Alexander Zverev vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
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Alexander Zverev and Rafael Nadal have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 11 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 7–4.
Looking at their individual career profiles, Alexander Zverev has compiled an overall career record of 547–230 across 777 matches, translating to a win rate of 70.40%. On hard courts his record stands at 321–143 (69.18%), while on clay he holds a 181–64 (73.88%) mark. On grass the numbers read 45–23 (66.18%) . Throughout his career he has won 25 titles (15 hard, 10 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 58–84 (40.85%).
Rafael Nadal, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1080–228 from 1308 matches (82.57% win rate). His hard-court record is 518–151 (77.43%), on clay he stands at 484–51 (90.47%), and on grass he has gone 76–20 (79.17%) , with a carpet record of 2–6 (25.00%). He has accumulated 92 titles in total (25 hard, 63 clay, 4 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 186–105 (63.92%).
When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 4 times, the record is tied 2–2 (50.00% each). The clay record between them sits at 5–2 (71.43% for Rafael Nadal) across 7 matches.
Dateâ–¼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
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| 2024-05-26 | Roland Garros | Clay | R128 | 4 | Alexander Zverev (4) | 275 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 | 5 | - | 8 | 3 | 77.4% | 72.2% | 47.6% | 9/11 |
| 2022-05-23 | Roland Garros | Clay | SF | 5 | Rafael Nadal (5) | 3 | Alexander Zverev (3) | 7-6(8) 6-6 RET | 5 | 187 | 3 | 1 | 59.8% | 57.7% | 48.6% | 3/8 |
| 2021-05-08 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | 2 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 6 | Alexander Zverev (6) | 6-3 6-4 | 3 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 72.5% | 58.0% | 78.9% | 9/10 |
| 2021-05-01 | Madrid Masters | Clay | QF | 6 | Alexander Zverev (5) | 2 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 6-4 6-4 | 3 | 104 | 4 | 5 | 61.8% | 82.4% | 42.9% | 1/2 |
| 2020-11-02 | Paris Masters | Hard | SF | 7 | Alexander Zverev (4) | 2 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 6-4 7-5 | 3 | 99 | 13 | 1 | 71.7% | 79.1% | 52.9% | 2/3 |
| 2019-11-11 | Tour Finals | Hard | RR | 7 | Alexander Zverev (7) | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 6-2 6-4 | 3 | 84 | 11 | 2 | 69.4% | 88.2% | 46.7% | 0/0 |
| 2018-05-14 | Rome Masters | Clay | F | 2 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 3 | Alexander Zverev (2) | 6-1 1-6 6-3 | 3 | 129 | 0 | 1 | 65.3% | 57.4% | 68.0% | 7/11 |
| 2018-04-06 | Davis Cup WG QF: ESP vs GER | Clay | RR | 1 | Rafael Nadal | 4 | Alexander Zverev | 6-1 6-4 6-4 | 5 | 136 | 0 | 3 | 63.4% | 69.2% | 63.3% | 4/6 |
| 2017-04-17 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R16 | 7 | Rafael Nadal (4) | 20 | Alexander Zverev (14) | 6-1 6-1 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 57.1% | 80.0% | 80.0% | 0/0 |
| 2017-01-16 | Australian Open | Hard | R32 | 9 | Rafael Nadal (9) | 24 | Alexander Zverev (24) | 4-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 | 5 | 245 | 11 | 4 | 75.3% | 72.6% | 62.2% | 5/7 |
| 2016-03-07 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R16 | 5 | Rafael Nadal (4) | 58 | Alexander Zverev | 6-7(8) 6-0 7-5 | 3 | 154 | 2 | 2 | 71.9% | 69.6% | 51.9% | 4/7 |
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