H2H data updated: 2026-09-03 00:00 UTC

Marin Cilic vs David Nalbandian H2H: 1-3

David Nalbandian holds a 3–1 lead over Marin Cilic in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, David Nalbandian leads 3–0 on hard courts, while Marin Cilic leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Marin Cilic won the 2012 Queen's Club Championships final 6-7(3) 4-3 DEF.

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Marin Cilic
Croatia Age 37 Right-Handed 198 cm / 6'6"
H2H
1 – 3
4 main draw meetings
David Nalbandian
ARG Age 44 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Marin Cilic #25 6-7(3) 4-3 (def.) David Nalbandian #39 Match data Jun 17, 2012* F Queen's Club Championships ATP 250 Grass
David Nalbandian #74 7-6(3) 7-6(4) Marin Cilic #24 Match data Mar 11, 2012* R64 Indian Wells Open Masters 1000 Hard
David Nalbandian #29 4-6 6-4 6-4 Marin Cilic #15 Match data Nov 5, 2010* R16 Swiss Indoors ATP 500 Hard
David Nalbandian #117 6-2 6-2 Marin Cilic #13 Match data Aug 7, 2010* SF Washington Open ATP 500 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
Marin Cilic #81 #3 5,155 2,199 578 350 62.3% 1 1 0 2 17 21
David Nalbandian #231 #3 3,500 2,078 358 187 65.7% 0 2 1 1 7 11

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 Marin Cilic David Nalbandian
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 2005 0–1 0.0% #587 1,486 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 2006 5–9 35.7% #170 1,498 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2007 12–12 50.0% #71 1,714 0 0 2000 0–2 0.0% #245 1,482 0 0
19 2008 37–24 60.7% #23 1,908 0 1 2001 17–9 65.4% #47 1,739 0 0
20 2009 45–20 69.2% #14 1,991 0 3 2002 36–23 61.0% #12 1,856 0 2
21 2010 38–21 64.4% #14 1,856 0 5 2003 38–20 65.5% #8 2,001 0 2
22 2011 40–23 63.5% #21 1,966 0 6 2004 33–14 70.2% #9 1,909 0 2
23 2012 38–18 67.9% #15 2,004 0 8 2005 40–19 67.8% #6 1,983 0 4
24 2013 24–13 64.9% #37 2,005 0 9 2006 39–16 70.9% #8 1,941 0 5
25 2014 51–21 70.8% #9 2,130 1 13 2007 31–17 64.6% #9 2,034 0 7
26 2015 35–19 64.8% #13 2,064 1 14 2008 39–15 72.2% #11 2,014 0 9
27 2016 44–21 67.7% #6 2,135 1 16 2009 14–8 63.6% #64 1,941 0 10
28 2017 43–22 66.2% #6 2,055 1 17 2010 25–10 71.4% #27 2,014 0 11
29 2018 40–19 67.8% #7 2,053 1 18 2011 20–13 60.6% #64 1,964 0 11
30 2019 22–20 52.4% #39 1,912 1 18 2012 20–16 55.6% #82 1,880 0 11
31 2020 11–11 50.0% #42 1,841 1 18 2013 6–5 54.5% #229 1,869 0 11
32 2021 32–19 62.7% #30 1,928 1 20 — — — — — — —
33 2022 32–20 61.5% #17 1,953 1 20 — — — — — — —
34 2023 1–2 33.3% #672 1,933 1 20 — — — — — — —
35 2024 6–8 42.9% #179 1,827 1 21 — — — — — — —
36 2025 8–11 42.1% #73 1,825 1 21 — — — — — — —
37 2026 14–16 46.7% #81 1,748 1 21 — — — — — — —

