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

Nikolay Davydenko vs Nicolas Kiefer H2H: 1-3

Nicolas Kiefer holds a 3–1 lead over Nikolay Davydenko in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on hard courts, while Nicolas Kiefer leads 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Nicolas Kiefer won the 2008 Canadian Open third round 4-6 6-4 6-4.

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Nikolay Davydenko
RUS Age 45 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"
H2H
1 – 3
4 main draw meetings
Nicolas Kiefer
GER Age 49 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Nicolas Kiefer #37 4-6 6-4 6-4 Nikolay Davydenko #4 Match data Jul 25, 2008* R16 Canadian Open Masters 1000 Hard
Nicolas Kiefer #41 7-5 6-3 Nikolay Davydenko #4 Match data May 16, 2008* R16 Hamburg Open Masters 1000 Clay
Nikolay Davydenko #4 6-2 6-2 6-2 Nicolas Kiefer #187 Match data Aug 30, 2007* R64 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Nicolas Kiefer #29 6-1 6-1 Nikolay Davydenko #8 Match data Oct 29, 2005* QF St. Petersburg ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Carpet

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
Nikolay Davydenko #248 #3 5,335 2,221 470 329 58.8% 0 3 1 1 16 21
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 Nikolay Davydenko Nicolas Kiefer
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 — — — — — — — 1994 0–1 0.0% — 1,489 0 0
17 — — — — — — — 1995 3–3 50.0% #206 1,527 0 0
18 — — — — — — — 1996 7–9 43.8% #128 1,563 0 0
19 2000 3–1 75.0% #133 1,544 0 0 1997 26–16 61.9% #32 1,799 0 1
20 2001 6–15 28.6% #79 1,569 0 0 1998 31–25 55.4% #35 1,792 0 1
21 2002 12–24 33.3% #81 1,602 0 0 1999 53–21 71.6% #6 1,922 0 4
22 2003 29–30 49.2% #44 1,595 0 2 2000 30–16 65.2% #20 1,900 0 6
23 2004 32–29 52.5% #28 1,756 0 4 2001 26–25 51.0% #42 1,763 0 6
24 2005 52–29 64.2% #5 1,869 0 5 2002 19–24 44.2% #72 1,717 0 6
25 2006 67–28 70.5% #3 1,970 0 10 2003 19–17 52.8% #58 1,727 0 6
26 2007 53–30 63.9% #4 1,937 0 11 2004 34–20 63.0% #21 1,886 0 6
27 2008 52–21 71.2% #5 1,990 0 14 2005 31–22 58.5% #22 1,862 0 6
28 2009 57–19 75.0% #6 2,152 0 19 2006 14–8 63.6% #48 1,863 0 6
29 2010 29–19 60.4% #22 1,911 0 20 2007 19–12 61.3% #49 1,906 0 6
30 2011 26–25 51.0% #41 1,840 0 21 2008 22–17 56.4% #38 1,889 0 6
31 2012 24–25 49.0% #44 1,842 0 21 2009 12–16 42.9% #116 1,762 0 6
32 2013 22–23 48.9% #53 1,822 0 21 2010 1–3 25.0% #722 1,722 0 6
33 2014 6–11 35.3% #250 1,725 0 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 Nikolay Davydenko 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 — — — — — — — — — — — — 3 3 6 50.0%
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1996 1 2 3 33.3% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
19 2000 — — — — 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — — — — — 1997 7 5 12 58.3% 3 4 7 42.9% 5 2 7 71.4% 11 5 16 68.8%
20 2001 2 6 8 25.0% 2 7 9 22.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 1998 24 15 39 61.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
21 2002 5 11 16 31.3% 6 10 16 37.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 1999 41 15 56 73.2% 2 2 4 50.0% 6 1 7 85.7% 4 3 7 57.1%
22 2003 11 13 24 45.8% 18 12 30 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 2000 27 11 38 71.1% 1 3 4 25.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
23 2004 7 10 17 41.2% 18 12 30 60.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 7 4 11 63.6% 2001 11 13 24 45.8% 6 6 12 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 5 4 9 55.6%
24 2005 21 14 35 60.0% 23 10 33 69.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 7 4 11 63.6% 2002 10 15 25 40.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 7 3 10 70.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
25 2006 29 15 44 65.9% 27 9 36 75.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 11 1 12 91.7% 2003 14 11 25 56.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
26 2007 34 16 50 68.0% 14 11 25 56.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 2004 30 14 44 68.2% 2 4 6 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
27 2008 31 15 46 67.4% 21 5 26 80.8% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2005 15 13 28 53.6% 6 4 10 60.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 8 3 11 72.7%
28 2009 29 11 40 72.5% 26 7 33 78.8% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 2006 8 4 12 66.7% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — —
29 2010 25 14 39 64.1% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2007 17 9 26 65.4% — — — — 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
30 2011 18 17 35 51.4% 8 7 15 53.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2008 12 11 23 52.2% 5 4 9 55.6% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — —
31 2012 18 16 34 52.9% 5 7 12 41.7% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2009 4 7 11 36.4% 7 7 14 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
32 2013 17 14 31 54.8% 5 9 14 35.7% — — — — — — — — 2010 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
33 2014 5 7 12 41.7% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 252 179 431 58.5% 179 114 293 61.1% 10 20 30 33.3% 29 16 45 64.4% — 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 774/799 of Nikolay Davydenko'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 Nikolay Davydenko 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 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1995 6/6 4.7 2.3 61.5% 72.6% 51.3% 62.7% 44.1% 64.8% 36.3%
18 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1996 11/16 6.1 2.5 52.2% 76.6% 47.8% 53.2% 49.7% 62.7% 39.8%
19 2000 4/4 1.3 2.5 73.5% 63.9% 47.2% 48.0% 69.2% 59.7% 42.9% 1997 37/42 7.9 3.5 55.2% 77.0% 48.3% 60.5% 52.5% 64.1% 36.7%
20 2001 18/21 3.6 2.3 62.9% 64.3% 48.8% 57.8% 50.5% 58.1% 38.8% 1998 49/56 6.2 4.7 53.7% 74.8% 47.8% 55.1% 44.4% 62.5% 39.0%
21 2002 31/36 3.2 2.8 58.7% 67.7% 46.9% 52.9% 48.2% 59.1% 38.5% 1999 56/74 6.6 4.3 51.5% 75.7% 53.2% 61.8% 43.5% 64.7% 40.4%
22 2003 58/59 2.8 2.3 66.6% 64.7% 53.0% 56.4% 39.7% 60.5% 40.8% 2000 38/46 6.4 4.3 52.7% 74.9% 52.3% 61.7% 48.3% 64.3% 40.1%
23 2004 60/61 3.3 2.7 66.2% 69.8% 49.7% 57.0% 43.6% 63.2% 40.2% 2001 44/51 6.3 4.1 50.3% 71.1% 48.8% 54.0% 50.7% 60.0% 40.0%
24 2005 81/81 3.3 2.3 67.3% 68.4% 54.3% 60.2% 45.9% 63.6% 42.7% 2002 40/43 6.2 4.5 52.6% 74.1% 47.8% 58.8% 50.7% 61.5% 37.6%
25 2006 94/95 3.2 2.1 67.9% 71.7% 54.8% 57.8% 49.3% 66.2% 44.8% 2003 36/36 6.5 3.8 50.8% 73.1% 49.9% 58.1% 44.7% 61.8% 37.4%
26 2007 82/83 3.5 3.4 67.1% 70.5% 50.0% 55.7% 49.9% 63.6% 42.5% 2004 51/54 7.3 3.8 54.9% 77.8% 48.4% 61.1% 41.4% 64.5% 38.7%
27 2008 70/73 3.9 2.2 64.5% 72.4% 53.7% 58.8% 47.3% 66.0% 43.4% 2005 52/53 7.6 3.8 53.4% 74.2% 51.4% 56.4% 51.3% 63.6% 40.9%
28 2009 74/76 3.9 2.2 68.0% 72.3% 55.4% 59.8% 42.1% 66.8% 42.6% 2006 21/22 7.4 4.0 51.7% 72.0% 50.1% 59.5% 43.3% 61.3% 40.2%
