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

Mariano Zabaleta vs Potito Starace H2H: 0-1

Potito Starace holds a 1–0 lead over Mariano Zabaleta in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Potito Starace leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Potito Starace won the 2007 Argentina Open er 7-6(9) 6-2.

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Mariano Zabaleta
ARG Age 48 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"
H2H
0 – 1
1 main-draw meetings
Potito Starace
ITA Age 45 Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Potito Starace #87 7-6(9) 6-2 Mariano Zabaleta #160 Match data Feb 19, 2007 ER Argentina Open International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay

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
Potito Starace #943 #27 1,138 1,789 147 189 43.8% 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 Mariano Zabaleta Potito Starace
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 1995 2–2 50.0% — 1,514 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 1996 9–8 52.9% #103 1,599 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 1997 0–6 0.0% #257 1,532 0 0 — — — — — — —
20 1998 14–8 63.6% #63 1,692 0 1 — — — — — — —
21 1999 28–29 49.1% #28 1,686 0 1 2003 0–1 0.0% #222 1,481 0 0
22 2000 19–27 41.3% #61 1,654 0 1 2004 8–9 47.1% #76 1,607 0 0
23 2001 18–18 50.0% #59 1,728 0 1 2005 13–20 39.4% #105 1,589 0 0
24 2002 20–28 41.7% #53 1,629 0 1 2006 13–17 43.3% #83 1,591 0 0
25 2003 33–24 57.9% #27 1,755 0 2 2007 25–25 50.0% #31 1,655 0 0
26 2004 25–21 54.3% #54 1,690 0 3 2008 18–22 45.0% #72 1,650 0 0
27 2005 20–16 55.6% #83 1,723 0 3 2009 15–23 39.5% #62 1,667 0 0
28 2006 4–8 33.3% #243 1,595 0 3 2010 23–25 47.9% #47 1,735 0 0
29 2007 9–11 45.0% #104 1,602 0 3 2011 22–26 45.8% #58 1,705 0 0
30 2008 0–2 0.0% #1141 1,556 0 3 2012 8–18 30.8% #164 1,599 0 0
31 — — — — — — — 2013 1–1 50.0% #152 1,545 0 0
32 — — — — — — — 2014 1–2 33.3% #163 1,635 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 Mariano Zabaleta Potito Starace
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% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1996 — — — — 9 8 17 52.9% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1997 0 2 2 0.0% 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1998 — — — — 14 8 22 63.6% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1999 9 13 22 40.9% 18 14 32 56.3% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% 2003 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
22 2000 11 16 27 40.7% 8 10 18 44.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2004 1 2 3 33.3% 7 5 12 58.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
23 2001 9 7 16 56.3% 9 10 19 47.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2005 2 6 8 25.0% 11 13 24 45.8% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
24 2002 3 13 16 18.8% 17 13 30 56.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2006 1 3 4 25.0% 10 11 21 47.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
25 2003 13 12 25 52.0% 20 10 30 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2007 1 9 10 10.0% 22 13 35 62.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
26 2004 2 7 9 22.2% 22 12 34 64.7% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% 2008 2 8 10 20.0% 16 13 29 55.2% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
27 2005 4 5 9 44.4% 16 11 27 59.3% — — — — — — — — 2009 3 9 12 25.0% 11 13 24 45.8% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
28 2006 0 2 2 0.0% 4 6 10 40.0% — — — — — — — — 2010 6 11 17 35.3% 17 13 30 56.7% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
29 2007 0 1 1 0.0% 9 9 18 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2011 5 8 13 38.5% 17 16 33 51.5% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
30 2008 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2012 1 6 7 14.3% 7 10 17 41.2% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2014 — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — —
Career — 51 79 130 39.2% 148 118 266 55.6% 0 5 5 0.0% 2 6 8 25.0% — 22 62 84 26.2% 120 111 231 51.9% 1 11 12 8.3% 4 5 9 44.4%

