David Nalbandian vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
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David Nalbandian 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 Nalbandian has compiled an overall career record of 383–190 across 573 matches, translating to a win rate of 66.84%. On hard courts his record stands at 187–98 (65.61%), while on clay he holds a 138–68 (66.99%) mark. On grass the numbers read 31–13 (70.45%) , and on carpet 27–11 (71.05%). Throughout his career he has won 11 titles (5 hard, 4 clay, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 35–60 (36.84%).
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 6 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 4–2 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 1 matches.
Date▼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
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| 2013-02-11 | Sao Paulo | Clay | F | 5 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 93 | David Nalbandian | 6-2 6-3 | 3 | 78 | 3 | 4 | 60.3% | 65.7% | 47.8% | 2/4 |
| 2012-03-08 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | QF | 2 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 74 | David Nalbandian | 4-6 7-5 6-4 | 3 | 160 | 3 | 0 | 68.1% | 72.6% | 62.1% | 4/6 |
| 2011-08-29 | US Open | Hard | R32 | 2 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 76 | David Nalbandian | 7-6(5) 6-1 7-5 | 5 | 159 | 2 | 4 | 77.5% | 69.6% | 43.5% | 5/8 |
| 2010-03-24 | Miami Masters | Hard | R32 | 4 | Rafael Nadal (4) | 161 | David Nalbandian (WC) | 6-7(8) 6-2 6-2 | 3 | 146 | 5 | 3 | 60.8% | 79.7% | 47.4% | 2/3 |
| 2009-03-12 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R16 | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 14 | David Nalbandian (14) | 3-6 7-6(5) 6-0 | 3 | 175 | 1 | 1 | 66.7% | 62.9% | 61.3% | 11/14 |
| 2007-10-28 | Paris Masters | Hard | F | 21 | David Nalbandian | 2 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 6-4 6-0 | 3 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 58.5% | 87.5% | 76.5% | 0/0 |
| 2007-10-15 | Madrid Masters | Hard | QF | 25 | David Nalbandian | 2 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 6-1 6-2 | 3 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 47.4% | 94.4% | 60.0% | 0/0 |