H2H data updated: 2026-09-02 00:00 UTC

Fernando Verdasco vs Michael Russell H2H: 1-0

Fernando Verdasco holds a 1–0 lead over Michael Russell in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Fernando Verdasco leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Fernando Verdasco won the 2010 Valencia round of 32 6-4 6-1.

Want to explore more matchups? Advanced rivalry search lets you browse current and historical rivalries, unbeaten records, or every matchup for a player.

Fernando Verdasco
ESP Age 42 Left-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main draw meetings
Michael Russell
USA Age 48 Right-Handed 173 cm / 5'8"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Fernando Verdasco #7 6-4 6-1 Michael Russell #85 Match data Nov 3, 2010* R32 Valencia ATP 500 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
Fernando Verdasco #893 #7 3,900 2,127 549 442 55.4% 0 0 0 1 6 7
Michael Russell #1,124 #60 693 1,809 77 150 33.9% 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Fernando Verdasco Michael Russell
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 2002 1–2 33.3% #173 1,502 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 2003 7–12 36.8% #109 1,591 0 0 — — — — — — —
20 2004 31–25 55.4% #36 1,730 0 1 1998 0–2 0.0% #288 1,473 0 0
21 2005 34–27 55.7% #32 1,790 0 1 — — — — — — —
22 2006 31–25 55.4% #35 1,726 0 1 2000 1–6 14.3% #155 1,507 0 0
23 2007 33–26 55.9% #26 1,864 0 1 2001 8–17 32.0% #87 1,573 0 0
24 2008 45–27 62.5% #16 1,875 0 2 2002 5–15 25.0% #157 1,511 0 0
25 2009 51–24 68.0% #9 2,003 0 3 2003 1–1 50.0% #502 1,530 0 0
26 2010 43–21 67.2% #9 1,927 0 5 — — — — — — —
27 2011 34–24 58.6% #24 1,931 0 5 — — — — — — —
28 2012 32–22 59.3% #24 1,901 0 5 2006 0–2 0.0% #144 1,563 0 0
29 2013 27–24 52.9% #30 1,896 0 5 2007 10–19 34.5% #82 1,617 0 0
30 2014 26–20 56.5% #33 1,879 0 6 2008 3–5 37.5% #242 1,610 0 0
31 2015 24–26 48.0% #49 1,822 0 6 2009 2–4 33.3% #83 1,636 0 0
32 2016 29–26 52.7% #42 1,823 0 7 2010 11–23 32.4% #99 1,628 0 0
33 2017 29–25 53.7% #35 1,895 0 7 2011 12–18 40.0% #99 1,748 0 0
34 2018 33–28 54.1% #28 1,914 0 7 2012 11–11 50.0% #87 1,749 0 0
35 2019 26–27 49.1% #49 1,810 0 7 2013 7–15 31.8% #92 1,638 0 0
36 2020 6–7 46.2% #65 1,768 0 7 2014 6–11 35.3% #158 1,582 0 0
37 2021 2–8 20.0% #154 1,627 0 7 2015 0–1 0.0% #557 1,611 0 0
38 2022 5–11 31.2% #124 1,603 0 7 — — — — — — —
39 2023 0–5 0.0% #651 1,535 0 7 — — — — — — —

