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Fernando Gonzalez vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Fernando Gonzalez seasons:20122011201020092008
Rafael Nadal seasons:20242023202220212020
🇨🇱 Fernando Gonzalez
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
Age: 45y 234d (1980-07-29)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1986-06-03) Age: 39y 290d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
3 - 7
Wins: 30.0% - 70.0%
Hard 2–3Clay 1–4Grass 0–0
500 10Masters 1000 14Slam 12Olympics 01
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🇨🇱Fernando Gonzalez and 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 10 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 73.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇨🇱Fernando Gonzalez has compiled an overall career record of 370202 across 572 matches, translating to a win rate of 64.69%. On hard courts his record stands at 164106 (60.74%), while on clay he holds a 16770 (70.46%) mark. On grass the numbers read 2314 (62.16%) , and on carpet 1612 (57.14%). Throughout his career he has won 11 titles (2 hard, 8 clay, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 2750 (35.06%).

🇪🇸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 5 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 32 (60.00%). The clay record between them sits at 41 (80.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 5 matches.

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2009-08-31US OpenHardQF3🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (3)11🇨🇱Fernando Gonzalez (11)7-6(4) 7-6(2) 6-051571074.7%84.6%72.7%2/2
2009-04-27Rome MastersClaySF1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)13🇨🇱Fernando Gonzalez (12)6-3 6-33751073.9%79.4%50.0%0/1
2009-01-19Australian OpenHardR161🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)14🇨🇱Fernando Gonzalez (13)6-3 6-2 6-451134067.1%77.6%62.5%5/7
2008-08-11Beijing OlympicsHardF2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)15🇨🇱Fernando Gonzalez (12)6-3 7-6(2) 6-351434372.4%85.7%62.5%4/4
2007-05-14Hamburg MastersClayQF2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)5🇨🇱Fernando Gonzalez (5)6-4 6-431000074.1%77.5%57.1%3/4
2007-05-07Rome MastersClayF2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)6🇨🇱Fernando Gonzalez (6)6-2 6-23842179.5%77.1%44.4%1/2
2007-01-15Australian OpenHardQF9🇨🇱Fernando Gonzalez (10)2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)6-2 6-4 6-3512510066.3%72.7%60.7%3/3
2006-05-08Rome MastersClayQF2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)9🇨🇱Fernando Gonzalez (10)6-4 6-331020184.9%68.9%50.0%2/4
2004-03-22Miami MastersHardR1622🇨🇱Fernando Gonzalez (21)34🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (32)7-6(1) 4-6 6-231308564.2%78.7%44.1%5/8
2003-07-14StuttgartClayR3214🇨🇱Fernando Gonzalez (6)56🇪🇸Rafael Nadal6-2 3-6 6-23897554.4%79.1%52.8%2/3

Wins

Fernando Gonzalez
Rafael Nadal
37Overall
12Grand Slam
14Masters 1000
10ATP 500
01Olympics
23Hard
14Clay

Sets Format

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

Deciding

100.0%2
0.0%0
Decider Set
33.3%1
66.7%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Fernando Gonzalez
Rafael Nadal

Sets

26.9%7
73.1%19
All
33.3%3
66.7%6
Grand Slam
18.2%2
81.8%9
Masters 1000
33.3%5
66.7%10
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
18.2%2
81.8%9
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Fernando Gonzalez
Rafael Nadal

Games

43.9%108
56.1%138
All
45.3%39
54.7%47
Grand Slam
40.4%42
59.6%62
Masters 1000
45.9%68
54.1%80
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
40.8%40
59.2%58
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Fernando Gonzalez
Rafael Nadal

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Fernando Gonzalez
Rafael Nadal

By Tournament Level

Fernando Gonzalez
Rafael Nadal

By Round

Fernando Gonzalez
Rafael Nadal

By Opponent Ranking

Fernando GonzalezRafael Nadal
16.7%3-15
vs Top 1
54.8%23-19
28.3%13-33
vs Top 5
59.6%93-63
35.1%27-50
vs Top 10
63.9%186-105
40.9%54-78
vs Top 20
70.4%335-141
60%269-179
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
81.1%99-23
vs +100
90.5%153-16
42.3%69-94
vs Higher
55%71-58
73.5%299-108
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

Fernando GonzalezRafael Nadal
63.1%197-115
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
66.4%172-87
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
65.2%334-178
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
60%36-24
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
61.3%190-120
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
65%117-63
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
66%103-53
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
60.7%195-126
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations