Head to head
0
Hard
5
1
Clay
1
0
Grass
2
0
Carpet
2
Xavier Malisse's wins on the left · Roger Federer's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (11)
| 2012 | Wimbledon | Grass | R16 | Roger Federer | 7-6(1) 6-1 4-6 6-3 |
| 2011 | Madrid Masters | Clay | R16 | Roger Federer | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2011 | Australian Open | Hard | R32 | Roger Federer | 6-3 6-3 6-1 |
| 2006 | Canada Masters | Hard | QF | Roger Federer | 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-3 |
| 2002 | Paris Masters | Carpet | R32 | Roger Federer | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2002 | US Open | Hard | R32 | Roger Federer | 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 |
| 2002 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R64 | Roger Federer | 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-3 |
| 2002 | Sydney | Hard | R16 | Roger Federer | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2001 | Basel | Carpet | R16 | Roger Federer | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2001 | Wimbledon | Grass | R64 | Roger Federer | 6-3 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-3 |
| 1999 | Davis Cup WG QF: BEL vs SUI | Clay | RR | Xavier Malisse | 4-6 6-3 7-5 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.