Head to head
6
Hard
5
2
Clay
0
David Nalbandian's wins on the left · Jarkko Nieminen's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (13)
| 2013 | Miami Masters | Hard | R128 | Jarkko Nieminen | 2-6 6-4 6-3 |
| 2012 | Australian Open | Hard | R128 | David Nalbandian | 6-4 4-2 RET |
| 2009 | Sydney | Hard | F | David Nalbandian | 6-3 6-7(9) 6-2 |
| 2008 | Stockholm | Hard | SF | David Nalbandian | 6-2 6-1 |
| 2007 | Miami Masters | Hard | R32 | Jarkko Nieminen | 6-4 7-6(3) |
| 2006 | Australian Open | Hard | R32 | David Nalbandian | 2-6 6-3 6-2 7-5 |
| 2005 | Munich | Clay | SF | David Nalbandian | 6-3 6-0 |
| 2004 | Beijing | Hard | QF | Jarkko Nieminen | 6-2 2-6 6-2 |
| 2004 | Dubai | Hard | R32 | Jarkko Nieminen | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2003 | US Open | Hard | R64 | David Nalbandian | 5-7 6-3 6-1 4-6 7-6(3) |
| 2003 | Canada Masters | Hard | R64 | David Nalbandian | 7-6(5) 7-6(5) |
| 2002 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | R64 | Jarkko Nieminen | 3-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 2002 | Estoril | Clay | F | David Nalbandian | 6-4 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.