H2H data updated: 2026-09-06 00:00 UTC

Kevin Anderson vs Jurgen Melzer H2H: 3-1 (incl. walkovers)

Kevin Anderson vs Jurgen Melzer: 2–1 excluding walkovers; 3–1 including 1 walkover. Across 4 main-draw results including walkovers, they are tied 1–1 on clay, while Kevin Anderson leads 2–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Kevin Anderson won the 2018 Vienna Open second round W/O.

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Kevin Anderson
RSA Age 40 Right-Handed 203 cm / 6'8"
H2H including walkovers
3 – 1
4 main-draw results
Jurgen Melzer
AUT Age 45 Left-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Kevin Anderson #8 (w/o) Jurgen Melzer #426 Match data Oct 26, 2018* R16 Vienna Open ATP 500 Hard
Kevin Anderson #27 6-1 6-2 Jurgen Melzer #35 Match data May 14, 2013* R64 Italian Open Masters 1000 Clay
Kevin Anderson #32 6-3 6-3 Jurgen Melzer #25 Match data Oct 29, 2011* QF Vienna Open ATP 250 Hard
Jurgen Melzer #30 6-2 2-6 6-4 Kevin Anderson #97 Match data May 11, 2010* R64 Madrid 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
Kevin Anderson #1,151 #5 4,845 2,141 348 252 58.0% 0 0 0 1 6 7
Jurgen Melzer #1,552 #8 3,055 2,017 331 307 51.9% 0 0 0 1 4 5

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 Kevin Anderson Jurgen Melzer
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 — — — — — — — 1999 1–1 50.0% #491 1,518 0 0
19 — — — — — — — 2000 0–3 0.0% #358 1,547 0 0
20 — — — — — — — 2001 1–1 50.0% #168 1,550 0 0
21 2007 0–1 0.0% #221 1,540 0 0 2002 10–9 52.6% #91 1,660 0 0
22 2008 8–9 47.1% #104 1,631 0 0 2003 11–18 37.9% #79 1,583 0 0
23 2009 2–6 25.0% #161 1,624 0 0 2004 27–23 54.0% #39 1,759 0 0
24 2010 14–18 43.8% #61 1,778 0 0 2005 24–25 49.0% #52 1,702 0 0
25 2011 39–27 59.1% #32 1,890 0 1 2006 33–25 56.9% #41 1,774 0 1
26 2012 31–26 54.4% #37 1,856 0 2 2007 21–24 46.7% #60 1,696 0 1
27 2013 37–23 61.7% #20 1,869 0 2 2008 29–24 54.7% #34 1,800 0 1
28 2014 39–24 61.9% #16 1,946 0 2 2009 35–26 57.4% #28 1,927 0 2
29 2015 46–24 65.7% #12 2,046 0 3 2010 49–25 66.2% #11 1,985 0 3
30 2016 17–21 44.7% #67 1,883 0 3 2011 20–21 48.8% #33 1,797 0 3
31 2017 32–21 60.4% #14 1,974 0 3 2012 18–23 43.9% #29 1,755 0 4
32 2018 48–19 71.6% #6 2,121 0 5 2013 25–23 52.1% #27 1,826 0 5
33 2019 11–4 73.3% #91 2,056 0 6 2014 14–20 41.2% #113 1,757 0 5
34 2020 8–9 47.1% #81 1,963 0 6 2015 9–11 45.0% #155 1,750 0 5
35 2021 13–13 50.0% #80 1,808 0 7 2016 3–3 50.0% #306 1,769 0 5
36 2022 1–5 16.7% #104 1,681 0 7 2017 0–1 0.0% #186 1,731 0 5
37 2023 2–2 50.0% #627 1,669 0 7 2018 1–1 50.0% #288 1,708 0 5

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 Kevin Anderson Jurgen Melzer
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1999 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2000 — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2007 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 3 2 5 60.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
22 2008 7 5 12 58.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2003 2 7 9 22.2% 4 8 12 33.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
23 2009 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2004 12 12 24 50.0% 9 6 15 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
24 2010 11 11 22 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2005 10 14 24 41.7% 10 8 18 55.6% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
25 2011 30 18 48 62.5% 5 6 11 45.5% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2006 9 11 20 45.0% 20 9 29 69.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
26 2012 21 18 39 53.8% 7 6 13 53.8% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2007 14 14 28 50.0% 7 8 15 46.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
27 2013 24 16 40 60.0% 11 5 16 68.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2008 17 15 32 53.1% 8 6 14 57.1% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
28 2014 29 17 46 63.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2009 19 15 34 55.9% 12 9 21 57.1% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
29 2015 33 17 50 66.0% 6 5 11 54.5% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — — 2010 28 15 43 65.1% 17 8 25 68.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
30 2016 13 14 27 48.1% 2 4 6 33.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2011 10 13 23 43.5% 8 7 15 53.3% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
31 2017 18 13 31 58.1% 10 6 16 62.5% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2012 14 16 30 46.7% 2 4 6 33.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
32 2018 36 13 49 73.5% 6 4 10 60.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2013 19 13 32 59.4% 2 8 10 20.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
33 2019 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2014 3 9 12 25.0% 8 8 16 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
34 2020 6 6 12 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — 2015 4 6 10 40.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
35 2021 5 10 15 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — — 2016 1 2 3 33.3% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — —
36 2022 1 5 6 16.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2023 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 2018 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 243 171 414 58.7% 58 52 110 52.7% 47 29 76 61.8% — — — — — 168 168 336 50.0% 120 101 221 54.3% 38 33 71 53.5% 5 5 10 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 595/600 of Kevin Anderson's and 625/638 of Jurgen Melzer'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 Kevin Anderson Jurgen Melzer
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 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1999 2/2 5.0 8.5 40.6% 59.2% 42.2% 56.1% 65.6% 49.1% 37.0%
19 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2000 3/3 6.3 3.0 55.6% 64.6% 51.8% 38.5% 30.3% 59.7% 34.1%
20 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2001 1/2 5.0 3.0 59.4% 75.4% 41.0% 60.0% 18.2% 61.5% 38.6%
21 2007 1/1 7.0 1.0 75.0% 54.8% 42.9% 50.0% — 51.8% 21.7% 2002 18/19 4.9 3.1 58.9% 72.7% 48.0% 53.1% 40.9% 62.5% 36.7%
