Head to head
2
Hard
1
2
Clay
1
2
Carpet
1
Marat Safin's wins on the left · David Nalbandian's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (9)
| 2006 | Davis Cup WG F: RUS vs ARG | Carpet | RR | David Nalbandian | 6-4 6-4 6-4 |
| 2006 | Madrid Masters | Hard | QF | David Nalbandian | 6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(2) |
| 2006 | US Open | Hard | R64 | Marat Safin | 6-3 7-5 2-6 3-6 7-6(6) |
| 2004 | Madrid Masters | Hard | F | Marat Safin | 6-2 6-4 6-3 |
| 2004 | Roland Garros | Clay | R16 | David Nalbandian | 7-5 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 |
| 2002 | Paris Masters | Carpet | R32 | Marat Safin | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2002 | Davis Cup WG SF: RUS vs ARG | Carpet | RR | Marat Safin | 7-6(3) 6-7(5) 6-0 6-3 |
| 2002 | Roland Garros | Clay | R32 | Marat Safin | 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-4 |
| 2002 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R16 | Marat Safin | 6-1 6-7(5) 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.