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David Goffin vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

David Goffin seasons:20252024202320222021
Rafael Nadal seasons:20242023202220212020
🇧🇪 David Goffin
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
#242
233pts
Age: 35y 193d (1990-12-07)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1986-06-03) Age: 40y 15d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
2 - 5
Wins: 28.6% - 71.4%
Hard 2–0Clay 0–5Grass 0–0
Masters 1000 0–3Finals 1–0500 0–1Slam 0–1Others 1–0
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Match Prediction

FavoriteUnderdog
86.6%13.4%
-647+444

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🇧🇪David Goffin and 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal have met 7 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 5–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇧🇪David Goffin has compiled an overall career record of 357–275 across 632 matches, translating to a win rate of 56.49%. On hard courts his record stands at 231–179 (56.34%), while on clay he holds a 96–69 (58.18%) mark. On grass the numbers read 30–27 (52.63%) . Throughout his career he has won 6 titles (4 hard, 2 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 21–62 (25.30%).

🇪🇸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 2 times, with David Goffin leading 2–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 5–0 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 5 matches.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2022-05-02Madrid MastersClayR164🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (3)60🇧🇪David Goffin (Q)6-3 5-7 7-6(9)31897466.1%76.4%54.1%2/5
2020-01-03ATP CupHardRR11🇧🇪David Goffin1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal6-4 7-6(3)31436359.8%75.5%42.4%8/10
2019-05-27Roland GarrosClayR322🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)29🇧🇪David Goffin (27)6-1 6-3 4-6 6-351695558.3%78.6%70.0%1/2
2018-04-23BarcelonaClaySF1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)10🇧🇪David Goffin (4)6-4 6-03822061.9%76.9%68.8%0/1
2017-11-12ATP FinalsHardRR8🇧🇪David Goffin (7)1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-4315814763.5%75.4%54.3%0/4
2017-05-08Madrid MastersClayQF5🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (4)10🇧🇪David Goffin (9)7-6(3) 6-231190069.7%76.1%65.0%5/5
2017-04-17Monte Carlo MastersClaySF7🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (4)13🇧🇪David Goffin (10)6-3 6-13894066.7%67.9%85.7%3/4

Wins

David Goffin
Rafael Nadal
2–5Overall
0–1Grand Slam
0–3Masters 1000
0–1ATP 500
1–0Others
1–0Tour Finals
2–0Hard
0–5Clay

Sets Format

33.3%2
66.7%4
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo5
25.0%1
75.0%3
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
David Goffin
Rafael Nadal

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
50.0%2
50.0%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
100.0%1
After 3 hours
David Goffin
Rafael Nadal

Sets

33.3%6
66.7%12
All
25.0%1
75.0%3
Grand Slam
14.3%1
85.7%6
Masters 1000
80.0%4
20.0%1
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
15.4%2
84.6%11
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
David Goffin
Rafael Nadal

Games

42.5%77
57.5%104
All
37.1%13
62.9%22
Grand Slam
39.4%28
60.6%43
Masters 1000
54.2%32
45.8%27
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
36.9%45
63.1%77
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
David Goffin
Rafael Nadal

Overview

By Surface

David Goffin
Rafael Nadal

By Tournament Level

David Goffin
Rafael Nadal

By Round

David Goffin
Rafael Nadal

By Opponent Ranking

David GoffinRafael Nadal
27.3%3-8
vs Top 1
54.8%23-19
22.9%11-37
vs Top 5
59.6%93-63
25.3%21-62
vs Top 10
63.9%186-105
33.6%48-95
vs Top 20
70.4%335-141
52.4%273-248
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
75.2%82-27
vs +100
90.5%153-16
38.6%90-143
vs Higher
55%71-58
66.8%265-132
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

David GoffinRafael Nadal
53.9%152-130
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
58.6%205-145
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
55.9%300-237
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
59.6%56-38
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
56.9%287-217
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
52.8%65-58
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
59.7%43-29
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
55.3%286-231
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations