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

Mikhail Youzhny vs Nicolas Kiefer H2H: 3-4

Nicolas Kiefer holds a 4–3 lead over Mikhail Youzhny in their ATP head-to-head. Across 7 main-draw meetings, Nicolas Kiefer leads 2–1 on hard courts, while Mikhail Youzhny leads 2–0 on clay. Most recently, Nicolas Kiefer won the 2010 Halle Open first round 4-6 6-1 7-5.

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Mikhail Youzhny
RUS Age 44 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"
H2H
3 – 4
7 main-draw meetings
Nicolas Kiefer
GER Age 49 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Nicolas Kiefer #181 4-6 6-1 7-5 Mikhail Youzhny #14 Match data Jun 10, 2010* R32 Halle Open ATP 250 Grass
Nicolas Kiefer #37 7-6(4) 7-5 Mikhail Youzhny #16 Match data Jul 24, 2008* R32 Canadian Open Masters 1000 Hard
Nicolas Kiefer #38 6-2 5-7 6-3 Mikhail Youzhny #18 Match data Jun 13, 2008* R16 Halle Open International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Grass
Nicolas Kiefer #112 6-1 6-3 Mikhail Youzhny #18 Match data Oct 18, 2007* R32 Madrid Open Masters 1000 Hard
Mikhail Youzhny #45 6-2 3-6 6-2 Nicolas Kiefer #19 Match data Aug 20, 2004* R16 Athens Olympics Olympics Hard
Mikhail Youzhny #44 6-4 6-7(2) 6-2 Nicolas Kiefer #33 Match data May 12, 2004* R64 Hamburg Open Masters 1000 Clay
Mikhail Youzhny #86 6-3 6-0 Nicolas Kiefer #38 Match data Apr 18, 2001* R64 Monte-Carlo Masters 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
Mikhail Youzhny #115 #8 3,500 2,069 482 408 54.2% 0 0 0 2 8 10
Nicolas Kiefer #720 #4 2,447 1,995 347 255 57.6% 0 0 0 1 5 6

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 Mikhail Youzhny Nicolas Kiefer
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 — — — — — — — 1994 0–1 0.0% — 1,489 0 0
17 1999 0–1 0.0% #286 1,493 0 0 1995 3–3 50.0% #206 1,527 0 0
18 2000 5–8 38.5% #113 1,532 0 0 1996 7–9 43.8% #128 1,563 0 0
19 2001 20–18 52.6% #58 1,695 0 0 1997 26–16 61.9% #32 1,799 0 1
20 2002 30–22 57.7% #32 1,867 0 1 1998 31–25 55.4% #35 1,792 0 1
21 2003 28–26 51.9% #43 1,746 0 1 1999 53–21 71.6% #6 1,922 0 4
22 2004 41–26 61.2% #16 1,883 0 2 2000 30–16 65.2% #20 1,900 0 6
23 2005 23–21 52.3% #43 1,760 0 2 2001 26–25 51.0% #42 1,763 0 6
24 2006 23–22 51.1% #24 1,826 0 2 2002 19–24 44.2% #72 1,717 0 6
25 2007 48–24 66.7% #19 1,890 0 3 2003 19–17 52.8% #58 1,727 0 6
26 2008 26–20 56.5% #32 1,771 0 4 2004 34–20 63.0% #21 1,886 0 6
27 2009 41–27 60.3% #19 1,962 0 5 2005 31–22 58.5% #22 1,862 0 6
28 2010 40–19 67.8% #10 1,944 0 7 2006 14–8 63.6% #48 1,863 0 6
29 2011 24–22 52.2% #35 1,838 0 7 2007 19–12 61.3% #49 1,906 0 6
30 2012 33–22 60.0% #25 1,892 0 8 2008 22–17 56.4% #38 1,889 0 6
31 2013 39–24 61.9% #15 2,015 0 10 2009 12–16 42.9% #116 1,762 0 6
32 2014 18–24 42.9% #48 1,797 0 10 2010 1–3 25.0% #722 1,722 0 6
33 2015 9–24 27.3% #127 1,701 0 10 — — — — — — —
34 2016 17–20 45.9% #57 1,781 0 10 — — — — — — —
35 2017 10–20 33.3% #84 1,682 0 10 — — — — — — —
36 2018 7–18 28.0% #115 1,650 0 10 — — — — — — —