29 2010 47/48 4.1 2.5 65.5% 71.7% 51.7% 58.2% 44.6% 64.7% 41.1% 2007 30/31 6.7 2.5 57.0% 79.9% 51.6% 64.6% 33.9% 67.8% 38.1%
30 2011 50/51 1.9 3.4 70.5% 65.2% 46.7% 60.4% 46.0% 59.6% 41.1% 2008 34/39 7.2 2.4 53.6% 76.3% 51.9% 55.4% 44.9% 64.9% 39.6%
31 2012 45/49 2.0 3.7 69.5% 65.6% 48.9% 62.8% 43.6% 60.4% 38.9% 2009 28/28 7.7 3.9 52.0% 75.0% 47.3% 62.9% 45.8% 61.9% 35.4%
32 2013 44/45 2.2 2.3 68.0% 66.0% 49.8% 55.6% 52.7% 60.7% 39.6% 2010 4/4 11.3 6.5 51.8% 77.7% 47.3% 55.7% 31.0% 63.0% 28.6%
33 2014 16/17 5.0 2.8 65.7% 68.0% 51.7% 59.6% 38.5% 62.7% 32.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 774/799 3.2 2.6 66.8% 69.1% 51.8% 58.1% 46.2% 63.3% 41.6% — 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 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 Nikolay Davydenko 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 1528 117.0 +1.19 -1.22 1.032 51.3% +26 — — 50.0% 0.00 1–1 — — +0.08
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 2000 1544 104.3 -1.64 +0.78 1.066 51.2% — +30 — 54.5% +0.27 3–0 (100%) 1–1 — +0.33 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%) — +0.64
20 2001 1569 116.8 -2.27 +0.61 0.927 48.4% -9 -6 — 34.6% -0.69 1–2 (33%) 1–6 (14%) — +0.45 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%) — -0.30
21 2002 1602 132.7 -1.99 +0.74 0.940 49.0% -42 +8 — 40.5% -0.56 3–7 (30%) 5–5 (50%) — -1.81 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%) — +0.49
22 2003 1595 135.6 -1.54 +3.36 1.035 50.5% -29 +82 — 51.1% +0.01 6–9 (40%) 12–9 (57%) — -0.03 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%) — -0.03
23 2004 1757 148.6 +0.29 +3.41 1.090 51.3% -45 +23 -353 52.7% +0.25 9–12 (43%) 8–14 (36%) — -1.87 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%) — -2.55
24 2005 1870 156.9 +1.31 +5.31 1.173 52.9% -23 +61 — 66.1% +1.13 9–9 (50%) 11–8 (58%) — +0.31 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%) — -0.90
25 2006 1970 161.2 +3.54 +6.86 1.324 54.9% +29 +78 -575 67.0% +1.42 14–11 (56%) 9–9 (50%) — +0.78 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%) — +0.36
26 2007 1938 157.3 +1.04 +5.62 1.167 52.8% +33 -5 -412 65.2% +0.94 12–13 (48%) 21–13 (62%) — +2.69 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%) — +0.23
27 2008 1991 164.4 +2.51 +6.85 1.278 54.2% +45 +72 — 69.1% +1.33 12–9 (57%) 11–9 (55%) — +1.49 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%) — -1.12
28 2009 2152 167.7 +3.74 +6.04 1.281 54.2% 0 +7 -562 73.2% +1.46 12–8 (60%) 18–5 (78%) — -0.83 2006 1863 140.5 -0.75 +2.34 1.039 50.6% +65 -104 — 60.0% +0.60 8–3 (73%) 7–4 (64%) — +0.78
29 2010 1911 158.1 +1.52 +4.28 1.164 52.6% +58 +155 -313 60.3% +0.97 7–4 (64%) 8–15 (35%) — +1.11 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 2011 1840 158.1 -1.82 +3.60 1.017 50.4% +49 +79 — 50.0% +0.23 5–5 (50%) 7–10 (41%) — -2.67 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%) — -1.13
31 2012 1842 153.9 -2.03 +2.70 0.981 49.8% +56 -27 -236 54.9% +0.13 6–11 (35%) 8–4 (67%) — -1.90 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%) — -1.73
32 2013 1822 155.8 -1.72 +3.00 1.007 50.3% +62 -78 — 49.0% +0.25 6–3 (67%) 4–6 (40%) — -1.22 2010 1722 106.1 +0.99 -2.77 0.774 46.3% — — +51 27.3% -1.09 1–1 0–1 — -0.60
33 2014 1725 133.3 -1.67 -1.88 0.875 48.4% +111 -45 — 35.9% -0.62 2–1 (67%) 5–7 (42%) — -0.17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2222 160.3 +0.75 +4.53 1.132 52.2% +22 +36 -405 59.3% +0.71 107–104 (51%) 129–121 (52%) 95.5 -0.42 — 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.