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

Fernando Verdasco vs Xavier Malisse H2H: 3-1

Fernando Verdasco holds a 3–1 lead over Xavier Malisse in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on grass, while Fernando Verdasco leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Fernando Verdasco won the 2013 Wimbledon first round 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4 6-3.

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Fernando Verdasco
ESP Age 42 Left-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"
H2H
3 – 1
4 main draw meetings
Xavier Malisse
BEL Age 46 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Fernando Verdasco #54 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4 6-3 Xavier Malisse #61 Match data Jun 26, 2013* R128 Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass
Fernando Verdasco #24 6-1 6-3 6-2 Xavier Malisse #55 Match data Jan 17, 2013* R64 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Xavier Malisse #75 1-6 7-6(5) 6-1 4-6 6-3 Fernando Verdasco #16 Match data Jul 1, 2012* R32 Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass
Fernando Verdasco #20 4-6 6-3 7-6(5) 6-1 Xavier Malisse #40 Match data May 26, 2011* R64 Roland Garros Grand Slam 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
Fernando Verdasco #893 #7 3,900 2,127 549 442 55.4% 0 0 0 1 6 7
Xavier Malisse #1,021 #19 1,410 1,894 282 266 51.5% 0 0 0 0 3 3

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 Xavier Malisse
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 — — — — — — — 1998 8–6 57.1% #161 1,607 0 0
18 2002 1–2 33.3% #173 1,502 0 0 1999 8–9 47.1% #145 1,630 0 0
19 2003 7–12 36.8% #109 1,591 0 0 2000 7–7 50.0% #127 1,687 0 0
20 2004 31–25 55.4% #36 1,730 0 1 2001 37–22 62.7% #33 1,830 0 0
21 2005 34–27 55.7% #32 1,790 0 1 2002 29–23 55.8% #25 1,791 0 0
22 2006 31–25 55.4% #35 1,726 0 1 2003 18–20 47.4% #55 1,795 0 0
23 2007 33–26 55.9% #26 1,864 0 1 2004 21–26 44.7% #48 1,717 0 0
24 2008 45–27 62.5% #16 1,875 0 2 2005 22–20 52.4% #47 1,736 0 1
25 2009 51–24 68.0% #9 2,003 0 3 2006 31–24 56.4% #37 1,762 0 1
26 2010 43–21 67.2% #9 1,927 0 5 2007 10–4 71.4% #112 1,794 0 3
27 2011 34–24 58.6% #24 1,931 0 5 2008 8–12 40.0% #162 1,693 0 3
28 2012 32–22 59.3% #24 1,901 0 5 2009 3–4 42.9% #94 1,704 0 3
29 2013 27–24 52.9% #30 1,896 0 5 2010 22–22 50.0% #60 1,754 0 3
30 2014 26–20 56.5% #33 1,879 0 6 2011 24–24 50.0% #49 1,789 0 3
31 2015 24–26 48.0% #49 1,822 0 6 2012 21–24 46.7% #63 1,783 0 3
32 2016 29–26 52.7% #42 1,823 0 7 2013 13–19 40.6% #135 1,717 0 3
33 2017 29–25 53.7% #35 1,895 0 7 — — — — — — —
34 2018 33–28 54.1% #28 1,914 0 7 — — — — — — —
35 2019 26–27 49.1% #49 1,810 0 7 — — — — — — —
36 2020 6–7 46.2% #65 1,768 0 7 — — — — — — —
37 2021 2–8 20.0% #154 1,627 0 7 — — — — — — —
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 Xavier Malisse
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1998 1 3 4 25.0% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — — — — —
18 2002 — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — 1999 4 5 9 44.4% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
19 2003 6 7 13 46.2% 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2000 6 5 11 54.5% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — —
20 2004 6 10 16 37.5% 20 11 31 64.5% 5 3 8 62.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 2001 17 10 27 63.0% 9 5 14 64.3% 4 3 7 57.1% 7 4 11 63.6%
21 2005 14 12 26 53.8% 15 11 26 57.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 2002 17 14 31 54.8% 5 5 10 50.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
22 2006 9 12 21 42.9% 17 9 26 65.4% 5 2 7 71.4% 0 2 2 0.0% 2003 9 11 20 45.0% 4 5 9 44.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
23 2007 18 14 32 56.3% 9 8 17 52.9% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 2004 6 16 22 27.3% 7 6 13 53.8% 3 2 5 60.0% 5 2 7 71.4%
24 2008 20 16 36 55.6% 17 8 25 68.0% 8 3 11 72.7% — — — — 2005 17 13 30 56.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
25 2009 35 15 50 70.0% 12 6 18 66.7% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2006 26 16 42 61.9% 1 4 5 20.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 3 2 5 60.0%
26 2010 21 13 34 61.8% 22 7 29 75.9% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2007 10 4 14 71.4% — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 2011 19 14 33 57.6% 12 8 20 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2008 6 8 14 42.9% 0 2 2 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
28 2012 11 10 21 52.4% 19 10 29 65.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2009 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
29 2013 9 13 22 40.9% 12 9 21 57.1% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2010 11 16 27 40.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 8 3 11 72.7% — — — —
30 2014 11 11 22 50.0% 13 7 20 65.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2011 13 16 29 44.8% 4 5 9 44.4% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — —
31 2015 11 14 25 44.0% 9 9 18 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2012 9 16 25 36.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 9 3 12 75.0% — — — —
32 2016 13 15 28 46.4% 14 8 22 63.6% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2013 9 11 20 45.0% 0 5 5 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
33 2017 18 15 33 54.5% 10 7 17 58.8% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2018 18 14 32 56.3% 14 10 24 58.3% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2019 13 14 27 48.1% 8 9 17 47.1% 5 4 9 55.6% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2020 6 5 11 54.5% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2021 0 2 2 0.0% 2 5 7 28.6% 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% — 162 166 328 49.4% 51 56 107 47.7% 50 30 80 62.5% 19 14 33 57.6%

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 524/548 of Xavier Malisse'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 Xavier Malisse
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 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1998 11/14 5.2 3.3 51.7% 73.0% 44.6% 53.9% 42.6% 59.3% 39.7%
18 2002 3/3 1.7 6.3 71.8% 56.3% 32.1% 54.4% 39.3% 49.7% 37.0% 1999 15/17 5.7 3.3 53.1% 69.7% 49.5% 50.1% 42.9% 60.7% 39.8%
19 2003 18/19 5.0 4.3 64.8% 68.3% 55.7% 51.0% 42.6% 63.8% 34.4% 2000 12/14 4.7 2.7 55.0% 68.5% 50.2% 57.9% 45.1% 60.1% 39.8%
20 2004 56/56 4.8 3.2 66.0% 71.0% 56.3% 65.5% 40.6% 65.7% 37.3% 2001 50/59 6.1 2.4 57.3% 74.8% 52.0% 62.3% 45.6% 64.9% 39.6%
21 2005 61/61 6.6 3.7 65.1% 72.5% 51.7% 60.0% 44.5% 65.2% 38.9% 2002 45/52 7.2 2.8 56.8% 71.7% 50.6% 57.5% 44.8% 62.5% 38.8%
22 2006 56/56 3.9 3.8 72.5% 68.7% 49.7% 62.8% 43.6% 63.3% 38.3% 2003 38/38 8.5 3.2 52.7% 74.4% 52.6% 51.8% 39.8% 63.9% 37.0%
23 2007 59/59 4.6 3.4 72.4% 70.2% 52.2% 55.3% 38.6% 65.1% 38.2% 2004 46/47 6.7 1.8 57.5% 71.7% 51.4% 55.8% 47.4% 63.0% 40.3%
24 2008 72/72 3.8 4.1 72.6% 69.3% 53.0% 55.6% 47.6% 64.7% 40.8% 2005 42/42 8.2 2.0 57.6% 73.5% 52.1% 63.3% 46.0% 64.6% 37.1%
25 2009 75/75 6.1 3.7 69.1% 73.1% 54.3% 62.2% 46.5% 67.1% 41.1% 2006 55/55 6.4 1.8 58.2% 73.6% 51.5% 61.1% 46.0% 64.2% 39.8%
26 2010 64/64 5.4 4.8 67.1% 71.2% 49.4% 60.0% 44.6% 64.0% 40.3% 2007 14/14 7.9 2.0 59.0% 75.0% 58.5% 50.2% 47.0% 68.0% 42.2%
27 2011 58/58 5.5 3.9 68.8% 70.7% 51.3% 61.5% 44.9% 64.6% 38.1% 2008 20/20 6.4 1.7 58.6% 75.3% 49.9% 56.8% 37.5% 64.8% 38.5%
28 2012 53/54 4.6 3.8 69.7% 69.7% 51.4% 64.4% 42.1% 64.1% 38.3% 2009 7/7 7.0 1.6 61.0% 74.3% 50.7% 67.4% 38.0% 65.7% 37.0%
29 2013 50/51 5.9 5.0 61.7% 72.8% 54.0% 56.4% 36.3% 65.3% 37.4% 2010 44/44 7.1 2.1 57.8% 73.7% 49.3% 58.5% 43.9% 63.6% 35.9%
30 2014 46/46 5.7 4.7 66.3% 71.7% 51.8% 65.6% 43.2% 64.5% 37.3% 2011 48/48 6.3 1.6 57.6% 74.5% 51.6% 56.3% 49.9% 64.8% 38.6%
31 2015 50/50 7.7 4.1 64.6% 73.5% 52.3% 60.8% 35.2% 66.1% 35.3% 2012 45/45 7.0 2.0 57.7% 73.4% 51.7% 56.2% 40.1% 64.3% 35.9%
32 2016 55/55 6.3 3.9 64.0% 73.2% 51.4% 62.1% 38.4% 65.1% 37.8% 2013 32/32 7.1 2.6 55.6% 70.3% 48.3% 52.9% 37.9% 60.9% 35.8%
33 2017 54/54 4.0 3.4 69.0% 70.6% 51.0% 53.7% 45.7% 64.6% 39.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
34 2018 61/61 6.7 4.2 63.1% 72.0% 48.7% 59.3% 42.9% 63.4% 39.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2019 53/53 7.7 3.7 63.8% 71.8% 49.4% 62.4% 40.0% 63.7% 36.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
36 2020 13/13 6.3 2.6 67.5% 68.9% 49.5% 59.7% 29.5% 62.7% 36.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
37 2021 10/10 3.9 3.2 66.9% 60.7% 48.4% 54.2% 28.3% 56.6% 35.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
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% — 524/548 6.9 2.2 56.9% 73.2% 51.1% 57.5% 44.1% 63.7% 38.3%

