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Mariano Zabaleta vs Nicklas Kulti H2H: 0-1

Nicklas Kulti holds a 1–0 lead over Mariano Zabaleta in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Nicklas Kulti leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Nicklas Kulti won the 1995 Prague quarterfinal 6-2 6-1.

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Mariano Zabaleta
ARG Age 48 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"
H2H
0 – 1
1 main-draw meetings
Nicklas Kulti
SWE Age 55 Right-Handed 190 cm / 6'3"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Nicklas Kulti #163 6-2 6-1 Mariano Zabaleta Match data Aug 5, 1995* QF Prague ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 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
Mariano Zabaleta #1,009 #21 1,426 1,868 201 208 49.1% 0 0 0 0 3 3
Nicklas Kulti #977 #32 826 1,821 150 179 45.6% 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 Mariano Zabaleta Nicklas Kulti
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 1995 2–2 50.0% — 1,514 0 0 1988 3–4 42.9% #176 1,543 0 0
18 1996 9–8 52.9% #103 1,599 0 0 1989 7–9 43.8% #118 1,584 0 0
19 1997 0–6 0.0% #257 1,532 0 0 1990 15–11 57.7% #51 1,747 0 0
20 1998 14–8 63.6% #63 1,692 0 1 1991 18–24 42.9% #80 1,656 0 1
21 1999 28–29 49.1% #28 1,686 0 1 1992 18–23 43.9% #79 1,611 0 1
22 2000 19–27 41.3% #61 1,654 0 1 1993 27–24 52.9% #46 1,683 0 2
23 2001 18–18 50.0% #59 1,728 0 1 1994 20–26 43.5% #99 1,676 0 2
24 2002 20–28 41.7% #53 1,629 0 1 1995 6–8 42.9% #165 1,639 0 2
25 2003 33–24 57.9% #27 1,755 0 2 1996 14–16 46.7% #64 1,634 0 3
26 2004 25–21 54.3% #54 1,690 0 3 1997 9–17 34.6% #154 1,579 0 3
27 2005 20–16 55.6% #83 1,723 0 3 1998 3–3 50.0% #290 1,603 0 3
28 2006 4–8 33.3% #243 1,595 0 3 1999 10–9 52.6% #118 1,633 0 3
29 2007 9–11 45.0% #104 1,602 0 3 2000 0–5 0.0% #421 1,559 0 3
30 2008 0–2 0.0% #1141 1,556 0 3 — — — — — — —

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 Mariano Zabaleta Nicklas Kulti
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 1995 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — 1988 1 1 2 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0%
18 1996 — — — — 9 8 17 52.9% — — — — — — — — 1989 2 3 5 40.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
19 1997 0 2 2 0.0% 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1990 1 3 4 25.0% 10 6 16 62.5% — — — — 4 2 6 66.7%
20 1998 — — — — 14 8 22 63.6% — — — — — — — — 1991 7 6 13 53.8% 5 9 14 35.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 6 7 13 46.2%
21 1999 9 13 22 40.9% 18 14 32 56.3% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% 1992 4 9 13 30.8% 10 8 18 55.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 5 8 37.5%
22 2000 11 16 27 40.7% 8 10 18 44.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1993 12 8 20 60.0% 8 9 17 47.1% 0 1 1 0.0% 7 6 13 53.8%
23 2001 9 7 16 56.3% 9 10 19 47.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1994 12 13 25 48.0% 4 8 12 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 4 8 50.0%
24 2002 3 13 16 18.8% 17 13 30 56.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1995 3 6 9 33.3% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — —
25 2003 13 12 25 52.0% 20 10 30 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1996 5 10 15 33.3% 4 3 7 57.1% 5 1 6 83.3% 0 2 2 0.0%
26 2004 2 7 9 22.2% 22 12 34 64.7% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% 1997 7 8 15 46.7% 0 5 5 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
27 2005 4 5 9 44.4% 16 11 27 59.3% — — — — — — — — 1998 — — — — — — — — — — — — 3 3 6 50.0%
28 2006 0 2 2 0.0% 4 6 10 40.0% — — — — — — — — 1999 0 4 4 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
29 2007 0 1 1 0.0% 9 9 18 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2000 0 2 2 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
30 2008 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 51 79 130 39.2% 148 118 266 55.6% 0 5 5 0.0% 2 6 8 25.0% — 54 73 127 42.5% 53 59 112 47.3% 14 13 27 51.9% 29 34 63 46.0%

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 375/409 of Mariano Zabaleta's and 252/280 of Nicklas Kulti'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 Mariano Zabaleta Nicklas Kulti
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 1995 4/4 1.8 1.0 63.3% 55.9% 48.1% 46.0% 34.2% 53.0% 41.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 1996 17/17 1.1 2.4 73.2% 63.3% 46.1% 54.9% 43.4% 57.8% 44.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 1997 5/6 2.8 4.4 60.6% 67.3% 47.1% 53.2% 36.8% 59.3% 30.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 1998 18/22 6.2 4.7 52.8% 72.2% 51.9% 64.8% 44.7% 62.7% 40.5% 1991 39/42 2.9 2.5 56.0% 68.8% 50.5% 55.6% 43.7% 60.6% 38.6%
21 1999 51/57 4.7 3.9 53.1% 71.6% 49.4% 56.9% 38.8% 61.2% 37.0% 1992 40/41 3.8 2.6 59.5% 70.2% 49.0% 50.1% 37.9% 61.6% 39.3%
22 2000 37/46 5.5 3.7 49.5% 71.0% 49.9% 60.0% 41.6% 60.2% 36.9% 1993 46/51 4.9 3.1 56.1% 72.0% 49.9% 58.2% 39.3% 62.4% 36.8%
23 2001 32/36 5.0 3.7 54.5% 71.0% 50.7% 60.2% 47.4% 61.5% 37.9% 1994 39/46 5.1 2.4 57.2% 72.3% 49.6% 59.3% 40.3% 62.4% 36.0%
24 2002 43/48 4.3 3.3 58.3% 67.9% 50.7% 53.8% 43.4% 60.5% 35.9% 1995 13/14 6.8 2.8 52.0% 76.3% 53.0% 64.6% 44.4% 65.0% 39.0%
25 2003 55/57 3.1 2.7 58.8% 69.6% 52.1% 51.0% 41.5% 62.4% 40.6% 1996 27/30 7.2 3.8 58.6% 74.3% 49.9% 63.4% 39.5% 64.5% 36.8%
26 2004 45/46 3.8 2.9 61.6% 70.9% 52.5% 55.5% 40.2% 63.6% 39.1% 1997 24/26 7.1 4.7 53.7% 75.0% 46.7% 63.0% 32.6% 62.1% 34.5%
27 2005 36/36 4.4 4.2 56.7% 70.9% 52.8% 60.5% 41.5% 63.2% 39.7% 1998 5/6 7.8 3.8 47.9% 84.3% 53.6% 76.4% 25.0% 68.5% 32.6%
28 2006 12/12 3.6 3.6 58.8% 71.9% 46.8% 59.6% 32.0% 61.7% 36.4% 1999 15/19 7.0 4.7 54.7% 73.8% 46.1% 57.2% 37.8% 61.1% 35.7%
29 2007 18/20 3.7 3.7 59.7% 67.6% 49.4% 57.3% 39.5% 60.4% 39.3% 2000 4/5 8.0 6.0 52.6% 70.6% 37.1% 61.1% 19.8% 54.8% 32.6%
30 2008 2/2 8.5 6.5 50.4% 71.9% 41.1% 58.7% 31.0% 56.2% 33.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 375/409 4.2 3.5 57.3% 69.9% 50.6% 56.7% 41.4% 61.5% 38.5% — 252/329 5.2 3.2 56.3% 72.4% 49.3% 58.4% 38.9% 62.3% 37.0%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. 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 Mariano Zabaleta Nicklas Kulti
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 1995 1515 102.4 -1.10 +1.15 0.883 47.2% — +37 — 50.0% -1.10 1–1 1–0 — +0.34 1988 1544 129.5 — — — — -4 +26 — 47.1% -0.12 1–2 (33%) 1–0 — -0.72
18 1996 1599 129.5 -1.91 +3.31 1.045 50.4% — +34 — 48.6% +0.03 3–0 (100%) 2–3 (40%) 103.9 -0.44 1989 1584 125.7 — — — — -17 +11 — 42.9% 0.00 1–2 (33%) 1–5 (17%) 96.2 +0.42
