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H2H data updated: 2026-09-02 00:00 UTC
Roger Federer vs David Nalbandian H2H: 11-8
Roger Federer holds an 11–8 lead over David Nalbandian in their ATP head-to-head. Across 19 main-draw meetings, Roger Federer leads 6–5 on hard courts and 3–1 on clay. Most recently, Roger Federer won the 2011 Wimbledon third round 6-4 6-2 6-4.
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SUI
Age 45
Right-Handed
185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
11
–
8
19 main draw meetings
ARG
Age 44
Right-Handed
180 cm / 5'11"
H2H Match Log
Player Score Player Match Data Date Round Tournament Category Surface
Roger Federer
#3
6-4 6-2 6-4
David Nalbandian
#23
Match data
Jun 26, 2011*
R32
Wimbledon
Grand Slam
Grass
Roger Federer
#2
6-3 6-4
David Nalbandian
#8
Match data
Oct 26, 2008*
F
Swiss Indoors
International Series
→
modern equivalent
ATP 250
Hard
Roger Federer
#1
5-7 6-2 6-2
David Nalbandian
#7
Match data
Apr 26, 2008*
QF
Monte-Carlo Masters
Masters 1000
Clay
David Nalbandian
#21
6-4 7-6(3)
Roger Federer
#1
Match data
Nov 2, 2007*
R16
Paris Masters
Masters 1000
Hard
David Nalbandian
#25
1-6 6-3 6-3
Roger Federer
#1
Match data
Oct 21, 2007*
F
Madrid Open
Masters 1000
Hard
Roger Federer
#1
3-6 6-1 6-1
David Nalbandian
#7
Match data
Nov 13, 2006
RR
ATP Finals
ATP Finals
Hard
Roger Federer
#1
6-4 6-0
David Nalbandian
#4
Match data
Oct 22, 2006*
SF
Madrid Open
Masters 1000
Hard
Roger Federer
#1
3-6 6-4 5-2 (ret.)
David Nalbandian
#3
Match data
Jun 11, 2006*
SF
Roland Garros
Grand Slam
Clay
Roger Federer
#1
6-3 3-6 7-6(5)
David Nalbandian
#3
Match data
May 14, 2006*
SF
Italian Open
Masters 1000
Clay
David Nalbandian
#6
6-7(4) 6-7(11) 6-2 6-1 7-6(3)
Roger Federer
#1
Match data
Nov 22, 2005*
F
ATP Finals
ATP Finals
Carpet
Roger Federer
#1
6-3 2-6 6-4
David Nalbandian
#12
Match data
Nov 14, 2005
RR
ATP Finals
ATP Finals
Carpet
Roger Federer
#1
6-2 6-4 6-1
David Nalbandian
#11
Match data
Sep 9, 2005*
QF
US Open
Grand Slam
Hard
Roger Federer
#2
7-5 6-4 5-7 6-3
David Nalbandian
#8
Match data
Jan 30, 2004*
QF
Australian Open
Grand Slam
Hard
Roger Federer
#3
6-3 6-0
David Nalbandian
#8
Match data
Nov 10, 2003
RR
ATP Finals
ATP Finals
Hard
David Nalbandian
#13
3-6 7-6(1) 6-4 6-3
Roger Federer
#2
Match data
Sep 3, 2003*
R16
US Open
Grand Slam
Hard
David Nalbandian
#14
7-6(4) 7-6(5)
Roger Federer
#2
Match data
Aug 14, 2003*
R32
Cincinnati Open
Masters 1000
Hard
David Nalbandian
#12
6-4 3-6 6-1 1-6 6-3
Roger Federer
#6
Match data
Jan 22, 2003*
R16
Australian Open
Grand Slam
Hard
David Nalbandian
#18
6-7(2) 7-5 6-3
Roger Federer
#8
Match data
Oct 26, 2002*
SF
Swiss Indoors
ATP International Series
→
modern equivalent
ATP 250
Carpet
David Nalbandian
#35
6-2 6-1
Roger Federer
#11
Match data
Apr 18, 2002*
R32
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
Roger Federer
#97
#1
12,315
2,432
1,219
272
81.8%
20
28
6
24
25
103
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.
Yr W-L Win % Rank Elo GS Titles
Yr W-L Win % Rank Elo GS Titles
16
1998
2–3
40.0%
#301
1,530
0
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
17
1999
12–14
46.2%
#64
1,663
0
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
18
2000
34–29
54.0%
#29
1,790
0
0
2000
0–2
0.0%
#245
1,482
0
0
19
2001
46–20
69.7%
#13
1,874
0
1
2001
17–9
65.4%
#47
1,739
0
0
20
2002
55–22
71.4%
#6
1,944
0
4
2002
36–23
61.0%
#12
1,856
0
2
21
2003
74–16
82.2%
#2
2,103
1
11
2003
38–20
65.5%
#8
2,001
0
2
22
2004
71–6
92.2%
#1
2,277
4
22
2004
33–14
70.2%
#9
1,909
0
2
23
2005
80–4
95.2%
#1
2,342
6
33
2005
40–19
67.8%
#6
1,983
0
4
24
2006
90–5
94.7%
#1
2,399
9
45
2006
39–16
70.9%
#8
1,941
0
5
25
2007
67–9
88.2%
#1
2,327
12
53
2007
31–17
64.6%
#9
2,034
0
7
26
2008
66–16
80.5%
#2
2,212
13
57
2008
39–15
72.2%
#11
2,014
0
9
27
2009
59–12
83.1%
#1
2,264
15
61
2009
14–8
63.6%
#64
1,941
0
10
28
2010
66–13
83.5%
#2
2,311
16
66
2010
25–10
71.4%
#27
2,014
0
11
29
2011
61–12
83.6%
#3
2,338
16
70
2011
20–13
60.6%
#64
1,964
0
11
30
2012
72–12
85.7%
#2
2,339
17
76
2012
20–16
55.6%
#82
1,880
0
11
31
2013
45–17
72.6%
#6
2,189
17
77
2013
6–5
54.5%
#229
1,869
0
11
32
2014
68–12
85.0%
#2
2,354
17
82
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
33
2015
61–11
84.7%
#3
2,402
17
88
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
34
2016
21–7
75.0%
#16
2,285
17
88
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
35
2017
53–5
91.4%
#2
2,387
19
95
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
36
2018
49–10
83.1%
#3
2,259
20
99
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
37
2019
53–11
82.8%
#3
2,238
20
103
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
38
2020
5–1
83.3%
#5
2,238
20
103
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
39
2021
9–5
64.3%
#16
2,155
20
103
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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.
Yr
Yr
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
1998
2
2
4
50.0%
0
1
1
0.0%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
17
1999
7
6
13
53.8%
0
3
3
0.0%
0
2
2
0.0%
5
3
8
62.5%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
18
2000
24
16
40
60.0%
3
7
10
30.0%
2
3
5
40.0%
5
3
8
62.5%
2000
0
1
1
0.0%
0
1
1
0.0%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
19
2001
19
9
28
67.9%
9
5
14
64.3%
9
3
12
75.0%
9
3
12
75.0%
2001
2
2
4
50.0%
14
6
20
70.0%
—
—
—
—
1
1
2
50.0%
20
2002
31
11
42
73.8%
8
4
12
66.7%
5
3
8
62.5%
11
4
15
73.3%
2002
9
9
18
50.0%
15
11
26
57.7%
6
1
7
85.7%
6
2
8
75.0%
21
2003
43
10
53
81.1%
16
4
20
80.0%
12
0
12
100.0%
3
2
5
60.0%
2003
21
10
31
67.7%
10
8
18
55.6%
3
1
4
75.0%
4
1
5
80.0%
22
2004
45
4
49
91.8%
14
2
16
87.5%
12
0
12
100.0%
—
—
—
—
2004
14
8
22
63.6%
15
5
20
75.0%
—
—
—
—
4
1
5
80.0%
23
2005
50
1
51
98.0%
14
2
16
87.5%
12
0
12
100.0%
4
1
5
80.0%
2005
21
11
32
65.6%
8
3
11
72.7%
4
2
6
66.7%
7
3
10
70.0%
24
2006
57
2
59
96.6%
16
3
19
84.2%
12
0
12
100.0%
5
0
5
100.0%
2006
19
11
30
63.3%
16
3
19
84.2%
2
1
3
66.7%
2
1
3
66.7%
25
2007
44
6
50
88.0%
16
3
19
84.2%
7
0
7
100.0%
—
—
—
—
2007
23
10
33
69.7%
6
5
11
54.5%
2
2
4
50.0%
—
—
—
—
26
2008
34
11
45
75.6%
21
4
25
84.0%
11
1
12
91.7%
—
—
—
—
2008
23
8
31
74.2%
13
5
18
72.2%
3
2
5
60.0%
—
—
—
—
27
2009
36
10
46
78.3%
16
2
18
88.9%
7
0
7
100.0%
—
—
—
—
2009
7
3
10
70.0%
7
5
12
58.3%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
28
2010
48
7
55
87.3%
10
4
14
71.4%
8
2
10
80.0%
—
—
—
—
2010
20
8
28
71.4%
5
2
7
71.4%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
29
2011
45
7
52
86.5%
12
4
16
75.0%
4
1
5
80.0%
—
—
—
—
2011
13
9
22
59.1%
3
2
5
60.0%
4
2
6
66.7%
—
—
—
—
30
2012
44
8
52
84.6%
13
2
15
86.7%
15
2
17
88.2%
—
—
—
—
2012
7
6
13
53.8%
8
7
15
53.3%
5
3
8
62.5%
—
—
—
—
31
2013
28
11
39
71.8%
12
5
17
70.6%
5
1
6
83.3%
—
—
—
—
2013
1
2
3
33.3%
5
3
8
62.5%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
32
2014
51
8
59
86.4%
7
3
10
70.0%
10
1
11
90.9%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
33
2015
37
6
43
86.0%
13
4
17
76.5%
11
1
12
91.7%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
34
2016
8
2
10
80.0%
3
2
5
60.0%
10
3
13
76.9%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
35
2017
41
4
45
91.1%
—
—
—
—
12
1
13
92.3%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
36
2018
37
8
45
82.2%
—
—
—
—
12
2
14
85.7%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
37
2019
33
7
40
82.5%
9
3
12
75.0%
11
1
12
91.7%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
38
2020
5
1
6
83.3%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
39
2021
1
1
2
50.0%
3
2
5
60.0%
5
2
7
71.4%
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Career
—
770
158
928
83.0%
215
69
284
75.7%
192
29
221
86.9%
42
16
58
72.4%
—
180
98
278
64.7%
125
66
191
65.4%
29
14
43
67.4%
24
9
33
72.7%
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.