Head to head
2
Hard
1
3
Clay
4
2
Carpet
0
David Nalbandian's wins on the left · Nikolay Davydenko's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (12)
| 2010 | Davis Cup WG QF: RUS vs ARG | Hard | RR | David Nalbandian | 6-4 7-6(5) 7-6(6) |
| 2009 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R16 | Nikolay Davydenko | 6-4 5-7 6-3 |
| 2008 | Paris Masters | Hard | SF | David Nalbandian | 6-1 5-7 6-4 |
| 2008 | Davis Cup WG SF: ARG vs RUS | Clay | RR | Nikolay Davydenko | 3-6 6-3 7-6(2) 6-0 |
| 2007 | Roland Garros | Clay | R16 | Nikolay Davydenko | 6-3 7-6(1) 3-6 7-6(2) |
| 2006 | Davis Cup WG F: RUS vs ARG | Carpet | RR | David Nalbandian | 6-2 6-2 4-6 6-4 |
| 2006 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | David Nalbandian | 6-3 6-3 2-6 6-4 |
| 2006 | Estoril | Clay | F | David Nalbandian | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2005 | Masters Cup | Carpet | SF | David Nalbandian | 6-0 7-5 |
| 2003 | Barcelona | Clay | R32 | Nikolay Davydenko | 6-3 7-6(4) |
| 2003 | Davis Cup WG QF: ARG vs RUS | Clay | RR | David Nalbandian | 6-2 6-2 7-5 |
| 2002 | Vienna | Hard | R32 | Nikolay Davydenko | 6-3 6-2 |
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.