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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
#37
1,170pts
Age: 27y 29d (1999-04-15)
Hand: L
Backhand: 1H
(1986-06-03) Age: 39y 345d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
2 - 4
Wins: 33.3% - 66.7%
Hard 1–2Clay 1–2Grass 0–0
Masters 1000 2–2Davis Cup 0–1Slam 0–1
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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 4–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov has compiled an overall career record of 241–203 across 444 matches, translating to a win rate of 54.28%. On hard courts his record stands at 181–137 (56.92%), while on clay he holds a 40–42 (48.78%) mark. On grass the numbers read 20–24 (45.45%) . Throughout his career he has won 4 titles (4 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 14–39 (26.42%).

🇪🇸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 3 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 2–1 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 2–1 (66.67% for Rafael Nadal) across 3 matches.

Dateâ–¼
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
2–4Overall
0–1Grand Slam
2–2Masters 1000
0–1Davis Cup
1–2Hard
1–2Clay

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%184-181
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
72.2%57-22
vs +100
90.5%153-16
41.5%66-93
vs Higher
55%71-58
61.4%175-110
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

Denis ShapovalovRafael Nadal
50%41-41
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
55.2%200-162
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
55.2%216-175
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
47.2%25-28
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
53.1%211-186
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
63.8%30-17
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
62.8%81-48
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
51.1%135-129
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations