H2H data updated: 2026-09-04 00:00 UTC

Kevin Anderson vs Michael Russell H2H: 1-2

Michael Russell holds a 2–1 lead over Kevin Anderson in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Michael Russell leads 2–1 on hard courts. Most recently, Michael Russell won the 2012 Atlanta round of 16 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4.

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Kevin Anderson
RSA Age 40 Right-Handed 203 cm / 6'8"
H2H
1 – 2
3 main draw meetings
Michael Russell
USA Age 48 Right-Handed 173 cm / 5'8"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Michael Russell #96 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 Kevin Anderson #33 Match data Jul 20, 2012* R16 Atlanta ATP 250 Hard
Kevin Anderson #34 6-1 7-5 Michael Russell #102 Match data Jul 22, 2011* R16 Atlanta ATP 250 Hard
Michael Russell #89 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4 Kevin Anderson #40 Match data Mar 12, 2011* R128 Indian Wells Open Masters 1000 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
Kevin Anderson #1,151 #5 4,845 2,141 348 252 58.0% 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 Kevin Anderson Michael Russell
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
20 — — — — — — — 1998 0–2 0.0% #288 1,473 0 0
21 2007 0–1 0.0% #221 1,540 0 0 — — — — — — —
22 2008 8–9 47.1% #104 1,631 0 0 2000 1–6 14.3% #155 1,507 0 0
23 2009 2–6 25.0% #161 1,624 0 0 2001 8–17 32.0% #87 1,573 0 0
24 2010 14–18 43.8% #61 1,778 0 0 2002 5–15 25.0% #157 1,511 0 0
25 2011 39–27 59.1% #32 1,890 0 1 2003 1–1 50.0% #502 1,530 0 0
26 2012 31–26 54.4% #37 1,856 0 2 — — — — — — —
27 2013 37–23 61.7% #20 1,869 0 2 — — — — — — —
28 2014 39–24 61.9% #16 1,946 0 2 2006 0–2 0.0% #144 1,563 0 0
29 2015 46–24 65.7% #12 2,046 0 3 2007 10–19 34.5% #82 1,617 0 0
30 2016 17–21 44.7% #67 1,883 0 3 2008 3–5 37.5% #242 1,610 0 0
31 2017 32–21 60.4% #14 1,974 0 3 2009 2–4 33.3% #83 1,636 0 0
32 2018 48–19 71.6% #6 2,121 0 5 2010 11–23 32.4% #99 1,628 0 0
33 2019 11–4 73.3% #91 2,056 0 6 2011 12–18 40.0% #99 1,748 0 0
34 2020 8–9 47.1% #81 1,963 0 6 2012 11–11 50.0% #87 1,749 0 0
35 2021 13–13 50.0% #80 1,808 0 7 2013 7–15 31.8% #92 1,638 0 0
36 2022 1–5 16.7% #104 1,681 0 7 2014 6–11 35.3% #158 1,582 0 0
37 2023 2–2 50.0% #627 1,669 0 7 2015 0–1 0.0% #557 1,611 0 0