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 Mikhail Youzhny Nicolas Kiefer
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1994 — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
17 1999 — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1995 — — — — — — — — — — — — 3 3 6 50.0%
18 2000 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 1996 1 2 3 33.3% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
19 2001 10 7 17 58.8% 5 7 12 41.7% 5 3 8 62.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 1997 7 5 12 58.3% 3 4 7 42.9% 5 2 7 71.4% 11 5 16 68.8%
20 2002 10 10 20 50.0% 14 7 21 66.7% 6 3 9 66.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 1998 24 15 39 61.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
21 2003 12 12 24 50.0% 9 8 17 52.9% 4 3 7 57.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 1999 41 15 56 73.2% 2 2 4 50.0% 6 1 7 85.7% 4 3 7 57.1%
22 2004 18 13 31 58.1% 6 6 12 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 15 4 19 78.9% 2000 27 11 38 71.1% 1 3 4 25.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
23 2005 10 11 21 47.6% 6 6 12 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 2001 11 13 24 45.8% 6 6 12 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 5 4 9 55.6%
24 2006 13 10 23 56.5% 5 7 12 41.7% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 2002 10 15 25 40.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 7 3 10 70.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
25 2007 24 12 36 66.7% 13 8 21 61.9% 5 2 7 71.4% 6 2 8 75.0% 2003 14 11 25 56.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
26 2008 19 14 33 57.6% 3 4 7 42.9% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2004 30 14 44 68.2% 2 4 6 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
27 2009 27 16 43 62.8% 11 8 19 57.9% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2005 15 13 28 53.6% 6 4 10 60.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 8 3 11 72.7%
28 2010 27 12 39 69.2% 12 5 17 70.6% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2006 8 4 12 66.7% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — —
29 2011 12 13 25 48.0% 9 8 17 52.9% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 2007 17 9 26 65.4% — — — — 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
30 2012 20 13 33 60.6% 6 6 12 50.0% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — 2008 12 11 23 52.2% 5 4 9 55.6% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — —
31 2013 20 15 35 57.1% 12 7 19 63.2% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — — 2009 4 7 11 36.4% 7 7 14 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
32 2014 10 13 23 43.5% 7 9 16 43.8% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2010 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
33 2015 6 12 18 33.3% 3 9 12 25.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2016 9 11 20 45.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2017 7 11 18 38.9% 1 6 7 14.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2018 6 11 17 35.3% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 262 220 482 54.4% 126 122 248 50.8% 61 47 108 56.5% 33 19 52 63.5% — 221 145 366 60.4% 47 55 102 46.1% 44 30 74 59.5% 35 25 60 58.3%