19 1997 1532 99.5 -0.65 -2.22 0.751 44.9% — +30 — 0.0% -2.45 — 0–3 (0%) — -0.44 1990 1747 143.3 — — — — -93 -13 — 53.7% +0.33 3–1 (75%) 2–5 (29%) 102.3 -1.04
20 1998 1693 135.0 +1.40 +0.76 1.086 51.6% — +49 — 60.7% +0.82 6–3 (67%) 7–4 (64%) 105.8 +0.16 1991 1657 134.7 -0.06 +0.03 0.980 49.6% +1 +1 — 44.8% -0.17 4–9 (31%) 5–10 (33%) 92.6 -1.75
21 1999 1686 139.7 -0.12 -0.36 0.955 49.2% -82 +41 — 48.9% -0.15 13–8 (62%) 8–12 (40%) 102.1 -2.14 1992 1612 138.5 +0.13 +0.37 1.025 50.2% -4 +108 — 47.9% -0.10 6–11 (35%) 7–10 (41%) 93.6 -0.36
22 2000 1654 140.1 -1.32 +0.40 0.927 48.9% -11 +35 — 44.7% -0.32 3–9 (25%) 11–9 (55%) 96.2 -1.74 1993 1684 141.0 +1.24 -0.26 0.979 49.6% +21 -5 — 52.0% -0.13 7–8 (47%) 9–9 (50%) 101.1 -1.65
23 2001 1728 134.3 -0.06 -0.52 0.984 49.7% +4 -42 — 52.6% -0.02 6–8 (43%) 7–10 (41%) 94.8 +0.40 1994 1677 146.6 +1.15 -1.53 0.958 49.3% +55 -21 — 48.0% -0.24 7–14 (33%) 7–9 (44%) 94.7 -2.66
24 2002 1630 131.3 -1.34 -1.62 0.909 48.4% -50 +149 — 45.0% -0.41 6–11 (35%) 10–10 (50%) 97.8 +0.24 1995 1640 120.1 +1.85 -0.53 1.112 51.8% +24 +47 — 46.9% +0.09 1–3 (25%) 1–2 (33%) — +0.38
25 2003 1756 148.5 +0.98 +3.48 1.081 51.2% -111 +149 — 54.3% +0.34 11–6 (65%) 8–11 (42%) 105.3 -1.74 1996 1635 123.0 +2.52 -1.04 1.037 50.5% -63 +19 -11 48.8% +0.01 4–6 (40%) 12–7 (63%) 100.7 -0.43
26 2004 1691 140.6 +0.79 +1.45 1.075 51.2% -115 +205 — 52.3% +0.34 8–4 (67%) 8–13 (38%) 97.6 +0.76 1997 1580 122.1 +0.06 -1.60 0.910 48.5% +24 +9 +52 41.8% -0.81 2–6 (25%) 6–2 (75%) 98.2 -0.05
27 2005 1723 141.7 +0.72 +1.71 1.078 51.3% -113 +106 — 54.8% +0.40 5–5 (50%) 6–7 (46%) 98.2 -0.73 1998 1603 115.4 +2.10 -1.26 1.036 50.2% +20 — — 46.2% -0.15 1–0 2–0 — +0.15
28 2006 1596 111.4 -0.52 -1.38 0.949 49.1% — +127 — 40.0% -0.60 2–3 (40%) 3–1 (75%) 98.7 +0.08 1999 1633 114.5 +0.18 -1.35 0.918 48.5% -58 -39 +43 51.1% -0.21 4–4 (50%) 3–3 (50%) 101.0 +0.03
29 2007 1603 126.2 -2.06 +1.76 0.992 49.7% — +106 — 49.0% -0.08 0–4 (0%) 5–2 (71%) 96.8 +0.12 2000 1560 104.0 -2.23 -1.39 0.720 44.3% — — — 15.4% -2.39 0–2 1–1 — -0.21
30 2008 1556 98.9 -0.91 -5.19 0.761 44.5% — — — 16.7% -2.33 — 1–0 — +0.34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2009 1547 98.5 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1868 142.7 -0.16 +0.79 0.999 49.9% -64 +94 — 49.6% -0.01 64–62 (51%) 77–85 (48%) 98.6 -1.17 — 1821 141.1 +0.80 -0.64 0.981 49.6% +4 +16 +28 47.4% -0.18 41–68 (38%) 57–63 (48%) 93.7 -2.41

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.