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

Gilles Simon vs Nikolay Davydenko H2H: 5-3

Gilles Simon holds a 5–3 lead over Nikolay Davydenko in their ATP head-to-head. Across 8 main-draw meetings, Gilles Simon leads 4–2 on hard courts, while they are tied 1–1 on clay. Most recently, Nikolay Davydenko won the 2013 Canadian Open first round 2-6 6-1 6-1.

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Gilles Simon
FRA Age 41 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"
H2H
5 – 3
8 main draw meetings
Nikolay Davydenko
RUS Age 45 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Nikolay Davydenko #47 2-6 6-1 6-1 Gilles Simon #17 Match data Aug 7, 2013* R64 Canadian Open Masters 1000 Hard
Nikolay Davydenko #36 6-4 4-6 6-3 Gilles Simon #12 Match data Nov 3, 2011* R32 Valencia ATP 500 Hard
Gilles Simon #33 7-6(6) 6-4 Nikolay Davydenko #39 Match data Feb 17, 2011* R32 Marseille ATP 250 Hard
Gilles Simon #52 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 Nikolay Davydenko #11 Match data Nov 5, 2010* QF Valencia ATP 500 Hard
Gilles Simon #9 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 Nikolay Davydenko #8 Match data Aug 21, 2009* R16 Cincinnati Open Masters 1000 Hard
Gilles Simon #40 6-4 6-4 Nikolay Davydenko #4 Match data Aug 23, 2007* R16 New Haven International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard
Gilles Simon #50 6-2 2-6 6-3 Nikolay Davydenko #4 Match data Jul 26, 2007* R32 Croatia Open Umag International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
Nikolay Davydenko #3 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 Gilles Simon #54 Match data May 17, 2007* R32 Hamburg Open Masters 1000 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
Gilles Simon #464 #6 4,170 2,092 499 383 56.6% 0 0 0 1 13 14
Nikolay Davydenko #248 #3 5,335 2,221 470 329 58.8% 0 3 1 1 16 21

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 Gilles Simon Nikolay Davydenko
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
19 2004 0–1 0.0% #177 1,460 0 0 2000 3–1 75.0% #133 1,544 0 0
20 2005 6–6 50.0% #124 1,540 0 0 2001 6–15 28.6% #79 1,569 0 0
21 2006 24–24 50.0% #45 1,633 0 0 2002 12–24 33.3% #81 1,602 0 0
22 2007 35–26 57.4% #29 1,783 0 2 2003 29–30 49.2% #44 1,595 0 2
23 2008 52–27 65.8% #7 1,983 0 5 2004 32–29 52.5% #28 1,756 0 4
24 2009 45–24 65.2% #15 1,939 0 6 2005 52–29 64.2% #5 1,869 0 5
25 2010 22–17 56.4% #41 1,928 0 7 2006 67–28 70.5% #3 1,970 0 10
26 2011 38–25 60.3% #12 1,906 0 9 2007 53–30 63.9% #4 1,937 0 11
27 2012 43–24 64.2% #16 1,950 0 10 2008 52–21 71.2% #5 1,990 0 14
28 2013 36–22 62.1% #19 1,925 0 11 2009 57–19 75.0% #6 2,152 0 19
29 2014 28–25 52.8% #21 1,946 0 11 2010 29–19 60.4% #22 1,911 0 20
30 2015 41–22 65.1% #15 1,989 0 12 2011 26–25 51.0% #41 1,840 0 21
31 2016 32–26 55.2% #25 1,945 0 12 2012 24–25 49.0% #44 1,842 0 21
32 2017 15–25 37.5% #89 1,767 0 12 2013 22–23 48.9% #53 1,822 0 21
33 2018 33–24 57.9% #30 1,869 0 14 2014 6–11 35.3% #250 1,725 0 21
34 2019 27–28 49.1% #55 1,776 0 14 — — — — — — —
35 2020 10–12 45.5% #63 1,755 0 14 — — — — — — —
36 2021 5–17 22.7% #122 1,624 0 14 — — — — — — —
37 2022 7–8 46.7% #143 1,703 0 14 — — — — — — —

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 Gilles Simon Nikolay Davydenko
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 %
19 2004 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2000 — — — — 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — — — — —
20 2005 2 3 5 40.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — — 2001 2 6 8 25.0% 2 7 9 22.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
21 2006 7 9 16 43.8% 15 10 25 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 2002 5 11 16 31.3% 6 10 16 37.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
22 2007 14 11 25 56.0% 18 10 28 64.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 2003 11 13 24 45.8% 18 12 30 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
23 2008 32 18 50 64.0% 13 6 19 68.4% 4 2 6 66.7% 3 1 4 75.0% 2004 7 10 17 41.2% 18 12 30 60.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 7 4 11 63.6%
24 2009 34 15 49 69.4% 7 7 14 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2005 21 14 35 60.0% 23 10 33 69.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 7 4 11 63.6%
25 2010 17 13 30 56.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2006 29 15 44 65.9% 27 9 36 75.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 11 1 12 91.7%
26 2011 22 16 38 57.9% 14 7 21 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2007 34 16 50 68.0% 14 11 25 56.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0%
27 2012 22 12 34 64.7% 18 9 27 66.7% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2008 31 15 46 67.4% 21 5 26 80.8% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
28 2013 23 14 37 62.2% 10 6 16 62.5% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2009 29 11 40 72.5% 26 7 33 78.8% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
29 2014 17 14 31 54.8% 8 9 17 47.1% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2010 25 14 39 64.1% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
30 2015 25 15 40 62.5% 7 4 11 63.6% 9 3 12 75.0% — — — — 2011 18 17 35 51.4% 8 7 15 53.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
31 2016 22 17 39 56.4% 8 6 14 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2012 18 16 34 52.9% 5 7 12 41.7% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
32 2017 9 13 22 40.9% 5 9 14 35.7% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2013 17 14 31 54.8% 5 9 14 35.7% — — — — — — — —
33 2018 19 13 32 59.4% 10 8 18 55.6% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2014 5 7 12 41.7% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — —
34 2019 14 18 32 43.8% 5 6 11 45.5% 8 4 12 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2020 10 10 20 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2021 4 7 11 36.4% 1 6 7 14.3% 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2022 4 5 9 44.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 297 224 521 57.0% 146 112 258 56.6% 52 42 94 55.3% 4 5 9 44.4% — 252 179 431 58.5% 179 114 293 61.1% 10 20 30 33.3% 29 16 45 64.4%

