David Nalbandian career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of Argentine professional tennis player David Nalbandian.[1]

Career finals
Discipline Type Won Lost Total WR
Singles Grand Slam tournaments 1 1 0.00
Year-end championships 1 1 1.00
ATP Masters 1000* 2 4 6 0.33
Olympic Games
ATP Tour 500 1 1 2 0.50
ATP Tour 250 7 7 14 0.50
Total 11 13 24 0.46
Doubles Grand Slam tournaments
Year-end championships
ATP Masters 1000*
Olympic Games
ATP Tour 500
ATP Tour 250 1 1 0.00
Total 1 1 0.00
Total 11 14 25 0.44
1) WR = Winning rate
2) * formerly known as "Super 9" (1996–1999), "Tennis Masters Series" (2000–2003) or "ATP Masters Series" (2004–2008).

Significant finals edit

Grand Slam finals edit

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2002 Wimbledon Grass   Lleyton Hewitt 1–6, 3–6, 2–6

Year-end championships finals edit

Singles: 1 (1 title) edit

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 2005 Tennis Masters Cup Carpet (i)   Roger Federer 6–7(4–7), 6–7(11–13), 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)

Masters 1000 finals edit

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up) edit

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2003 Canada Masters Hard   Andy Roddick 1–6, 3–6
Loss 2004 Rome Masters Clay   Carlos Moyá 3–6, 3–6, 1–6
Loss 2004 Madrid Masters Hard (i)   Marat Safin 2–6, 4–6, 3–6
Win 2007 Madrid Masters Hard (i)   Roger Federer 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2007 Paris Masters Hard (i)   Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–0
Loss 2008 Paris Masters Hard (i)   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3–6, 6–4, 4–6

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 24 (11 titles, 13 runners-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (1–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–4)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (2–2)
Titles by setting
Outdoors (6–7)
Indoors (5–6)
Result W/L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Oct 2001 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Palermo, Italy International Clay   Félix Mantilla 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win 1. Apr 2002 Portugal Open, Estoril, Portugal International Clay   Jarkko Nieminen 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2. Jul 2002 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass   Lleyton Hewitt 1–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win 2. Oct 2002 Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland International Carpet (i)   Fernando González 6–4, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 3. Aug 2003 Canada Masters, Montréal, Canada Masters Hard   Andy Roddick 1–6, 3–6
Loss 4. Oct 2003 Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland International Carpet (i)   Guillermo Coria w/o
Loss 5. May 2004 Rome Masters, Rome, Italy Masters Clay   Carlos Moyá 3–6, 3–6, 1–6
Loss 6. Oct 2004 Madrid Masters, Madrid, Spain Masters Hard (i)   Marat Safin 2–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 7. Oct 2004 Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland International Carpet (i)   Jiří Novák 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win 3. May 2005 Bavarian Championships, Munich, Germany International Clay   Andrei Pavel 6–4, 6–1
Win 4. Nov 2005 Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China ATP Finals Carpet (i)   Roger Federer 6–7(4–7), 6–7(11–13), 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win 5. May 2006 Portugal Open, Estoril, Portugal International Clay   Nikolay Davydenko 6–3, 6–4
Win 6. Oct 2007 Madrid Masters, Madrid, Spain Masters Hard (i)   Roger Federer 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 7. Nov 2007 Paris Masters, Paris, France Masters Hard (i)   Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–0
Win 8. Feb 2008 Argentina Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina International Clay   José Acasuso 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 8. Mar 2008 Mexican Open, Acapulco, Mexico International Gold Clay   Nicolás Almagro 1–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 9. Oct 2008 Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden International Hard (i)   Robin Söderling 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 9. Oct 2008 Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland International Hard (i)   Roger Federer 3–6, 4–6
Loss 10. Nov 2008 Paris Masters, Paris, France Masters Hard (i)   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 10. Jan 2009 Sydney International, Sydney, Australia 250 Series Hard   Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–7(9–11), 6–2
Win 11. Aug 2010 Washington Open, Washington, United States 500 Series Hard   Marcos Baghdatis 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 11. Jan 2011 ATP Auckland Open, Auckland, New Zealand 250 Series Hard   David Ferrer 3–6, 2–6
Loss 12. Jun 2012 Queen's Club Championships, London, UK 250 Series Grass   Marin Čilić 7–6(7–3), 3–4 default
Loss 13. Feb 2013 Brasil Open, São Paulo, Brazil 250 Series Clay (i)   Rafael Nadal 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Feb 2003 ATP Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Mariano Hood