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 Marin Cilic David Nalbandian
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 %
16 2005 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2006 0 3 3 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2007 4 4 8 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 3 2 5 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 2000 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
19 2008 25 15 40 62.5% 5 6 11 45.5% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — 2001 2 2 4 50.0% 14 6 20 70.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
20 2009 34 13 47 72.3% 9 5 14 64.3% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2002 9 9 18 50.0% 15 11 26 57.7% 6 1 7 85.7% 6 2 8 75.0%
21 2010 28 14 42 66.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2003 21 10 31 67.7% 10 8 18 55.6% 3 1 4 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0%
22 2011 25 14 39 64.1% 13 7 20 65.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2004 14 8 22 63.6% 15 5 20 75.0% — — — — 4 1 5 80.0%
23 2012 14 10 24 58.3% 15 6 21 71.4% 9 2 11 81.8% — — — — 2005 21 11 32 65.6% 8 3 11 72.7% 4 2 6 66.7% 7 3 10 70.0%
24 2013 14 6 20 70.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2006 19 11 30 63.3% 16 3 19 84.2% 2 1 3 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7%
25 2014 37 13 50 74.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2007 23 10 33 69.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
26 2015 21 10 31 67.7% 7 6 13 53.8% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — 2008 23 8 31 74.2% 13 5 18 72.2% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
27 2016 34 16 50 68.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — 2009 7 3 10 70.0% 7 5 12 58.3% — — — — — — — —
28 2017 19 15 34 55.9% 12 4 16 75.0% 12 3 15 80.0% — — — — 2010 20 8 28 71.4% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — —
29 2018 24 13 37 64.9% 10 5 15 66.7% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — — 2011 13 9 22 59.1% 3 2 5 60.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
30 2019 15 13 28 53.6% 5 5 10 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2012 7 6 13 53.8% 8 7 15 53.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
31 2020 9 9 18 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2013 1 2 3 33.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — —
32 2021 18 12 30 60.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 9 2 11 81.8% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2022 20 14 34 58.8% 9 5 14 64.3% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2023 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2024 6 7 13 46.2% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2025 5 8 13 38.5% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2026 9 8 17 52.9% 3 5 8 37.5% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 362 218 580 62.4% 128 91 219 58.4% 84 37 121 69.4% 4 4 8 50.0% — 180 98 278 64.7% 125 66 191 65.4% 29 14 43 67.4% 24 9 33 72.7%

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 909/928 of Marin Cilic's and 529/545 of David Nalbandian'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 Marin Cilic David Nalbandian
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%
16 2005 1/1 2.0 2.0 50.8% 56.3% 45.2% 20.0% 50.0% 50.8% 33.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
17 2006 14/14 5.4 3.5 54.6% 69.3% 48.4% 59.9% 29.1% 59.6% 34.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2007 24/24 7.0 3.5 52.6% 74.3% 48.5% 57.9% 51.0% 62.1% 36.1% 2000 2/2 2.5 6.5 51.0% 68.0% 35.6% 59.2% 15.0% 52.1% 31.4%
19 2008 59/61 9.3 3.3 53.6% 75.6% 53.2% 60.5% 38.4% 65.3% 37.5% 2001 23/26 3.0 3.5 62.0% 68.7% 53.8% 54.5% 52.8% 63.1% 45.3%
20 2009 65/65 7.8 2.7 56.6% 75.5% 53.6% 61.0% 38.2% 66.3% 40.0% 2002 54/59 2.6 3.1 58.4% 66.4% 53.3% 58.8% 48.2% 61.0% 40.2%
21 2010 59/59 7.2 2.5 58.1% 74.6% 53.5% 66.4% 43.0% 65.7% 38.0% 2003 57/58 3.3 3.7 57.7% 69.4% 52.6% 50.2% 49.3% 62.2% 42.7%
22 2011 62/63 7.0 2.6 54.7% 76.4% 54.7% 59.1% 44.6% 66.8% 38.3% 2004 47/47 4.1 2.9 60.0% 70.1% 53.2% 59.7% 50.0% 63.2% 41.3%
23 2012 54/56 6.2 2.7 55.5% 72.4% 53.2% 53.2% 46.7% 64.0% 40.4% 2005 59/59 3.2 2.7 61.6% 68.9% 54.8% 51.7% 48.8% 63.7% 43.9%
24 2013 36/37 8.4 2.4 56.4% 76.9% 57.0% 62.5% 43.3% 68.1% 38.6% 2006 55/55 3.1 3.3 60.9% 68.1% 55.3% 64.5% 49.1% 63.0% 41.4%
25 2014 71/72 10.4 2.8 56.9% 79.0% 50.9% 67.0% 39.5% 66.9% 38.0% 2007 48/48 5.6 3.3 57.1% 73.4% 51.8% 62.5% 46.6% 64.2% 39.7%
26 2015 54/54 12.0 2.6 58.8% 77.6% 52.0% 63.8% 41.8% 67.0% 36.8% 2008 51/54 5.3 3.0 58.7% 73.8% 53.2% 60.4% 48.3% 65.4% 41.2%
27 2016 62/65 10.4 2.4 55.4% 80.1% 54.7% 59.5% 40.4% 68.9% 37.1% 2009 21/22 3.9 3.7 51.6% 70.5% 54.0% 46.2% 54.6% 62.5% 43.3%
28 2017 64/65 11.3 3.1 58.5% 79.9% 54.9% 60.5% 42.7% 69.6% 39.7% 2010 34/35 3.4 3.1 58.5% 73.4% 50.4% 55.6% 48.0% 64.1% 42.4%
29 2018 58/59 10.2 3.1 58.8% 80.1% 55.1% 57.3% 40.3% 69.9% 38.1% 2011 32/33 3.5 3.8 58.1% 70.0% 52.7% 62.5% 38.8% 62.5% 39.3%
30 2019 41/42 9.7 5.0 58.3% 77.4% 47.7% 61.0% 41.9% 65.1% 35.0% 2012 35/36 3.4 3.5 58.0% 70.2% 53.2% 56.6% 43.1% 63.2% 39.7%
31 2020 21/22 10.0 3.8 59.8% 76.2% 50.1% 61.4% 33.4% 65.6% 35.7% 2013 11/11 4.6 4.5 58.0% 69.9% 49.6% 47.1% 59.8% 61.4% 40.8%
32 2021 49/51 11.1 3.9 58.2% 79.0% 49.9% 62.9% 38.5% 66.6% 37.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
33 2022 51/52 11.5 3.4 59.9% 78.9% 52.2% 61.1% 41.2% 68.0% 38.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
34 2023 2/3 9.5 3.0 65.4% 71.9% 42.9% 64.6% 21.4% 62.6% 33.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2024 14/14 12.1 4.0 56.2% 77.9% 50.3% 59.7% 54.3% 65.8% 33.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
36 2025 19/19 8.7 2.8 57.0% 75.5% 50.9% 55.9% 35.8% 64.8% 30.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
37 2026 29/30 9.1 3.2 58.6% 76.8% 48.4% 61.5% 37.2% 65.2% 35.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 909/928 9.3 3.0 57.0% 77.1% 52.6% 60.9% 41.2% 66.6% 37.6% — 529/545 3.7 3.3 58.8% 70.1% 53.1% 57.2% 48.2% 63.1% 41.5%

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 Marin Cilic David Nalbandian
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
16 2005 1486 99.9 -3.62 -1.03 0.677 42.1% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — +0.09 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2006 1498 111.3 -1.65 -2.46 0.850 47.4% -25 +64 — 37.1% -0.77 4–3 (57%) 2–4 (33%) — -0.29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2007 1715 126.8 -0.80 -0.10 0.954 49.3% -39 -98 -126 47.5% -0.11 5–4 (56%) 1–4 (20%) — +0.13 2000 1482 102.2 -1.59 -1.12 0.655 42.3% — — — 20.0% -2.20 0–1 — — -0.08
19 2008 1908 151.0 +2.06 +1.34 1.082 51.4% -11 -243 -142 57.3% +0.46 10–8 (56%) 13–16 (45%) — -0.68 2001 1739 145.8 +1.20 +5.17 1.229 53.9% -114 +18 — 60.3% +1.05 4–1 (80%) 2–4 (33%) — -0.30
20 2009 1992 159.4 +3.31 +2.77 1.188 52.7% +28 -214 -200 64.9% +1.04 13–8 (62%) 14–16 (47%) — +2.37 2002 1857 144.2 -0.29 +2.49 1.030 50.5% -88 -84 -106 56.4% +0.27 14–8 (64%) 16–8 (67%) — -0.80
21 2010 1857 158.2 +2.35 +1.40 1.109 51.8% +72 +14 -102 58.6% +0.73 13–5 (72%) 11–19 (37%) — +1.24 2003 2002 153.3 +0.97 +5.48 1.130 52.3% +9 -255 -154 62.7% +0.64 8–11 (42%) 15–9 (63%) — +0.37
22 2011 1966 162.8 +4.08 +1.86 1.156 52.2% +25 -52 -198 59.6% +0.62 12–7 (63%) 14–9 (61%) — +0.09 2004 1910 152.1 +1.43 +3.62 1.123 52.4% +18 +13 — 65.4% +0.95 7–6 (54%) 13–7 (65%) — +0.96
23 2012 2005 160.0 +1.42 +3.57 1.123 52.2% -30 +11 -22 62.0% +0.74 8–3 (73%) 11–15 (42%) — +1.95 2005 1983 155.5 +1.22 +6.61 1.209 53.5% +13 -68 -66 64.8% +0.98 7–9 (44%) 13–13 (50%) — +0.79
24 2013 2005 157.1 +3.69 +2.41 1.208 52.9% +18 -88 +81 63.4% +0.90 8–5 (62%) 11–4 (73%) — +0.69 2006 1941 157.1 +0.94 +4.60 1.118 52.2% +6 +128 -31 66.0% +1.00 11–8 (58%) 7–13 (35%) — +0.24
25 2014 2130 169.3 +3.49 +2.72 1.150 52.3% +34 -173 -10 65.8% +0.76 13–9 (59%) 20–9 (69%) — -2.53 2007 2034 159.2 +2.25 +3.52 1.109 51.8% +31 -57 -168 61.6% +0.70 8–5 (62%) 12–11 (52%) — +0.27
26 2015 2064 160.5 +3.04 +1.34 1.114 51.7% +53 -93 +78 60.4% +0.54 12–8 (60%) 26–9 (74%) — +1.96 2008 2015 156.9 +2.41 +4.20 1.191 52.9% +66 -36 -146 65.7% +0.90 11–4 (73%) 16–3 (84%) — +1.15
27 2016 2136 171.9 +5.19 +1.67 1.193 52.6% +11 -180 +58 63.1% +0.86 11–8 (58%) 14–17 (45%) — +1.16 2009 1941 145.8 +0.36 +3.91 1.154 52.6% +98 +24 — 63.5% +0.87 3–5 (38%) 1–3 (25%) — +0.35
28 2017 2055 166.2 +4.81 +4.38 1.303 53.9% -89 -3 +181 63.1% +0.91 10–12 (45%) 16–14 (53%) — +0.86 2010 2015 167.2 +1.51 +5.37 1.181 53.2% +50 +7 — 65.9% +1.04 8–3 (73%) 7–4 (64%) — -1.13
29 2018 2054 170.8 +5.78 +3.23 1.264 53.3% -14 +7 +214 64.3% +0.99 9–10 (47%) 20–18 (53%) — -0.29 2011 1965 152.5 +0.32 +2.26 1.049 50.5% +46 +40 -25 59.2% +0.41 3–0 (100%) 6–1 (86%) — -0.83
30 2019 1912 154.6 +1.14 -0.18 1.003 50.4% +27 +85 +277 54.5% +0.15 5–6 (45%) 16–9 (64%) — +1.07 2012 1881 152.2 +0.89 +2.86 1.077 51.5% +99 +12 +43 55.3% +0.34 5–7 (42%) 8–3 (73%) — -2.55
31 2020 1842 146.2 +1.45 -0.54 1.037 50.2% +6 +126 — 45.5% -0.05 7–4 (64%) 4–8 (33%) — -0.50 2013 1870 142.5 -0.16 +2.69 1.057 50.9% +70 +63 — 55.2% +0.04 3–4 (43%) 2–1 (67%) — -0.77
32 2021 1929 146.3 +3.33 +0.85 1.108 51.7% -35 +4 +247 57.9% +0.43 13–8 (62%) 12–12 (50%) — +0.01 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2022 1953 160.1 +4.07 +1.98 1.190 52.7% -43 +52 +215 60.6% +0.86 8–10 (44%) 11–11 (50%) — +0.30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2023 1933 104.1 +0.22 +0.03 0.907 49.3% — — — 40.0% 0.00 1–0 — — +0.03 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2024 1827 133.0 +0.92 -0.98 0.975 50.1% -8 — — 45.7% 0.00 2–3 (40%) 5–7 (42%) — -0.06 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2025 1825 142.2 +1.69 -2.10 0.870 48.1% +3 — +327 43.1% -0.45 2–2 (50%) 3–5 (38%) — -1.90 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2026 1748 138.1 +0.78 +0.14 1.005 50.1% +68 0 +279 48.6% -0.11 4–4 (50%) 6–8 (43%) — -0.87 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2200 164.7 +3.06 +1.77 1.127 51.9% +6 -47 +77 59.1% +0.60 170–127 (57%) 230–214 (52%) 99.2 +0.53 — 2079 161.5 +1.10 +4.21 1.126 52.2% +21 -24 -71 62.2% +0.73 92–72 (56%) 118–80 (60%) 104.0 -0.43

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.