22 2008 15/17 9.4 3.3 65.7% 74.0% 58.9% 62.8% 28.9% 68.9% 33.5% 2003 29/29 6.7 4.7 56.8% 67.4% 44.1% 58.3% 41.9% 57.1% 34.6%
23 2009 8/8 9.4 3.1 69.8% 72.4% 46.3% 57.6% 25.1% 64.4% 27.4% 2004 49/50 5.2 3.3 58.1% 72.6% 49.1% 63.9% 46.6% 62.8% 38.1%
24 2010 32/32 9.6 3.2 66.0% 75.6% 51.0% 46.2% 43.7% 67.1% 34.2% 2005 49/49 4.4 2.7 59.8% 68.4% 49.9% 58.8% 50.0% 60.8% 36.7%
25 2011 66/66 10.9 2.1 66.9% 76.1% 55.8% 63.4% 47.0% 69.2% 36.5% 2006 57/58 5.7 3.2 60.9% 69.3% 52.3% 62.2% 44.8% 62.5% 39.3%
26 2012 56/57 11.4 3.2 62.6% 75.1% 53.6% 62.7% 36.7% 67.1% 34.8% 2007 44/45 4.7 2.8 63.0% 67.4% 49.9% 58.3% 45.1% 61.2% 36.4%
27 2013 60/60 10.9 3.0 64.2% 76.3% 54.8% 63.5% 38.8% 68.5% 35.8% 2008 49/53 6.6 2.5 61.7% 71.5% 54.4% 57.6% 37.8% 65.0% 35.3%
28 2014 62/63 11.7 2.9 66.2% 76.6% 51.9% 65.4% 36.5% 68.2% 35.2% 2009 61/61 6.8 2.3 59.4% 73.4% 52.3% 58.8% 41.0% 64.9% 37.0%
29 2015 70/70 15.3 3.4 63.5% 80.1% 54.3% 65.0% 43.2% 70.6% 33.9% 2010 72/74 6.3 2.4 61.1% 72.2% 54.7% 59.9% 45.7% 65.3% 37.3%
30 2016 38/38 13.0 4.4 59.2% 77.0% 53.4% 63.9% 36.4% 67.4% 32.9% 2011 41/41 5.0 2.4 62.8% 68.9% 50.9% 51.6% 40.0% 62.1% 38.3%
31 2017 53/53 13.9 2.8 64.0% 79.0% 54.5% 65.3% 37.4% 70.2% 35.2% 2012 40/41 5.0 3.3 61.9% 69.0% 52.4% 52.4% 48.1% 62.4% 34.8%
32 2018 66/67 16.4 2.7 64.2% 79.6% 55.3% 63.1% 35.6% 70.7% 33.8% 2013 48/48 4.5 2.8 65.4% 67.2% 49.9% 56.8% 33.7% 61.1% 35.8%
33 2019 15/15 15.7 2.7 63.1% 78.7% 53.6% 68.9% 44.1% 69.2% 35.7% 2014 34/34 4.1 2.6 65.4% 67.2% 50.5% 54.5% 36.3% 61.2% 37.0%
34 2020 17/17 12.5 3.7 62.5% 77.1% 51.2% 60.3% 41.2% 67.2% 32.1% 2015 20/20 3.3 4.0 61.0% 67.3% 49.3% 60.5% 41.5% 60.4% 36.2%
35 2021 26/26 16.9 2.8 63.5% 80.3% 49.5% 69.7% 34.1% 69.0% 30.9% 2016 6/6 2.7 2.5 67.4% 66.9% 44.8% 60.6% 51.9% 59.3% 40.5%
36 2022 6/6 15.3 2.8 65.0% 78.6% 57.1% 66.1% 33.3% 70.9% 24.5% 2017 1/1 4.0 1.0 74.8% 56.6% 53.6% 22.2% 75.0% 55.9% 31.1%
37 2023 4/4 11.0 4.0 64.4% 77.7% 43.7% 58.3% 28.6% 65.5% 37.4% 2018 1/2 3.0 2.0 79.3% 72.5% 55.6% 100.0% 25.0% 69.0% 27.6%
Career — 595/600 12.9 3.0 64.3% 77.4% 53.7% 63.2% 38.8% 68.9% 34.3% — 625/638 5.4 2.9 61.2% 69.8% 51.0% 58.0% 42.8% 62.4% 36.8%

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 Kevin Anderson Jurgen Melzer
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1999 1518 108.7 -0.28 +0.62 0.727 43.2% — — — 40.0% -1.60 1–0 1–0 — -0.03
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2000 1548 113.7 -1.47 -0.74 0.846 47.2% — — — 22.2% -1.22 0–1 0–2 — -0.26
20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1551 105.3 +1.50 -1.19 1.001 49.0% — — — 40.0% +0.20 1–0 0–3 (0%) — -0.04
21 2007 1541 108.0 -2.14 +0.48 0.451 38.2% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.19 2002 1660 130.8 +0.42 -0.51 0.980 49.6% -48 -49 — 50.0% -0.07 2–2 (50%) 1–4 (20%) 98.0 +0.12
22 2008 1631 124.1 +2.28 -0.60 1.079 51.2% +91 — -124 50.0% -0.02 3–5 (38%) 9–4 (69%) 102.7 +0.62 2003 1583 111.1 -3.51 -2.06 0.807 46.5% -20 -56 +87 39.0% -0.66 8–3 (73%) 7–6 (54%) 104.3 +0.49
23 2009 1624 111.4 +0.61 -4.84 0.771 46.3% +26 — — 26.3% -1.42 1–0 3–2 (60%) — -0.29 2004 1760 142.0 +0.13 +1.60 1.023 50.6% -26 -102 -105 52.7% +0.22 8–8 (50%) 10–12 (45%) 100.0 -0.06