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 Michael Russell
Yr HardClayGrass Yr HardClayGrass
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1998 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
21 2007 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2008 7 5 12 58.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 2000 0 2 2 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0%
23 2009 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2001 4 11 15 26.7% 4 6 10 40.0% — — — —
24 2010 11 11 22 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 1 3 4 25.0% 2002 2 4 6 33.3% 0 8 8 0.0% 3 3 6 50.0%
25 2011 30 18 48 62.5% 5 6 11 45.5% 4 3 7 57.1% 2003 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
26 2012 21 18 39 53.8% 7 6 13 53.8% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 2013 24 16 40 60.0% 11 5 16 68.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 2014 29 17 46 63.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 2006 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
29 2015 33 17 50 66.0% 6 5 11 54.5% 7 2 9 77.8% 2007 7 11 18 38.9% 3 5 8 37.5% 0 3 3 0.0%
30 2016 13 14 27 48.1% 2 4 6 33.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 2008 3 5 8 37.5% — — — — — — — —
31 2017 18 13 31 58.1% 10 6 16 62.5% 4 2 6 66.7% 2009 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
32 2018 36 13 49 73.5% 6 4 10 60.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 2010 10 15 25 40.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 1 4 5 20.0%
33 2019 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 2011 11 12 23 47.8% 0 3 3 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
34 2020 6 6 12 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2012 6 8 14 42.9% 3 1 4 75.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
35 2021 5 10 15 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 6 1 7 85.7% 2013 4 9 13 30.8% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 3 6 50.0%
36 2022 1 5 6 16.7% — — — — — — — — 2014 5 7 12 41.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0%
37 2023 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% 2015 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
Career — 243 171 414 58.7% 58 52 110 52.7% 47 29 76 61.8% — 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 595/600 of Kevin Anderson'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 Kevin Anderson 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%
20 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1998 1/2 4.0 4.0 62.7% 65.8% 51.1% 37.5% 30.0% 60.3% 37.7%
21 2007 1/1 7.0 1.0 75.0% 54.8% 42.9% 50.0% — 51.8% 21.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2008 15/17 9.4 3.3 65.7% 74.0% 58.9% 62.8% 28.9% 68.9% 33.5% 2000 6/7 3.8 6.5 61.4% 65.1% 45.0% 50.8% 61.1% 57.3% 37.1%
23 2009 8/8 9.4 3.1 69.8% 72.4% 46.3% 57.6% 25.1% 64.4% 27.4% 2001 23/25 2.4 3.0 68.9% 63.2% 46.6% 46.6% 39.5% 57.9% 38.3%
24 2010 32/32 9.6 3.2 66.0% 75.6% 51.0% 46.2% 43.7% 67.1% 34.2% 2002 18/20 1.9 2.5 69.4% 60.3% 48.8% 54.0% 33.9% 56.8% 37.1%
25 2011 66/66 10.9 2.1 66.9% 76.1% 55.8% 63.4% 47.0% 69.2% 36.5% 2003 2/2 1.0 4.5 67.5% 66.0% 49.4% 73.3% 35.4% 60.5% 39.0%
26 2012 56/57 11.4 3.2 62.6% 75.1% 53.6% 62.7% 36.7% 67.1% 34.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
27 2013 60/60 10.9 3.0 64.2% 76.3% 54.8% 63.5% 38.8% 68.5% 35.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
28 2014 62/63 11.7 2.9 66.2% 76.6% 51.9% 65.4% 36.5% 68.2% 35.2% 2006 2/2 1.5 4.0 66.0% 58.1% 43.8% 46.9% 39.6% 53.1% 39.4%
29 2015 70/70 15.3 3.4 63.5% 80.1% 54.3% 65.0% 43.2% 70.6% 33.9% 2007 29/29 2.0 2.6 68.1% 65.3% 47.3% 53.1% 44.2% 59.4% 34.6%
30 2016 38/38 13.0 4.4 59.2% 77.0% 53.4% 63.9% 36.4% 67.4% 32.9% 2008 8/8 3.5 2.8 66.4% 64.4% 51.9% 54.5% 46.5% 60.3% 41.2%
31 2017 53/53 13.9 2.8 64.0% 79.0% 54.5% 65.3% 37.4% 70.2% 35.2% 2009 6/6 1.8 2.7 69.8% 63.9% 51.0% 57.2% 33.1% 59.6% 38.6%
32 2018 66/67 16.4 2.7 64.2% 79.6% 55.3% 63.1% 35.6% 70.7% 33.8% 2010 34/34 2.8 3.4 65.1% 63.6% 49.0% 48.2% 39.5% 58.7% 35.9%
33 2019 15/15 15.7 2.7 63.1% 78.7% 53.6% 68.9% 44.1% 69.2% 35.7% 2011 30/30 2.9 4.2 63.3% 70.0% 47.0% 48.6% 46.5% 61.2% 35.4%
34 2020 17/17 12.5 3.7 62.5% 77.1% 51.2% 60.3% 41.2% 67.2% 32.1% 2012 22/22 3.0 3.8 63.7% 67.2% 50.5% 46.4% 51.2% 61.0% 37.6%
35 2021 26/26 16.9 2.8 63.5% 80.3% 49.5% 69.7% 34.1% 69.0% 30.9% 2013 22/22 2.6 2.6 64.2% 65.6% 47.0% 47.6% 40.4% 58.9% 36.1%
36 2022 6/6 15.3 2.8 65.0% 78.6% 57.1% 66.1% 33.3% 70.9% 24.5% 2014 17/17 2.3 3.4 62.5% 64.5% 48.4% 51.8% 39.0% 58.9% 36.6%
37 2023 4/4 11.0 4.0 64.4% 77.7% 43.7% 58.3% 28.6% 65.5% 37.4% 2015 1/1 4.0 7.0 62.7% 54.2% 42.1% 60.9% 23.5% 49.7% 40.2%
Career — 595/600 12.9 3.0 64.3% 77.4% 53.7% 63.2% 38.8% 68.9% 34.3% — 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 Kevin Anderson 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
20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1998 1473 105.5 -1.20 -1.55 0.950 48.8% — — — 16.7% -1.50 — — — +0.13
21 2007 1541 108.0 -2.14 +0.48 0.451 38.2% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2000 1507 103.7 -2.23 -1.34 0.871 47.5% — -15 — 33.3% -1.14 0–3 (0%) 1–3 (25%) 93.5 +0.65
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 2001 1573 122.4 -1.89 +0.09 0.908 47.9% -32 +20 — 36.5% -0.84 2–5 (29%) 3–6 (33%) 97.0 -0.46
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 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%) 97.2 0.00
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 2003 1530 108.4 0.00 +2.07 0.988 49.6% — — — 60.0% -0.20 0–1 1–0 — -0.19
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 2004 1548 105.6 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2006 1563 110.1 -2.13 -0.63 0.839 46.4% — — — 25.0% -1.00 — 0–1 — -0.01
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 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%) 99.8 -1.61
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 2008 1610 122.6 -0.43 +2.15 1.039 50.9% +29 — — 40.9% -0.14 1–2 (33%) — — +0.39
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 2009 1636 122.0 -2.07 +1.17 0.956 49.0% +31 — — 50.0% -0.50 0–4 (0%) 2–1 (67%) 95.6 -0.14
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 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%) 94.3 -0.38
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 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%) 97.8 -0.97
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 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%) 100.9 -0.09
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 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%) 102.9 +0.09
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 2014 1582 133.8 -3.02 -0.10 0.891 47.9% +93 -76 — 41.3% -0.72 2–5 (29%) 5–1 (83%) 101.9 +0.34
37 2023 1670 109.6 -0.03 +1.57 1.084 50.9% — — +422 55.6% -0.11 0–1 2–0 — +0.47 2015 1611 117.2 +1.80 +0.23 0.798 45.5% — — — 25.0% -2.50 — — — -0.14
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 — 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.