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Denis Shapovalov vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Denis Shapovalov seasons:20262025202420232022
Rafael Nadal seasons:20242023202220212020
🇨🇦 Denis Shapovalov
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
#38
1,160pts
Age: 26y 339d (1999-04-15)
Hand: L
Backhand: 1H
(1986-06-03) Age: 39y 290d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
2 - 4
Wins: 33.3% - 66.7%
Hard 1–2Clay 1–2Grass 0–0
Masters 1000 22Davis Cup 01Slam 01
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Match Prediction

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90.2%9.8%
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🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov and 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal have met 6 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 42.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov has compiled an overall career record of 239199 across 438 matches, translating to a win rate of 54.57%. On hard courts his record stands at 181137 (56.92%), while on clay he holds a 3838 (50.00%) mark. On grass the numbers read 2024 (45.45%) . Throughout his career he has won 4 titles (4 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 1439 (26.42%).

🇪🇸Rafael Nadal, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1080228 from 1308 matches (82.57% win rate). His hard-court record is 518151 (77.43%), on clay he stands at 48451 (90.47%), and on grass he has gone 7620 (79.17%) , with a carpet record of 26 (25.00%). He has accumulated 92 titles in total (25 hard, 63 clay, 4 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 186105 (63.92%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 21 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 21 (66.67% for Rafael Nadal) across 3 matches.

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2022-05-09Rome MastersClayR1616🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov (13)4🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (3)1-6 7-5 6-2315713367.7%63.5%43.3%7/11
2022-01-17Australian OpenHardQF5🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (6)14🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov (14)6-3 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3524881168.5%79.0%45.7%6/8
2021-05-08Rome MastersClayR162🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)14🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov (13)3-6 6-4 7-6(3)32072268.9%64.6%45.9%5/10
2019-11-24Davis Cup Finals F: CAN vs ESPHardRR1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal15🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov6-3 7-6(7)31154164.5%77.6%37.0%5/6
2018-05-14Rome MastersClayR162🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)29🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov6-4 6-13822183.8%90.3%66.7%0/0
2017-08-07Canada MastersHardR16143🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov (WC)2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)3-6 6-4 7-6(4)31659760.0%66.7%58.3%9/11

Wins

Denis Shapovalov
Rafael Nadal
24Overall
01Grand Slam
22Masters 1000
01Davis Cup
12Hard
12Clay

Sets Format

40.0%2
60.0%3
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%2
2 Sets
66.7%2
33.3%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
5 Sets
Denis Shapovalov
Rafael Nadal

Deciding

50.0%2
50.0%2
Decider Set
33.3%1
66.7%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
100.0%2
After 3 hours
Denis Shapovalov
Rafael Nadal

Sets

38.9%7
61.1%11
All
40.0%2
60.0%3
Grand Slam
45.5%5
54.5%6
Masters 1000
40.0%4
60.0%6
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
37.5%3
62.5%5
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Denis Shapovalov
Rafael Nadal

Games

46.3%82
53.7%95
All
46.8%22
53.2%25
Grand Slam
47.2%51
52.8%57
Masters 1000
46.5%47
53.5%54
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
46.1%35
53.9%41
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Denis Shapovalov
Rafael Nadal

Overview

By Surface

Denis Shapovalov
Rafael Nadal

By Tournament Level

Denis Shapovalov
Rafael Nadal

By Round

Denis Shapovalov
Rafael Nadal

By Opponent Ranking

Denis ShapovalovRafael Nadal
0%0-10
vs Top 1
54.8%23-19
14.7%5-29
vs Top 5
59.6%93-63
26.4%14-39
vs Top 10
63.9%186-105
34.4%33-63
vs Top 20
70.4%335-141
50.4%182-179
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
74%57-20
vs +100
90.5%153-16
41.1%65-93
vs Higher
55%71-58
62.1%174-106
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

Denis ShapovalovRafael Nadal
51.3%40-38
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
55.3%199-161
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
55.4%214-172
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
48.1%25-27
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
53.5%209-182
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
63.8%30-17
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
63.8%81-46
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
51.2%133-127
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations