29 Facts About David Nalbandian

1. David Nalbandian was cited as the main rival of Federer at the time, having beat him five times consecutively from 2002—2003.

2. David Nalbandian used a "chip-and-charge" technique against the opponents' serves to surprise them.

3. David Nalbandian is known to be one of the game's best returners.

4. David Nalbandian used powerfully struck, sharply accurate groundstrokes which had very low error-percentage.

5. David Nalbandian was an all-court player and a very clean ball striker.

6. David Nalbandian has sought to continue a sporting career and has taken up Rallying in the Argentine Rally Championship.

7. David Nalbandian was additionally docked 150 ranking points by the ATP.

8. David Nalbandian lost to Roger Federer in the third round of Wimbledon.

9. David Nalbandian played a Davis Cup match, winning in four sets against Romanian Adrian Ungur.

10. David Nalbandian began his tour on clay by beating his compatriot Carlos Berlocq, before losing against Horacio Zeballos.

11. David Nalbandian began the year ranked No 27 in the world.

12. David Nalbandian made some offensive comments in the press against Spain, the Spanish tennis team, and Rafael Nadal.

13. David Nalbandian was defending champion at the Madrid Masters, but was quickly eliminated by fellow Argentine Juan Martin del Potro in the third round.

14. David Nalbandian suffered early exits from both Wimbledon and the US Open, losing in the second round and third round, respectively.

15. David Nalbandian began his 2008 season back in the top 10.

16. At the US Open, David Nalbandian was beaten in the second round by Marat Safin.

17. At Wimbledon, David Nalbandian was beaten in the third round, where he lost to Fernando Verdasco in straight sets.

18. David Nalbandian lost in the semifinals to Marcos Baghdatis in a hard-fought five-set match, despite holding a two-set-to-love advantage and four games to two in the final set.

19. David Nalbandian became the first player to win the cup without previously attaining a Grand Slam or Masters Series title.

20. David Nalbandian won the Tennis Masters Cup, becoming only the second Argentine tennis player in history to win the year-end tournament.

21. In 2005, David Nalbandian advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

22. David Nalbandian broke into the top 5 for the first time in his career in August and finished 2004 ranked as the World No 9 player.

23. In 2004, David Nalbandian achieved his best result at the French Open reaching the semifinals, losing to eventual champion Gaston Gaudio.

24. David Nalbandian finished 2003 ranked No 8 in the world.

25. David Nalbandian became a professional tennis player at the age of 18.

26. David Nalbandian was a member of the Argentinian Davis Cup team who reached the finals of the World Group in 2006, 2008 and 2011.

27. David Nalbandian is the only Argentine player in history who ever reached the semifinals or better at all four Grand Slam tournaments and reached the men's singles final at Wimbledon.

28. David Nalbandian was runner-up in the singles event at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships.

29. David Nalbandian reached a highest ranking in singles of world No 3 in March 2006.