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 866/882 of Gilles Simon's and 774/799 of Nikolay Davydenko'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 Gilles Simon Nikolay Davydenko
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%
19 2004 1/1 5.0 1.0 69.7% 64.5% 55.6% 50.0% 100.0% 61.8% 38.0% 2000 4/4 1.3 2.5 73.5% 63.9% 47.2% 48.0% 69.2% 59.7% 42.9%
20 2005 12/12 3.5 1.8 54.6% 66.1% 51.5% 51.7% 45.2% 59.6% 38.6% 2001 18/21 3.6 2.3 62.9% 64.3% 48.8% 57.8% 50.5% 58.1% 38.8%
21 2006 48/48 4.0 1.6 54.9% 67.0% 50.5% 50.9% 41.9% 59.4% 39.0% 2002 31/36 3.2 2.8 58.7% 67.7% 46.9% 52.9% 48.2% 59.1% 38.5%
22 2007 61/61 3.7 1.8 56.8% 66.3% 49.4% 57.1% 50.7% 59.1% 40.4% 2003 58/59 2.8 2.3 66.6% 64.7% 53.0% 56.4% 39.7% 60.5% 40.8%
23 2008 75/79 4.5 2.1 57.5% 69.6% 53.7% 57.5% 39.4% 62.8% 39.4% 2004 60/61 3.3 2.7 66.2% 69.8% 49.7% 57.0% 43.6% 63.2% 40.2%
24 2009 69/69 6.1 2.1 55.0% 74.4% 54.7% 66.1% 46.9% 65.6% 39.4% 2005 81/81 3.3 2.3 67.3% 68.4% 54.3% 60.2% 45.9% 63.6% 42.7%
25 2010 38/39 6.1 2.5 55.7% 75.1% 53.0% 61.3% 36.9% 65.4% 36.8% 2006 94/95 3.2 2.1 67.9% 71.7% 54.8% 57.8% 49.3% 66.2% 44.8%
26 2011 63/63 4.7 2.5 56.0% 69.4% 50.9% 52.0% 46.6% 61.3% 40.9% 2007 82/83 3.5 3.4 67.1% 70.5% 50.0% 55.7% 49.9% 63.6% 42.5%
27 2012 63/67 4.0 2.0 55.9% 69.9% 52.9% 57.5% 41.4% 62.3% 40.5% 2008 70/73 3.9 2.2 64.5% 72.4% 53.7% 58.8% 47.3% 66.0% 43.4%
28 2013 58/58 4.1 2.5 56.8% 69.0% 49.7% 59.2% 41.8% 60.6% 39.1% 2009 74/76 3.9 2.2 68.0% 72.3% 55.4% 59.8% 42.1% 66.8% 42.6%
29 2014 52/53 5.8 2.5 55.8% 71.4% 50.8% 63.3% 43.7% 62.7% 40.0% 2010 47/48 4.1 2.5 65.5% 71.7% 51.7% 58.2% 44.6% 64.7% 41.1%
30 2015 63/63 3.6 2.4 58.3% 68.7% 52.6% 53.5% 50.8% 62.1% 40.9% 2011 50/51 1.9 3.4 70.5% 65.2% 46.7% 60.4% 46.0% 59.6% 41.1%
31 2016 55/58 3.3 2.6 57.9% 67.1% 52.5% 57.3% 45.0% 60.7% 40.1% 2012 45/49 2.0 3.7 69.5% 65.6% 48.9% 62.8% 43.6% 60.4% 38.9%
32 2017 40/40 2.9 2.6 55.0% 67.7% 51.1% 55.2% 44.6% 60.4% 37.9% 2013 44/45 2.2 2.3 68.0% 66.0% 49.8% 55.6% 52.7% 60.7% 39.6%
33 2018 56/57 4.4 2.2 60.5% 70.8% 50.8% 56.2% 44.5% 62.9% 41.2% 2014 16/17 5.0 2.8 65.7% 68.0% 51.7% 59.6% 38.5% 62.7% 32.6%
34 2019 54/55 3.9 2.6 62.1% 68.3% 49.8% 61.7% 42.1% 61.6% 39.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2020 22/22 4.4 3.0 55.1% 70.4% 50.2% 53.1% 48.8% 61.8% 40.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
36 2021 21/22 2.3 4.2 60.6% 66.3% 44.6% 45.0% 48.5% 57.5% 34.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
37 2022 15/15 2.9 2.2 61.4% 65.3% 48.5% 54.8% 40.7% 58.5% 36.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 866/882 4.3 2.3 57.2% 69.4% 51.4% 57.2% 44.5% 61.8% 39.6% — 774/799 3.2 2.6 66.8% 69.1% 51.8% 58.1% 46.2% 63.3% 41.6%

