Head to head
2
Hard
0
1
Clay
4
Juan Ignacio Chela's wins on the left · Potito Starace's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (7)
| 2011 | Umag | Clay | R16 | Potito Starace | 6-4 4-6 7-5 |
| 2010 | Umag | Clay | SF | Potito Starace | 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 |
| 2007 | Barcelona | Clay | R16 | Potito Starace | 6-4 7-6(10) |
| 2007 | Australian Open | Hard | R128 | Juan Ignacio Chela | 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4 |
| 2006 | Costa do Sauipe | Clay | R16 | Juan Ignacio Chela | 6-4 7-5 |
| 2006 | Buenos Aires | Clay | R16 | Potito Starace | 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2 |
| 2005 | Auckland | Hard | QF | Juan Ignacio Chela | 6-1 7-6(5) |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.