Head to head
5
Hard
6
1
Clay
3
0
Grass
1
2
Carpet
1
David Nalbandian'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 (19)
| 2011 | Wimbledon | Grass | R32 | Roger Federer | 6-4 6-2 6-4 |
| 2008 | Basel | Hard | F | Roger Federer | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2008 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | QF | Roger Federer | 5-7 6-2 6-2 |
| 2007 | Paris Masters | Hard | R16 | David Nalbandian | 6-4 7-6(3) |
| 2007 | Madrid Masters | Hard | F | David Nalbandian | 1-6 6-3 6-3 |
| 2006 | Masters Cup | Hard | RR | Roger Federer | 3-6 6-1 6-1 |
| 2006 | Madrid Masters | Hard | SF | Roger Federer | 6-4 6-0 |
| 2006 | Roland Garros | Clay | SF | Roger Federer | 3-6 6-4 5-2 RET |
| 2006 | Rome Masters | Clay | SF | Roger Federer | 6-3 3-6 7-6(5) |
| 2005 | Masters Cup | Carpet | F | David Nalbandian | 6-7(4) 6-7(11) 6-2 6-1 7-6(3) |
| 2005 | Masters Cup | Carpet | RR | Roger Federer | 6-3 2-6 6-4 |
| 2005 | US Open | Hard | QF | Roger Federer | 6-2 6-4 6-1 |
| 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | QF | Roger Federer | 7-5 6-4 5-7 6-3 |
| 2003 | Masters Cup | Hard | RR | Roger Federer | 6-3 6-0 |
| 2003 | US Open | Hard | R16 | David Nalbandian | 3-6 7-6(1) 6-4 6-3 |
| 2003 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | R32 | David Nalbandian | 7-6(4) 7-6(5) |
| 2003 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | David Nalbandian | 6-4 3-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 |
| 2002 | Basel | Carpet | SF | David Nalbandian | 6-7(2) 7-5 6-3 |
| 2002 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R32 | David Nalbandian | 6-2 6-1 |
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.