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 852/890 of Mikhail Youzhny's and 537/601 of Nicolas Kiefer'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 Mikhail Youzhny Nicolas Kiefer
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 1999 1/1 5.0 2.0 55.1% 70.4% 36.4% 25.0% 0.0% 55.1% 33.3% 1995 6/6 4.7 2.3 61.5% 72.6% 51.3% 62.7% 44.1% 64.8% 36.3%
18 2000 11/13 2.9 2.9 60.2% 66.1% 50.0% 53.7% 40.2% 59.9% 35.0% 1996 11/16 6.1 2.5 52.2% 76.6% 47.8% 53.2% 49.7% 62.7% 39.8%
19 2001 34/38 3.4 2.6 62.0% 68.1% 49.9% 55.5% 45.4% 61.1% 39.5% 1997 37/42 7.9 3.5 55.2% 77.0% 48.3% 60.5% 52.5% 64.1% 36.7%
20 2002 39/52 2.7 2.6 63.7% 68.2% 50.6% 58.4% 45.3% 61.8% 39.5% 1998 49/56 6.2 4.7 53.7% 74.8% 47.8% 55.1% 44.4% 62.5% 39.0%
21 2003 53/54 3.0 2.8 57.2% 67.1% 48.5% 58.0% 37.1% 59.2% 39.4% 1999 56/74 6.6 4.3 51.5% 75.7% 53.2% 61.8% 43.5% 64.7% 40.4%
22 2004 63/67 5.4 2.9 57.6% 72.2% 52.4% 59.3% 42.9% 63.6% 38.4% 2000 38/46 6.4 4.3 52.7% 74.9% 52.3% 61.7% 48.3% 64.3% 40.1%
23 2005 44/44 4.1 2.6 57.0% 70.9% 53.2% 51.4% 50.5% 63.2% 40.7% 2001 44/51 6.3 4.1 50.3% 71.1% 48.8% 54.0% 50.7% 60.0% 40.0%
24 2006 44/45 3.9 2.5 58.5% 69.1% 51.2% 56.8% 43.6% 61.5% 39.5% 2002 40/43 6.2 4.5 52.6% 74.1% 47.8% 58.8% 50.7% 61.5% 37.6%
25 2007 68/72 4.9 2.1 59.9% 73.2% 53.4% 63.5% 45.9% 65.1% 39.9% 2003 36/36 6.5 3.8 50.8% 73.1% 49.9% 58.1% 44.7% 61.8% 37.4%
26 2008 43/46 4.7 2.4 62.9% 72.4% 52.8% 69.2% 48.4% 65.1% 38.8% 2004 51/54 7.3 3.8 54.9% 77.8% 48.4% 61.1% 41.4% 64.5% 38.7%
27 2009 68/68 3.9 2.2 61.9% 71.9% 52.9% 54.5% 41.4% 64.6% 38.7% 2005 52/53 7.6 3.8 53.4% 74.2% 51.4% 56.4% 51.3% 63.6% 40.9%
28 2010 58/59 4.3 2.7 63.4% 72.1% 52.3% 58.7% 44.5% 64.9% 40.1% 2006 21/22 7.4 4.0 51.7% 72.0% 50.1% 59.5% 43.3% 61.3% 40.2%
29 2011 46/46 3.9 2.8 60.7% 70.1% 53.0% 53.9% 41.5% 63.4% 38.3% 2007 30/31 6.7 2.5 57.0% 79.9% 51.6% 64.6% 33.9% 67.8% 38.1%
30 2012 53/55 4.4 2.2 62.1% 71.8% 54.6% 61.1% 43.6% 65.1% 39.8% 2008 34/39 7.2 2.4 53.6% 76.3% 51.9% 55.4% 44.9% 64.9% 39.6%
31 2013 63/63 4.4 2.5 62.2% 71.0% 50.7% 66.4% 45.0% 63.3% 38.2% 2009 28/28 7.7 3.9 52.0% 75.0% 47.3% 62.9% 45.8% 61.9% 35.4%
32 2014 41/42 3.5 2.4 62.7% 66.9% 53.0% 56.4% 40.9% 61.6% 38.7% 2010 4/4 11.3 6.5 51.8% 77.7% 47.3% 55.7% 31.0% 63.0% 28.6%
33 2015 33/33 2.7 3.2 59.2% 66.7% 50.2% 49.6% 35.8% 59.6% 33.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
34 2016 35/37 3.7 3.2 59.4% 67.4% 52.1% 59.9% 40.2% 61.3% 37.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2017 30/30 3.7 3.6 60.5% 67.3% 48.1% 61.1% 43.3% 59.4% 35.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
36 2018 25/25 3.4 3.8 60.6% 67.6% 49.5% 55.8% 32.8% 60.4% 35.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 852/890 4.0 2.7 60.6% 70.1% 51.8% 58.6% 43.0% 62.8% 38.6% — 537/602 6.9 3.8 53.1% 75.1% 49.9% 58.9% 46.0% 63.3% 38.9%

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 Mikhail Youzhny Nicolas Kiefer
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1994 1489 97.0 — — — — — — — 0.0% -4.00 — — — +0.05
17 1999 1494 101.7 -2.13 -1.94 0.742 42.6% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.07 1995 1528 117.0 +1.19 -1.22 1.032 51.3% +26 — — 50.0% 0.00 1–1 — — +0.08
18 2000 1532 116.4 -1.96 -1.12 0.873 47.6% +26 — — 42.4% -0.67 3–4 (43%) 4–4 (50%) 101.8 -0.21 1996 1563 122.9 +0.33 +1.12 1.067 50.9% +8 -24 — 44.1% +0.09 0–1 2–3 (40%) — +0.80
19 2001 1695 126.0 -1.14 +1.28 1.015 50.1% -22 -188 -31 51.5% -0.02 5–8 (38%) 13–8 (62%) 101.0 +0.55 1997 1799 139.8 +1.52 -0.54 1.021 50.8% -25 -229 -48 55.6% +0.30 14–3 (82%) 8–7 (53%) 112.8 +0.64
20 2002 1867 145.9 +0.65 +2.55 1.032 50.8% -141 -102 -103 54.4% +0.46 10–10 (50%) 10–9 (53%) 105.2 -3.92 1998 1792 151.1 +0.77 +1.69 1.039 50.9% +29 -161 -60 55.6% +0.37 10–11 (48%) 12–8 (60%) 100.3 -0.30
21 2003 1746 135.3 -1.76 +1.88 0.964 49.2% -42 +20 +25 50.4% -0.02 8–7 (53%) 10–9 (53%) 100.2 -1.28 1999 1923 157.7 +2.57 +3.33 1.144 52.6% +23 -302 -126 65.4% +0.99 15–6 (71%) 16–8 (67%) 110.9 +0.49
22 2004 1883 148.3 +0.81 +2.00 1.057 50.9% +22 -143 -152 58.0% +0.41 15–10 (60%) 19–14 (58%) 106.2 -1.36 2000 1900 146.0 +2.09 +2.25 1.124 52.3% +54 -332 -120 61.3% +0.85 9–2 (82%) 7–6 (54%) 104.4 -0.03
23 2005 1761 139.5 +1.26 +2.88 1.104 51.5% +3 -18 +10 53.6% +0.39 5–9 (36%) 6–7 (46%) 92.4 +0.69 2001 1763 149.2 -1.17 +2.22 1.001 50.2% +25 -132 +43 53.5% +0.24 6–10 (38%) 7–5 (58%) 97.2 -2.55
24 2006 1827 146.7 -0.47 +1.85 1.025 50.4% +34 -99 -76 50.0% -0.04 7–3 (70%) 9–5 (64%) 106.6 -1.02 2002 1718 142.5 -0.77 +1.14 0.977 49.8% +5 -139 +119 46.5% -0.05 4–4 (50%) 4–7 (36%) 98.4 -0.90
25 2007 1890 156.9 +2.28 +3.67 1.144 52.4% +38 -97 -62 63.0% +0.84 12–9 (57%) 12–13 (48%) 101.7 -1.21 2003 1727 134.5 +0.10 +0.13 0.980 49.8% +22 -144 +93 48.1% -0.22 6–1 (86%) 3–3 (50%) 106.1 +0.36
26 2008 1772 147.1 +2.15 +1.93 1.109 52.1% +23 -16 +129 59.0% +0.71 4–7 (36%) 9–10 (47%) 91.4 +1.14 2004 1887 148.7 +1.38 +2.62 1.092 51.5% +33 -284 -100 60.2% +0.52 12–6 (67%) 14–7 (67%) 109.1 +0.23
27 2009 1963 152.1 +1.37 +2.31 1.091 51.3% +17 -170 -95 55.3% +0.51 17–6 (74%) 12–16 (43%) 108.6 -1.41 2005 1862 154.9 +1.31 +3.44 1.125 52.2% +10 -139 -50 60.9% +0.77 8–8 (50%) 7–5 (58%) 100.4 -1.12
28 2010 1944 153.8 +1.60 +3.59 1.144 52.5% +51 -65 -122 62.6% +0.83 15–9 (63%) 19–13 (59%) 100.3 +2.19 2006 1863 140.5 -0.75 +2.34 1.039 50.6% +65 -104 — 60.0% +0.60 8–3 (73%) 7–4 (64%) 106.1 +0.78
29 2011 1839 149.8 +0.30 +1.58 1.047 50.8% +13 +8 +51 53.5% +0.28 8–11 (42%) 9–8 (53%) 96.9 +0.33 2007 1907 153.1 +4.21 +1.95 1.186 52.7% +55 — -153 65.2% +0.94 1–1 8–5 (62%) — -1.12
30 2012 1893 159.3 +1.93 +3.49 1.139 52.2% -5 -19 +111 56.5% +0.59 11–6 (65%) 10–12 (45%) 102.6 -1.62 2008 1889 153.4 +2.15 +3.22 1.128 51.9% +5 -79 -37 57.0% +0.37 7–5 (58%) 7–4 (64%) 102.3 -1.13
31 2013 2015 164.9 +0.69 +2.03 1.041 51.0% -59 -9 +84 59.5% +0.53 14–8 (64%) 11–10 (52%) 102.8 -0.08 2009 1762 145.0 -1.02 -0.24 0.930 49.3% +63 +45 +54 48.5% -0.09 4–4 (50%) 5–4 (56%) 99.1 -1.73
32 2014 1797 144.6 -1.83 +1.95 1.007 50.1% +17 +64 +233 48.5% -0.02 3–8 (27%) 7–8 (47%) 93.0 +2.82 2010 1722 106.1 +0.99 -2.77 0.774 46.3% — — +51 27.3% -1.09 1–1 0–1 — -0.60
33 2015 1702 140.9 -2.85 -2.15 0.819 46.5% +90 -22 +196 30.3% -1.08 3–4 (43%) 4–4 (50%) 97.9 -0.03 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2016 1781 137.7 -1.76 +0.85 0.955 49.4% +35 -167 +92 54.0% +0.11 5–8 (38%) 8–4 (67%) 99.2 -0.48 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2017 1683 134.2 -3.41 -0.63 0.861 47.7% +46 -135 +177 43.6% -0.49 2–9 (18%) 5–4 (56%) 93.8 +1.50 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2018 1651 126.8 -2.94 -0.47 0.887 47.6% +27 -111 +190 35.0% -0.88 2–5 (29%) 4–7 (36%) 95.1 +0.38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2069 153.2 +0.17 +1.94 1.036 50.6% +9 -65 +30 53.8% +0.27 149–141 (51%) 181–165 (52%) 100.7 -0.35 — 1995 155.1 +1.02 +1.86 1.060 51.2% +25 -127 -17 56.7% +0.45 106–67 (61%) 107–77 (58%) 111.9 -1.01

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.