9% 70.5% 48.1% 62.4% 44.7% 60.7% 36.5%
20 2002 54/59 2.6 3.1 58.4% 66.4% 53.3% 58.8% 48.2% 61.0% 40.2% 1997 33/41 4.2 4.4 58.4% 67.0% 50.3% 56.9% 42.2% 59.7% 35.9%
21 2003 57/58 3.3 3.7 57.7% 69.4% 52.6% 50.2% 49.3% 62.2% 42.7% 1998 41/52 4.3 3.3 59.6% 69.6% 49.3% 59.2% 45.2% 61.2% 37.9%
22 2004 47/47 4.1 2.9 60.0% 70.1% 53.2% 59.7% 50.0% 63.2% 41.3% 1999 46/54 3.5 3.6 62.0% 69.6% 46.4% 53.6% 48.0% 60.6% 40.0%
23 2005 59/59 3.2 2.7 61.6% 68.9% 54.8% 51.7% 48.8% 63.7% 43.9% 2000 53/61 5.3 4.5 56.0% 72.1% 51.2% 57.8% 41.9% 62.7% 38.7%
24 2006 55/55 3.1 3.3 60.9% 68.1% 55.3% 64.5% 49.1% 63.0% 41.4% 2001 53/63 4.0 3.5 60.9% 70.2% 53.1% 54.8% 45.9% 63.4% 40.6%
25 2007 48/48 5.6 3.3 57.1% 73.4% 51.8% 62.5% 46.6% 64.2% 39.7% 2002 52/63 3.1 2.8 66.8% 69.0% 52.9% 53.7% 39.0% 63.6% 38.3%
26 2008 51/54 5.3 3.0 58.7% 73.8% 53.2% 60.4% 48.3% 65.4% 41.2% 2003 60/62 2.7 2.0 67.1% 69.2% 56.7% 56.1% 51.7% 64.7% 40.7%
27 2009 21/22 3.9 3.7 51.6% 70.5% 54.0% 46.2% 54.6% 62.5% 43.3% 2004 35/35 2.6 1.6 73.8% 65.8% 54.7% 55.7% 37.5% 62.8% 36.1%
28 2010 34/35 3.4 3.1 58.5% 73.4% 50.4% 55.6% 48.0% 64.1% 42.4% 2005 17/17 1.5 1.6 71.1% 61.8% 51.4% 55.1% 41.2% 58.8% 38.4%
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% — 466/534 3.8 3.4 62.5% 69.2% 51.3% 56.7% 44.1% 62.1% 38.5%

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 Sjeng Schalken
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1994 1502 103.3 +0.17 -1.45 0.912 48.2% — — — 42.9% -0.57 0–1 — — +0.03
18 2000 1482 102.2 -1.59 -1.12 0.655 42.3% — — — 20.0% -2.20 0–1 — — -0.08 1995 1646 131.2 +0.48 -0.33 0.990 49.8% -114 +64 -77 50.0% -0.04 9–4 (69%) 6–3 (67%) 108.9 +0.54
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 1996 1688 137.5 -0.72 -1.26 0.929 49.0% -25 +3 -110 50.4% -0.08 10–8 (56%) 6–13 (32%) 100.0 +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 1997 1634 136.5 -1.45 -0.70 0.889 47.9% +9 +9 -55 43.8% -0.37 5–7 (42%) 8–10 (44%) 99.7 -1.14
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 1998 1598 132.0 -0.55 +0.75 0.978 50.0% +23 +20 -38 44.9% -0.20 8–13 (38%) 12–11 (52%) 93.5 +1.65
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 1999 1745 148.3 -0.52 +2.39 1.015 50.3% -3 -76 -122 51.7% +0.08 8–12 (40%) 9–8 (53%) 98.1 -2.44
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 2000 1823 145.8 +1.00 +1.26 1.036 50.5% +28 -171 -172 55.8% +0.34 12–9 (57%) 9–6 (60%) 105.1 +0.15
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 2001 1838 142.0 +0.82 +2.43 1.108 51.7% -14 -117 -151 53.6% +0.32 14–11 (56%) 7–13 (35%) 99.3 +1.67
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 2002 1839 143.2 +1.06 +1.20 1.052 50.5% -32 -125 +41 55.2% +0.36 11–7 (61%) 17–18 (49%) 102.6 +0.32
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 2003 1822 140.9 +2.08 +3.20 1.152 52.4% -22 -111 +167 61.2% +0.65 6–6 (50%) 13–4 (76%) 102.4 +1.00
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 2004 1698 129.8 -0.34 -0.21 0.972 49.3% -14 -22 +251 53.7% +0.41 4–3 (57%) 5–5 (50%) 97.3 +1.66
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 2005 1664 127.0 -2.29 +0.67 0.930 48.5% +5 +11 — 41.5% -0.51 3–3 (50%) 1–3 (25%) 99.0 -1.00
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — 1928 144.9 +0.24 +1.08 1.018 50.3% -6 -38 +4 52.2% +0.15 90–84 (52%) 93–94 (50%) 100.6 +0.52

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.