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 Gilles Simon Nikolay Davydenko
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
19 2004 1460 98.1 -0.26 -0.85 0.994 50.6% — — — 33.3% -0.33 0–1 0–1 — +0.17 2000 1544 104.3 -1.64 +0.78 1.066 51.2% — +30 — 54.5% +0.27 3–0 (100%) 1–1 — +0.33
20 2005 1540 122.5 -2.20 +0.53 0.954 48.7% -20 +36 — 42.4% -0.36 6–1 (86%) 0–4 (0%) — +0.22 2001 1569 116.8 -2.27 +0.61 0.927 48.4% -9 -6 — 34.6% -0.69 1–2 (33%) 1–6 (14%) — +0.45
21 2006 1633 131.6 -2.73 +1.62 0.960 49.1% -36 +38 -42 46.2% -0.23 12–4 (75%) 5–9 (36%) — -0.30 2002 1602 132.7 -1.99 +0.74 0.940 49.0% -42 +8 — 40.5% -0.56 3–7 (30%) 5–5 (50%) — -1.81
22 2007 1784 140.3 -2.50 +3.16 0.988 50.0% -97 +67 -200 50.7% +0.01 14–6 (70%) 10–9 (53%) — -1.35 2003 1595 135.6 -1.54 +3.36 1.035 50.5% -29 +82 — 51.1% +0.01 6–9 (40%) 12–9 (57%) — -0.03
23 2008 1984 156.8 +0.08 +3.37 1.060 51.1% -7 -90 -295 59.8% +0.54 21–9 (70%) 17–9 (65%) — +0.42 2004 1757 148.6 +0.29 +3.41 1.090 51.3% -45 +23 -353 52.7% +0.25 9–12 (43%) 8–14 (36%) — -1.87
24 2009 1940 155.0 +1.89 +2.48 1.145 52.4% +57 -140 -158 62.4% +0.88 13–10 (57%) 16–10 (62%) — +4.99 2005 1870 156.9 +1.31 +5.31 1.173 52.9% -23 +61 — 66.1% +1.13 9–9 (50%) 11–8 (58%) — +0.31
25 2010 1928 152.1 +2.01 +0.87 1.063 50.8% +47 -166 -126 50.0% +0.16 11–3 (79%) 6–7 (46%) — -0.07 2006 1970 161.2 +3.54 +6.86 1.324 54.9% +29 +78 -575 67.0% +1.42 14–11 (56%) 9–9 (50%) — +0.78
26 2011 1907 159.5 -0.73 +3.87 1.055 51.0% -11 +50 -96 58.9% +0.64 12–12 (50%) 11–15 (42%) — +0.18 2007 1938 157.3 +1.04 +5.62 1.167 52.8% +33 -5 -412 65.2% +0.94 12–13 (48%) 21–13 (62%) — +2.69
27 2012 1950 157.5 -0.02 +3.35 1.075 51.2% +13 +23 -123 59.0% +0.54 11–10 (52%) 9–13 (41%) — +3.21 2008 1991 164.4 +2.51 +6.85 1.278 54.2% +45 +72 — 69.1% +1.33 12–9 (57%) 11–9 (55%) — +1.49
28 2013 1925 156.5 -2.02 +2.35 0.991 50.1% +20 +80 -82 57.2% +0.14 11–6 (65%) 16–8 (67%) — +1.94 2009 2152 167.7 +3.74 +6.04 1.281 54.2% 0 +7 -562 73.2% +1.46 12–8 (60%) 18–5 (78%) — -0.83
29 2014 1947 160.4 -0.47 +3.65 1.071 51.4% +27 -53 -64 51.9% +0.42 9–9 (50%) 9–12 (43%) — +1.84 2010 1911 158.1 +1.52 +4.28 1.164 52.6% +58 +155 -313 60.3% +0.97 7–4 (64%) 8–15 (35%) — +1.11
30 2015 1990 161.4 -1.32 +4.77 1.080 51.5% -18 -44 +40 60.4% +0.66 15–8 (65%) 12–13 (48%) — +1.25 2011 1840 158.1 -1.82 +3.60 1.017 50.4% +49 +79 — 50.0% +0.23 5–5 (50%) 7–10 (41%) — -2.67
31 2016 1945 160.5 -1.63 +3.73 1.020 50.5% +22 -37 +11 53.5% +0.21 13–10 (57%) 13–11 (54%) — +1.19 2012 1842 153.9 -2.03 +2.70 0.981 49.8% +56 -27 -236 54.9% +0.13 6–11 (35%) 8–4 (67%) — -1.90
32 2017 1767 147.6 -2.41 +2.04 0.958 49.2% +68 +9 +71 41.3% -0.41 7–7 (50%) 5–10 (33%) — -1.50 2013 1822 155.8 -1.72 +3.00 1.007 50.3% +62 -78 — 49.0% +0.25 6–3 (67%) 4–6 (40%) — -1.22
33 2018 1870 151.0 -0.74 +4.77 1.113 51.8% -5 -66 -8 59.4% +0.68 6–8 (43%) 21–16 (57%) — +0.92 2014 1725 133.3 -1.67 -1.88 0.875 48.4% +111 -45 — 35.9% -0.62 2–1 (67%) 5–7 (42%) — -0.17
34 2019 1777 145.4 -2.46 +2.32 1.015 49.9% +15 -28 +102 50.4% +0.06 12–7 (63%) 10–15 (40%) — +2.17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2020 1756 144.5 -1.00 +2.76 1.058 50.9% +43 — — 48.2% +0.12 2–3 (40%) 4–2 (67%) — -1.39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2021 1625 120.8 -3.59 -1.65 0.820 46.4% +88 -27 +101 30.4% -1.23 2–6 (25%) 1–5 (17%) — -1.48 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2022 1704 125.3 -2.58 +1.62 0.879 47.7% +12 -42 — 44.4% -0.72 4–0 (100%) 3–1 (75%) — -0.44 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2092 157.4 -1.00 +2.94 1.034 50.6% +11 -7 -45 54.1% +0.28 181–120 (60%) 168–170 (50%) 105.5 +1.37 — 2222 160.3 +0.75 +4.53 1.132 52.2% +22 +36 -405 59.3% +0.71 107–104 (51%) 129–121 (52%) 95.5 -0.42

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.