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 375/409 of Mariano Zabaleta's and 335/336 of Potito Starace'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 Potito Starace
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% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 1999 51/57 4.7 3.9 53.1% 71.6% 49.4% 56.9% 38.8% 61.2% 37.0% 2003 1/1 1.0 4.0 77.0% 52.6% 35.3% 66.7% 60.0% 48.6% 38.6%
22 2000 37/46 5.5 3.7 49.5% 71.0% 49.9% 60.0% 41.6% 60.2% 36.9% 2004 17/17 3.1 2.0 72.9% 66.4% 47.7% 59.4% 38.3% 61.2% 35.9%
23 2001 32/36 5.0 3.7 54.5% 71.0% 50.7% 60.2% 47.4% 61.5% 37.9% 2005 33/33 2.5 1.8 73.5% 63.1% 50.7% 62.1% 42.3% 59.9% 37.7%
24 2002 43/48 4.3 3.3 58.3% 67.9% 50.7% 53.8% 43.4% 60.5% 35.9% 2006 30/30 2.5 1.3 71.4% 64.8% 49.8% 54.5% 49.5% 60.3% 37.2%
25 2003 55/57 3.1 2.7 58.8% 69.6% 52.1% 51.0% 41.5% 62.4% 40.6% 2007 50/50 1.9 1.6 71.9% 66.3% 54.1% 58.4% 44.6% 62.9% 35.7%
26 2004 45/46 3.8 2.9 61.6% 70.9% 52.5% 55.5% 40.2% 63.6% 39.1% 2008 39/40 2.1 1.3 73.6% 65.5% 53.8% 63.0% 40.5% 62.5% 36.1%
27 2005 36/36 4.4 4.2 56.7% 70.9% 52.8% 60.5% 41.5% 63.2% 39.7% 2009 38/38 2.8 1.6 73.6% 66.5% 49.4% 54.4% 45.4% 62.1% 35.2%
28 2006 12/12 3.6 3.6 58.8% 71.9% 46.8% 59.6% 32.0% 61.7% 36.4% 2010 48/48 2.7 0.9 73.7% 66.0% 54.2% 58.3% 41.2% 62.7% 37.9%
29 2007 18/20 3.7 3.7 59.7% 67.6% 49.4% 57.3% 39.5% 60.4% 39.3% 2011 48/48 2.6 1.5 71.2% 65.9% 52.2% 61.1% 36.2% 61.7% 35.2%
30 2008 2/2 8.5 6.5 50.4% 71.9% 41.1% 58.7% 31.0% 56.2% 33.3% 2012 26/26 2.7 1.3 70.2% 66.6% 52.9% 55.6% 34.3% 62.1% 33.6%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2013 2/2 3.5 0.5 76.4% 58.5% 45.2% 67.9% 18.8% 55.1% 27.8%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2014 3/3 4.3 3.0 71.0% 69.0% 39.4% 63.6% 13.9% 60.6% 32.2%
Career — 375/409 4.2 3.5 57.3% 69.9% 50.6% 56.7% 41.4% 61.5% 38.5% — 335/336 2.5 1.5 72.5% 65.6% 51.9% 58.8% 41.2% 61.8% 36.0%

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 Potito Starace
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1997 1532 99.5 -0.65 -2.22 0.751 44.9% — +30 — 0.0% -2.45 — 0–3 (0%) — -0.44 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2002 1486 100.9 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2003 1482 100.2 -2.12 -0.83 0.751 43.8% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — — — +0.05
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 2004 1608 122.7 -0.25 -0.36 0.925 49.1% -62 +68 — 52.1% -0.04 3–4 (43%) 6–1 (86%) 104.2 -0.25
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 2005 1589 127.8 -1.72 -0.50 0.941 48.9% -80 +98 — 42.5% -0.44 3–6 (33%) 6–6 (50%) 99.7 +0.56
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 2006 1591 123.6 -1.06 -0.36 0.937 48.8% -95 +81 — 42.5% -0.53 4–4 (50%) 5–3 (63%) 102.6 -0.02
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 2007 1656 139.1 +0.30 -1.12 0.963 49.6% -227 +192 — 50.0% -0.05 8–9 (47%) 10–7 (59%) 101.7 +0.75
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 2008 1650 140.7 -0.53 -0.42 0.964 49.7% -248 +165 — 49.4% +0.02 4–9 (31%) 9–7 (56%) 96.7 -0.66
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 2009 1667 134.6 -0.82 -1.28 0.928 48.6% -226 +112 — 40.7% -0.52 6–8 (43%) 6–10 (38%) 97.6 -0.83
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 2010 1735 144.1 0.00 +0.48 1.015 50.3% -237 +113 — 45.5% +0.18 8–3 (73%) 5–14 (26%) 101.4 +0.46
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 2011 1705 142.6 -0.69 -2.15 0.919 48.7% -122 +50 — 45.1% -0.19 11–6 (65%) 7–13 (35%) 100.6 +0.53
30 2008 1556 98.9 -0.91 -5.19 0.761 44.5% — — — 16.7% -2.33 — 1–0 — +0.34 2012 1599 131.9 -0.16 -3.64 0.885 47.8% -68 +88 — 38.6% -0.86 1–7 (13%) 6–6 (50%) 95.2 +0.53
31 2009 1547 98.5 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 1545 108.7 +1.36 +0.68 0.618 42.8% — — — 40.0% -1.20 1–0 — — -0.11
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2014 1636 117.8 -1.10 -2.35 0.819 46.8% — +36 — 25.0% -1.25 1–0 0–1 — +0.17
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 1623 104.7 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — 1790 139.7 -0.51 -1.00 0.943 49.1% -173 +113 — 45.0% -0.25 50–56 (47%) 60–68 (47%) 100.3 +0.35

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.