24 2010 1779 142.8 +2.68 -1.25 1.039 50.3% +34 -199 -256 46.9% -0.12 4–8 (33%) 5–11 (31%) 92.7 -1.45 2005 1702 137.8 -0.93 +0.15 0.938 49.4% -35 +36 -24 50.0% -0.11 10–12 (45%) 8–9 (47%) 96.3 -0.88
25 2011 1891 157.1 +5.50 +0.11 1.185 52.5% +20 -245 -270 57.6% +0.61 12–11 (52%) 15–17 (47%) 98.7 +1.44 2006 1774 133.3 +0.02 +1.44 1.047 51.0% -104 +59 -110 52.9% +0.07 11–13 (46%) 13–9 (59%) 100.1 -0.50
26 2012 1857 156.6 +3.45 -0.90 1.058 50.9% +33 -124 -193 51.1% +0.27 10–8 (56%) 20–15 (57%) 105.6 -0.14 2007 1696 137.3 -1.21 +0.32 0.940 48.9% -11 +74 — 48.1% -0.22 9–7 (56%) 7–11 (39%) 95.6 +0.10
27 2013 1869 157.9 +4.20 +0.05 1.135 51.7% +7 +20 -159 57.7% +0.40 12–8 (60%) 18–16 (53%) 101.7 +1.51 2008 1800 138.7 +1.21 -0.83 1.009 50.0% -22 -35 -116 52.4% +0.11 13–8 (62%) 13–15 (46%) 104.7 +0.86
28 2014 1947 161.0 +3.91 +0.32 1.107 51.6% +6 -48 -101 54.9% +0.38 15–7 (68%) 17–16 (52%) 106.9 +2.15 2009 1927 151.7 +1.63 +0.96 1.054 50.8% -29 -86 -117 55.1% +0.14 8–8 (50%) 14–8 (64%) 105.0 -1.10
29 2015 2047 162.6 +6.01 -0.88 1.154 51.7% -15 -143 -48 61.2% +0.51 13–8 (62%) 31–22 (58%) 105.6 +1.09 2010 1986 158.2 +2.39 +1.03 1.076 51.1% -20 -6 -97 59.0% +0.57 15–7 (68%) 19–21 (48%) 104.8 +1.32
30 2016 1883 151.8 +2.89 -1.81 1.011 50.2% +31 -46 +51 48.9% -0.09 4–9 (31%) 11–10 (52%) 92.8 -0.24 2011 1797 152.8 -0.17 +0.99 1.011 50.3% +17 +143 +139 52.0% +0.28 4–6 (40%) 6–7 (46%) 95.7 +1.81
31 2017 1974 162.0 +6.28 -0.22 1.180 52.4% -50 -48 -31 60.4% +0.82 7–7 (50%) 19–17 (53%) 99.3 -1.65 2012 1755 145.9 -0.78 -0.89 0.925 48.7% +20 +103 +111 44.8% -0.47 9–7 (56%) 13–7 (65%) 102.7 +1.18
32 2018 2122 169.8 +6.52 -1.15 1.152 51.8% -20 -176 -10 61.7% +0.67 21–7 (75%) 30–20 (60%) 111.3 +1.48 2013 1827 141.2 -1.23 -0.76 0.919 48.3% +22 -130 +72 47.5% -0.28 10–6 (63%) 8–10 (44%) 101.5 +2.36
33 2019 2057 133.2 +3.47 -0.21 1.160 52.1% +25 — -2 64.3% +0.64 3–1 (75%) 7–3 (70%) 100.8 +0.68 2014 1757 141.1 -1.73 +1.12 0.955 49.1% +3 -5 +127 41.2% -0.46 6–7 (46%) 7–10 (41%) 98.0 -1.34
34 2020 1964 140.8 +3.58 -0.85 0.980 49.5% +34 -65 — 47.7% -0.16 4–2 (67%) 5–5 (50%) 97.4 -1.17 2015 1750 127.3 -2.36 -0.42 0.914 48.8% +47 -54 — 44.7% -0.40 1–1 5–8 (38%) — -0.22
35 2021 1809 136.1 +4.26 -3.10 0.998 49.9% +7 +65 +284 46.0% -0.24 4–0 (100%) 12–11 (52%) 101.5 -0.83 2016 1770 130.7 -0.27 +1.24 0.995 50.5% +16 -37 — 60.0% +0.13 0–3 (0%) 1–1 — -0.56
36 2022 1681 114.8 -0.53 -2.72 0.844 47.9% -5 — — 31.3% -0.94 0–3 (0%) 2–4 (33%) 94.4 +0.18 2017 1732 123.5 +3.00 +7.41 0.704 43.9% — — — 25.0% -1.75 — — — -0.44
37 2023 1670 109.6 -0.03 +1.57 1.084 50.9% — — +422 55.6% -0.11 0–1 2–0 — +0.47 2018 1708 119.9 -1.35 +6.34 0.890 49.7% — — — 100.0% +1.50 — 1–0 — -0.15
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 1689 101.7 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2142 159.7 +4.52 -0.73 1.102 51.3% +7 -94 -39 55.3% +0.34 113–85 (57%) 206–173 (54%) 104.0 +0.61 — 2017 147.6 -0.10 +0.36 0.981 49.7% -14 -4 -12 50.4% -0.03 116–99 (54%) 134–143 (48%) 100.2 +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.