  Sebastián Prieto

2–6, 2–6

Other finals edit

Team competition: 3 (3 runners-up) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. December 1–3, 2006 Davis Cup, Moscow, Russia Carpet (i)   José Acasuso
  Agustín Calleri
  Juan Ignacio Chela
  Marat Safin
  Nikolay Davydenko
  Mikhail Youzhny
  Dmitry Tursunov
2–3
Loss 2. November 21–23, 2008 Davis Cup, Mar del Plata, Argentina Hard (i)   Juan Martín del Potro
  José Acasuso
  Agustín Calleri
  David Ferrer
  Fernando Verdasco
  Feliciano López
  Marcel Granollers
1–3
Loss 3. December 2–4, 2011 Davis Cup, Seville, Spain Clay (i)   Juan Martín del Potro
  Juan Mónaco
  Eduardo Schwank
  Rafael Nadal
  David Ferrer
  Fernando Verdasco
  Feliciano López
1–3

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1998 US Open Hard   Roger Federer 6–3, 7–5
Loss 1999 French Open Clay   Guillermo Coria 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1999 Wimbledon Grass   Guillermo Coria   Todor Enev
  Jarkko Nieminen
7–5, 6–4

Exhibition tournaments: 8 (8 titles) edit

Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent Score Draw
Winner 1. 17 January 2004 AAMI Classic, Kooyong, Australia Hard   Andre Agassi 6–2, 6–3 8
Winner 2. 11 December 2005 Indoor Master Tennis – Córdoba, Argentina Carpet (i)   Mariano Puerta 6–3, 6–4 4
Winner 3. 18 December 2005 Copa Argentina – Buenos Aires, Argentina Hard   Agustín Calleri 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 12
Winner 4. 11 December 2006 Indoor Master Tennis – Córdoba, Argentina Carpet (i)   Nicolás Massú 6–4, 6–3 12
Winner 5. 16 December 2007 Copa Argentina – Buenos Aires, Argentina Hard   Juan Mónaco 6–4, 7–5 8
Winner 6. 13 December 2009 Copa Minero – San Juan, Argentina Carpet (i)   Gastón Gaudio 6–2, 6–2 4
Winner 7. 20 December 2009 Copa Argentina – Buenos Aires, Argentina Hard   Marcos Baghdatis 6–4, 6–4 6
Winner 8. 19 December 2010 Copa Argentina – Buenos Aires, Argentina Hard   Juan Mónaco 6–3, 7–6(7–5)

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. Walkovers or qualifying matches are neither official wins nor losses.

Singles edit

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R QF QF QF SF 4R 3R 2R A 2R 2R A 0 / 10 26–10 72.22%
French Open A Q1 3R 2R SF 4R SF 4R 2R A A A 1R A 0 / 8 20–8 71.43%
Wimbledon A A F 4R A QF 3R 3R 1R A A 3R 1R A 0 / 8 19–8 70.37%
US Open A 3R 1R SF 2R QF 2R 3R 3R A 3R 3R A A 0 / 10 21–10 67.74%
Win–loss 0–0 2–1 9–4 13–4 10–3 15–4 13–4 10–4 5–4 1–1 2–1 5–3 1–3 0–0 0 / 36 86–36 70.49%
Year-end championships
Tennis Masters Cup did not qualify RR A W SF did not qualify 1 / 3 6–6 50.00%
National representation
Summer Olympics A not held A not held 3R not held 1R NH 0 / 2 2–2 50.00%
Davis Cup A A SF SF QF SF F QF F A SF F SF SF1 0 / 8 23–6 79.31%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A A 2R 1R A 4R 4R 4R QF 4R 2R A QF 2R 0 / 10 18–10 64.29%
Miami Masters 1R 1R 1R 3R A 3R SF 3R 2R 2R 3R A 2R 1R 0 / 12 10–12 45.45%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A 3R 2R QF A 3R 2R QF 3R QF A A A 0 / 8 16–8 66.67%
Rome Masters A A 2R 1R F 1R SF A 2R A A A 2R A 0 / 7 11–7 61.11%
Hamburg Masters[a] A A 1R SF 1R 1R A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 5 4–5 44.44%
Canada Masters A A QF F 1R 2R 1R 3R A A QF 1R 1R A 0 / 9 14–9 60.87%
Cincinnati Masters A A 1R QF A 2R 2R 1R A A 3R 2R 1R A 0 / 8 8–8 50.00%
Madrid Masters[b] not held 3R A F SF SF W 3R A A 2R A A 1 / 7 20–7 74.07%
Paris Masters A A 2R A A 2R A W F A 2R A A A 1 / 5 12–4 75.00%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 9–9 14–7 12–5 8–8 15–7 17–5 13–6 4–3 12–6 2–3 6–6 1–2 2 / 71 113–69 62.09%
Career statistics
Tournaments played 2 9 25 20 14 20 16 18 17 9 11 13 16 5 195
Finals 0 1 3 2 3 2 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 24
Titles 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 11
Overall win–loss 0–2 17–9 36–24 42–20 34–14 44–19 44–19 31–18 44–16 14–7 28–10 22–12 21–17 6–5 383–192
Win % 0% 65% 60% 68% 71% 70% 70% 63% 73% 67% 74% 65% 55% 55% 66.61%
Year-end ranking 248 47 12 8 9 6 8 9 11 65 27 64 81 229

