David Nalbsandian

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Nalbandian is an Armenian. His last name means 'one who makes horse shoes'.

David maintains good relations with all the Argentine players.

Nalbandian is a fan of River Plate football team and he has his own rally team called Tango Rally

Hobbies

Fishing and bungee jumping.

Playing Style

David's ground strokes are technically sound from both the sides, he has excellent footwork, and he has an all court style of playing.

Nalbandian plays well from both the sides and hence his opponents have difficulty in breaking down.

David Nalbsandian is not mentally focused consistently, sometimes he tends to mentally relax on court and his serve is his weakest point.

Singles
Country	Argentina
Residence	Unquillo, Córdoba, Argentina
Date of birth	January 1, 1982 (1982-01-01) (age 28)
Place of birth	Unquillo, Córdoba, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	79 kg (170 lb; 12.4 st)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$10,232,375
Career record	326–152
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 3 (March 20, 2006)
Current ranking	No. 28 (September 13, 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (2006)
French Open	SF (2004, 2006)
Wimbledon	F (2002)
US Open	SF (2003)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2005)
Olympic Games	3R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	42–51
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 105 (October 5, 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2003)
French Open	1R (2003)
Wimbledon	2R (2003)

Major finals Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2002	Wimbledon	Grass	Lleyton Hewitt	6–1, 6–3, 6–2

Year-End Championships finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2005	Shanghai	Hard	Roger Federer	6–7(4), 6–7(11), 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(3)

Masters Series finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2003	Canada (Montreal)	Hard	Andy Roddick	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	2004	Rome	Clay	Carlos Moyà	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	2004	Madrid	Hard (i)	Marat Safin	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	2007	Madrid	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	2007	Paris	Hard (i)	Rafael Nadal	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	2008	Paris	Hard (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–3, 4–6, 6–4

Career finals

Singles: 21 (11–10)

Legend (pre/post 2009)	Titles by Surface
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)	Hard (5)
Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (1–0)	Clay (4)
ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–4)	Grass (0)
ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1)	Carpet (2)
ATP International Series & ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	October 1, 2001	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Félix Mantilla	7–6(2), 6–4
Winner	1.	April 8, 2002	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Jarkko Nieminen	6–4, 7–6(5)
Runner-up	2.	July 8, 2002	Wimbledon, London, UK	Grass	Lleyton Hewitt	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	October 21, 2002	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Fernando González	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	August 11, 2003	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Andy Roddick	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	October 27, 2003	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Guillermo Coria	walkover
Runner-up	5.	May 10, 2004	Rome, Italy	Clay	Carlos Moyà	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	October 18, 2004	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Marat Safin	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	October 25, 2004	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Jiří Novák	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Winner	3.	May 1, 2005	Munich, Germany	Clay	Andrei Pavel	6–4, 6–1
Winner	4.	November 20, 2005	Year-End Championships, Shanghai, China	Carpet (i)	Roger Federer	6–7(4), 6–7(11), 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(3)
Winner	5.	May 7, 2006	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	October 21, 2007	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	7.	November 4, 2007	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Rafael Nadal	6–4, 6–0
Winner	8.	February 24, 2008	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	José Acasuso	3–6, 7–6(5), 6–4
Runner-up	8.	February 25, 2008	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	6–1, 7–6(1)
Winner	9.	October 4, 2008	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Robin Söderling	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	October 26, 2008	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	November 2, 2008	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	10.	January 17, 2009	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jarkko Nieminen	6–3, 6–7(9), 6–2
Winner	11.	August 8, 2010	Washington, U.S.	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	6–2, 7–6(4)

Exhibition Tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final	Draw
Winner	1.	January 17, 2004	AAMI Classic, Kooyong, Australia	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–2, 6–3	8
Winner	2.	December 11, 2005	Indoor Master Tennis – Córdoba, Argentina	Carpet (i)	Mariano Puerta	6–3, 6–4	4
Winner	3.	December 18, 2005	Copa Argentina – Buenos Aires, Argentina	Hard	Agustín Calleri	3–6, 6–2, 6–3	12
Winner	4.	December 11, 2006	Indoor Master Tennis – Córdoba, Argentina	Carpet (i)	Nicolás Massú	6–4, 6–3	12
Winner	5.	December 16, 2007	Copa Argentina – Buenos Aires, Argentina	Hard	Juan Mónaco	6–4, 7–5	8
Winner	6.	December 13, 2009	Copa Minero – San Juan, Argentina	Carpet (i)	Gastón Gaudio	6–2, 6–2	4
Winner	7.	December 20, 2009	Copa Argentina – Buenos Aires, Argentina	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	6–4, 6–4	6

Singles Performance Timeline

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Career W-L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	QF	QF	SF	4R	3R	2R	A	24–8
French Open	A	A	A	LQ	3R	2R	SF	4R	SF	4R	2R	A	A	20–7
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	F	4R	A	QF	3R	3R	1R	A	A	17–6
U.S. Open	A	A	A	3R	1R	SF	2R	QF	2R	3R	3R	A	3R	19–9
Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	9–4	13–4	10–3	15–4	13–4	10–4	5–4	1–1	2–1	80–30
Year-End Championship
ATP World Tour Finals	A	A	A	A	A	RR	A	W	SF	A	A	A		6–6
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held		A	Not Held			A	Not Held			3R	Not Held		2 / 1
ATP World Tour 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	4R	4R	4R	QF	4R	2R	13–8
Miami Masters	A	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	3R	SF	3R	2R	2R	3R	9–10
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	QF	A	3R	2R	QF	3R	QF	13–7
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	F	1R	SF	A	2R	A	A	10–6
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	3R	A	F	SF	SF	W	3R	A	A	18–4
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	QF	F	1R	2R	1R	3R	A	A	QF	14–7
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A	3R	7–6
Shanghai	Not Held				NMS	Not Held		Not ATP Masters Series				A	A	0–0
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	2R	A	W	F	A		11–3
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	1R	1R	A	A	A	NM1		4–4
Career statistics
ATP Finals Reached	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	2	1	2	5	1	1	21
ATP Tournaments Won	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	2	1	1	11
Year End Ranking	1324	532	245	47	12	8	9	6	8	9	11	64		N/A