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 Fernando Verdasco Michael Russell
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 2002 — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2003 6 7 13 46.2% 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2004 6 10 16 37.5% 20 11 31 64.5% 5 3 8 62.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 1998 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2005 14 12 26 53.8% 15 11 26 57.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2006 9 12 21 42.9% 17 9 26 65.4% 5 2 7 71.4% 0 2 2 0.0% 2000 0 2 2 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
23 2007 18 14 32 56.3% 9 8 17 52.9% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 2001 4 11 15 26.7% 4 6 10 40.0% — — — — — — — —
24 2008 20 16 36 55.6% 17 8 25 68.0% 8 3 11 72.7% — — — — 2002 2 4 6 33.3% 0 8 8 0.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
25 2009 35 15 50 70.0% 12 6 18 66.7% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2003 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
26 2010 21 13 34 61.8% 22 7 29 75.9% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 2011 19 14 33 57.6% 12 8 20 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 2012 11 10 21 52.4% 19 10 29 65.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2006 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
29 2013 9 13 22 40.9% 12 9 21 57.1% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2007 7 11 18 38.9% 3 5 8 37.5% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — —
30 2014 11 11 22 50.0% 13 7 20 65.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2008 3 5 8 37.5% — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2015 11 14 25 44.0% 9 9 18 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2009 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
32 2016 13 15 28 46.4% 14 8 22 63.6% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2010 10 15 25 40.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — —
33 2017 18 15 33 54.5% 10 7 17 58.8% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2011 11 12 23 47.8% 0 3 3 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
34 2018 18 14 32 56.3% 14 10 24 58.3% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 2012 6 8 14 42.9% 3 1 4 75.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
35 2019 13 14 27 48.1% 8 9 17 47.1% 5 4 9 55.6% — — — — 2013 4 9 13 30.8% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
36 2020 6 5 11 54.5% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2014 5 7 12 41.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
37 2021 0 2 2 0.0% 2 5 7 28.6% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2015 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2022 1 6 7 14.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
39 2023 0 3 3 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 259 235 494 52.4% 231 156 387 59.7% 51 44 95 53.7% 8 7 15 53.3% — 55 92 147 37.4% 12 35 47 25.5% 10 23 33 30.3% — — — —

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 988/991 of Fernando Verdasco's and 221/227 of Michael Russell'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 Fernando Verdasco Michael Russell
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 2002 3/3 1.7 6.3 71.8% 56.3% 32.1% 54.4% 39.3% 49.7% 37.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2003 18/19 5.0 4.3 64.8% 68.3% 55.7% 51.0% 42.6% 63.8% 34.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2004 56/56 4.8 3.2 66.0% 71.0% 56.3% 65.5% 40.6% 65.7% 37.3% 1998 1/2 4.0 4.0 62.7% 65.8% 51.1% 37.5% 30.0% 60.3% 37.7%
21 2005 61/61 6.6 3.7 65.1% 72.5% 51.7% 60.0% 44.5% 65.2% 38.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2006 56/56 3.9 3.8 72.5% 68.7% 49.7% 62.8% 43.6% 63.3% 38.3% 2000 6/7 3.8 6.5 61.4% 65.1% 45.0% 50.8% 61.1% 57.3% 37.1%
23 2007 59/59 4.6 3.4 72.4% 70.2% 52.2% 55.3% 38.6% 65.1% 38.2% 2001 23/25 2.4 3.0 68.9% 63.2% 46.6% 46.6% 39.5% 57.9% 38.3%
24 2008 72/72 3.8 4.1 72.6% 69.3% 53.0% 55.6% 47.6% 64.7% 40.8% 2002 18/20 1.9 2.5 69.4% 60.3% 48.8% 54.0% 33.9% 56.8% 37.1%
25 2009 75/75 6.1 3.7 69.1% 73.1% 54.3% 62.2% 46.5% 67.1% 41.1% 2003 2/2 1.0 4.5 67.5% 66.0% 49.4% 73.3% 35.4% 60.5% 39.0%
26 2010 64/64 5.4 4.8 67.1% 71.2% 49.4% 60.0% 44.6% 64.0% 40.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
27 2011 58/58 5.5 3.9 68.8% 70.7% 51.3% 61.5% 44.9% 64.6% 38.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
28 2012 53/54 4.6 3.8 69.7% 69.7% 51.4% 64.4% 42.1% 64.1% 38.3% 2006 2/2 1.5 4.0 66.0% 58.1% 43.8% 46.9% 39.6% 53.1% 39.4%
29 2013 50/51 5.9 5.0 61.7% 72.8% 54.0% 56.4% 36.3% 65.3% 37.4% 2007 29/29 2.0 2.6 68.1% 65.3% 47.3% 53.1% 44.2% 59.4% 34.6%
30 2014 46/46 5.7 4.7 66.3% 71.7% 51.8% 65.6% 43.2% 64.5% 37.3% 2008 8/8 3.5 2.8 66.4% 64.4% 51.9% 54.5% 46.5% 60.3% 41.2%
31 2015 50/50 7.7 4.1 64.6% 73.5% 52.3% 60.8% 35.2% 66.1% 35.3% 2009 6/6 1.8 2.7 69.8% 63.9% 51.0% 57.2% 33.1% 59.6% 38.6%
32 2016 55/55 6.3 3.9 64.0% 73.2% 51.4% 62.1% 38.4% 65.1% 37.8% 2010 34/34 2.8 3.4 65.1% 63.6% 49.0% 48.2% 39.5% 58.7% 35.9%
33 2017 54/54 4.0 3.4 69.0% 70.6% 51.0% 53.7% 45.7% 64.6% 39.5% 2011 30/30 2.9 4.2 63.3% 70.0% 47.0% 48.6% 46.5% 61.2% 35.4%
34 2018 61/61 6.7 4.2 63.1% 72.0% 48.7% 59.3% 42.9% 63.4% 39.0% 2012 22/22 3.0 3.8 63.7% 67.2% 50.5% 46.4% 51.2% 61.0% 37.6%
35 2019 53/53 7.7 3.7 63.8% 71.8% 49.4% 62.4% 40.0% 63.7% 36.0% 2013 22/22 2.6 2.6 64.2% 65.6% 47.0% 47.6% 40.4% 58.9% 36.1%
36 2020 13/13 6.3 2.6 67.5% 68.9% 49.5% 59.7% 29.5% 62.7% 36.4% 2014 17/17 2.3 3.4 62.5% 64.5% 48.4% 51.8% 39.0% 58.9% 36.6%
37 2021 10/10 3.9 3.2 66.9% 60.7% 48.4% 54.2% 28.3% 56.6% 35.0% 2015 1/1 4.0 7.0 62.7% 54.2% 42.1% 60.9% 23.5% 49.7% 40.2%
38 2022 16/16 4.3 2.9 63.4% 66.0% 48.6% 58.4% 37.6% 59.8% 36.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
39 2023 5/5 1.0 4.0 62.6% 53.7% 32.4% 36.3% 45.3% 45.6% 34.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 988/991 5.5 3.9 67.3% 70.9% 51.6% 59.9% 42.1% 64.4% 38.3% — 221/227 2.6 3.3 65.7% 65.0% 48.1% 50.0% 42.4% 59.1% 36.7%

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 Fernando Verdasco Michael Russell
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 2002 1502 102.0 -2.56 -2.05 0.736 44.2% — +27 — 28.6% -1.72 1–0 — — +0.02 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2003 1592 125.8 +1.64 -0.91 0.950 48.7% +9 -89 — 39.6% -0.77 2–4 (33%) 7–7 (50%) — -0.48 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2004 1731 140.6 +2.76 +0.54 1.085 51.4% -84 +24 -92 53.2% +0.29 6–8 (43%) 11–12 (48%) — -1.34 1998 1473 105.5 -1.20 -1.55 0.950 48.8% — — — 16.7% -1.50 — — — +0.13
21 2005 1791 146.9 +2.51 +2.36 1.116 51.9% -27 +11 -149 55.1% +0.46 10–12 (45%) 12–11 (52%) — -2.07 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2006 1727 137.0 +0.96 +1.48 1.042 50.6% -72 +110 +30 56.5% +0.19 10–10 (50%) 14–10 (58%) — +0.48 2000 1507 103.7 -2.23 -1.34 0.871 47.5% — -15 — 33.3% -1.14 0–3 (0%) 1–3 (25%) — +0.65
23 2007 1864 150.9 +2.40 +2.23 1.097 51.3% -58 -13 -91 54.4% +0.38 11–10 (52%) 10–14 (42%) — -1.77 2001 1573 122.4 -1.89 +0.09 0.908 47.9% -32 +20 — 36.5% -0.84 2–5 (29%) 3–6 (33%) — -0.46
24 2008 1876 151.0 +1.44 +3.82 1.154 52.4% -51 +93 +36 58.0% +0.69 13–9 (59%) 13–14 (48%) — +1.79 2002 1512 111.5 -4.18 -0.10 0.860 47.1% +27 -42 +56 30.6% -1.31 1–3 (25%) 3–5 (38%) — 0.00
25 2009 2004 172.3 +4.14 +5.15 1.247 53.9% +20 +44 -100 66.0% +1.22 11–12 (48%) 15–19 (44%) — -0.23 2003 1530 108.4 0.00 +2.07 0.988 49.6% — — — 60.0% -0.20 0–1 1–0 — -0.19
26 2010 1928 161.5 +1.35 +3.83 1.119 52.0% +11 +172 — 59.1% +0.69 18–5 (78%) 17–17 (50%) — +1.41 2004 1548 105.6 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 2011 1931 156.9 +1.76 +2.02 1.077 51.0% -19 +115 -49 55.4% +0.39 9–9 (50%) 9–10 (47%) — -0.03 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 2012 1902 158.3 +1.78 +1.64 1.068 50.9% -15 +110 -16 57.3% +0.45 7–6 (54%) 10–11 (48%) — +0.32 2006 1563 110.1 -2.13 -0.63 0.839 46.4% — — — 25.0% -1.00 — 0–1 — -0.01
29 2013 1897 150.8 +1.90 +1.27 1.077 50.9% -69 +47 +113 54.3% +0.20 11–12 (48%) 14–10 (58%) — -0.19 2007 1617 131.4 -2.18 -0.79 0.851 47.4% +33 -140 -127 37.5% -0.66 3–3 (50%) 5–6 (45%) — -1.61
30 2014 1880 147.7 +0.99 +0.74 1.048 50.8% -58 +69 +74 55.4% +0.36 11–12 (48%) 12–16 (43%) — +1.67 2008 1610 122.6 -0.43 +2.15 1.039 50.9% +29 — — 40.9% -0.14 1–2 (33%) — — +0.39
31 2015 1822 158.0 +2.13 -0.07 1.043 50.6% -12 +53 +115 47.4% +0.18 12–11 (52%) 13–16 (45%) — -2.42 2009 1636 122.0 -2.07 +1.17 0.956 49.0% +31 — — 50.0% -0.50 0–4 (0%) 2–1 (67%) — -0.14
32 2016 1823 157.6 +1.70 +1.52 1.083 51.2% -31 +108 +59 53.3% +0.30 6–12 (33%) 15–12 (56%) — -1.95 2010 1629 131.7 -3.68 -0.27 0.871 47.2% +47 -171 -147 37.2% -0.87 3–7 (30%) 4–8 (33%) — -0.38
33 2017 1896 164.3 +0.98 +3.38 1.115 51.7% -12 +46 -99 55.4% +0.30 6–15 (29%) 18–9 (67%) — -2.48 2011 1748 137.8 -1.30 -0.31 0.912 48.4% +61 -283 -272 38.0% -0.62 3–2 (60%) 4–10 (29%) — -0.97
34 2018 1915 159.9 -0.10 +2.46 1.065 50.9% +25 +13 -172 51.9% +0.27 15–11 (58%) 8–17 (32%) — -1.33 2012 1750 129.2 -1.23 -0.23 0.964 49.4% -28 -166 -145 48.3% -0.12 5–3 (63%) 3–5 (38%) — -0.09
35 2019 1810 151.6 -0.18 +0.45 0.990 50.1% +22 +37 +5 51.4% +0.28 13–13 (50%) 8–11 (42%) — -0.47 2013 1639 129.7 -3.05 -0.32 0.880 47.7% +17 -109 +24 37.5% -0.88 3–3 (50%) 4–2 (67%) — +0.09
36 2020 1768 132.5 -0.34 -1.01 0.975 49.0% +72 — — 48.5% -0.27 1–2 (33%) 2–0 — -0.38 2014 1582 133.8 -3.02 -0.10 0.891 47.9% +93 -76 — 41.3% -0.72 2–5 (29%) 5–1 (83%) — +0.34
37 2021 1627 114.6 -2.83 -1.10 0.807 46.0% — +81 — 25.0% -1.25 — 1–2 (33%) — -0.25 2015 1611 117.2 +1.80 +0.23 0.798 45.5% — — — 25.0% -2.50 — — — -0.14
38 2022 1604 122.9 -3.29 -0.30 0.900 48.1% +74 +90 — 36.6% -0.81 2–4 (33%) 5–5 (50%) — +0.75 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
39 2023 1536 96.8 -6.12 -1.90 0.625 40.2% +105 — — 9.1% -3.27 0–1 0–3 (0%) — +0.03 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2128 158.8 +1.50 +2.00 1.077 51.2% -17 +67 -9 54.3% +0.35 175–178 (50%) 214–226 (49%) 97.0 -0.90 — 1810 133.9 -2.37 -0.17 0.897 48.0% +30 -88 -82 38.4% -0.75 23–41 (36%) 35–48 (42%) 91.4 -1.05

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.