Doubles edit

Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 1R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A 2R A A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Win–loss 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 1–4 20%
National representation
Summer Olympics not held A not held 1R not held 1R NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Davis Cup SF SF QF SF F QF F A SF F SF SF1 0 / 8 16–5 76%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A 2R A A 1R 1R 2R QF A A A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Miami Masters A 1R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte-Carlo Masters A 1R A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Rome Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Hamburg Masters[a] A 2R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Canada Masters A 1R 1R 2R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Madrid Masters[b] A A A A 1R SF 2R A A A A A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Paris Masters 1R A A 1R A A 2R A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–1 2–5 0–1 1–2 0–3 3–2 3–4 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 19 11–19 38%

Notes:

1Nalbandian played for Argentina at the 2013 Davis Cup, but only signed up to play in doubles rubbers.

Record against top 10 players edit

Nalbandian's match record against those who have been ranked in the Top 10:

Players who have been ranked world no. 1 are in boldface.

*As of April 1, 2013.

Wins over top 10 players per season edit

Season 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total
Wins 0 0 4 6 0 6 4 6 5 0 2 0 2 0 35
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2002
1.   Juan Carlos Ferrero 3 Estoril, Portugal Clay 2R 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2.   Tim Henman 4 Toronto, Canada Hard 3R 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–5
3.   Tim Henman 6 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) QF 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
4.   Roger Federer 8 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) SF 6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–3
2003
5.   Roger Federer 6 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard 4R 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
6.   Rainer Schüttler 8 Montreal, Canada Hard SF 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
7.   Roger Federer 2 Cincinnati, United States Hard 2R 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
8.   Roger Federer 2 US Open, New York, United States Hard 4R 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4, 6–3
9.   Andy Roddick 2 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) SF 7–5, 7–5
10.   Juan Carlos Ferrero 2 Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, United States Hard RR 6–3, 6–1
2005
11.   Guillermo Coria 6 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard 4R 5–7, 7–5, 6–3, 6–0
12.   Lleyton Hewitt 2 Davis Cup, Sydney, Australia Grass RR 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
13.   Guillermo Coria 6 Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China Carpet (i) RR 7–5, 6–4
14.   Ivan Ljubičić 8 Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China Carpet (i) RR 6–2, 6–2
15.   Nikolay Davydenko 7 Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China Carpet (i) SF 6–0, 7–5
16.   Roger Federer 1 Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China Carpet (i) F 6–7(4–7), 6–7(11–13), 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2006
17.   Nikolay Davydenko 6 Estoril, Portugal Clay F 6–3, 6–4
18.   Nikolay Davydenko 6 French Open, Paris, France Clay QF 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
19.   Andy Roddick 5 Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China Hard (i) RR 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
20.   Nikolay Davydenko 3 Davis Cup, Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) RR 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2007
21.   Rafael Nadal 2 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) QF 6–1, 6–2
22.   Novak Djokovic 3 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) SF 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
23.   Roger Federer 1 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) F 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
24.   Roger Federer 1 Paris, France Hard (i) 3R 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
25.   David Ferrer 6 Paris, France Hard (i) QF 7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), 6–2
26.   Rafael Nadal 2 Paris, France Hard (i) F 6–4, 6–0
2008
27.   Richard Gasquet 10 Queen's Club, England Grass QF 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
28.   Juan Martín del Potro 9 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) SF 6–4, 6–4
29.   Juan Martín del Potro 9 Paris, France Hard (i) 3R 6–4, 6–0
30.   Andy Murray 4 Paris, France Hard (i) QF 7–6(7–3), 6–3
31.   Nikolay Davydenko 3 Paris, France Hard (i) SF 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
2010
32.   Nikolay Davydenko 6 Davis Cup, Moscow, Russia Hard (i) RR 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
33.   Robin Söderling 5 Toronto, Canada Hard 3R 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
2012
34.   Janko Tipsarević 10 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
35.   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 Indian Wells, United States Hard 4R 3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009 – present.
  2. ^ a b Held as Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002 to 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009 – present.

References edit

  1. ^ "David Nalbandian ATP overview". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 2 April 2023.