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 Xavier Malisse
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1998 1608 133.5 +0.04 +1.61 0.974 49.5% -78 +49 — 60.0% +0.80 2–2 (50%) 1–0 — 0.00
18 2002 1502 102.0 -2.56 -2.05 0.736 44.2% — +27 — 28.6% -1.72 1–0 — — +0.02 1999 1631 123.5 -1.33 +0.40 1.013 49.8% -43 +23 — 45.7% -0.48 2–2 (50%) 6–1 (86%) — -0.05
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 2000 1687 122.6 -1.13 +1.14 0.997 49.9% -3 -60 — 48.5% 0.00 2–2 (50%) 1–3 (25%) — -0.53
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 2001 1830 141.6 +2.32 +2.01 1.128 52.2% +8 -144 -253 57.4% +0.50 9–6 (60%) 11–10 (52%) — -0.99
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 2002 1791 142.4 +0.42 +2.12 1.035 50.5% -25 -51 -41 55.6% +0.31 7–6 (54%) 12–3 (80%) — -0.40
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 2003 1795 145.1 +1.16 +0.96 1.026 50.2% +4 -39 -48 49.5% -0.06 5–7 (42%) 8–8 (50%) — -1.43
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 2004 1717 143.1 +0.53 +3.31 1.088 51.1% -24 +83 +48 50.0% +0.12 4–9 (31%) 5–10 (33%) — -1.02
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 2005 1736 140.1 +2.01 +0.17 1.049 51.1% -26 +50 +35 54.1% +0.35 5–8 (38%) 9–7 (56%) — -0.36
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 2006 1762 152.6 +1.72 +2.62 1.111 51.7% +44 -29 -23 58.0% +0.69 11–10 (52%) 13–11 (54%) — +0.32
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 2007 1794 140.8 +3.05 +2.82 1.319 55.0% +39 — — 67.6% +1.35 2–1 (67%) 3–2 (60%) — +0.73
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 2008 1694 134.2 +1.44 +1.43 1.095 51.0% +45 — +44 46.0% 0.00 1–5 (17%) 3–3 (50%) — -0.53
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 2009 1705 129.7 +0.59 +0.71 1.077 51.2% +17 — +142 44.4% -0.33 0–1 4–4 (50%) — -0.35
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 2010 1754 140.0 -0.14 -0.16 0.986 49.8% -44 -60 +172 50.0% +0.03 10–6 (63%) 10–8 (56%) — -0.84
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 2011 1789 153.3 +1.79 +1.35 1.097 51.6% -66 -53 +200 55.1% +0.47 5–10 (33%) 6–9 (40%) — +0.24
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 2012 1783 136.8 +0.46 -0.46 1.006 49.9% -98 -131 +293 49.5% -0.03 5–7 (42%) 9–10 (47%) — -0.07
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 2013 1718 134.3 -1.88 -0.59 0.915 48.3% -38 -112 +294 43.0% -0.48 7–4 (64%) 5–7 (42%) — -0.15
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2021 1627 114.6 -2.83 -1.10 0.807 46.0% — +81 — 25.0% -1.25 — 1–2 (33%) — -0.25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — 1894 148.7 +0.89 +1.27 1.054 50.8% -16 -34 +104 52.7% +0.23 77–86 (47%) 106–96 (52%) 102.0 -0.99

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.