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Frances Tiafoe vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Frances Tiafoe seasons:20262025202420232022
Rafael Nadal seasons:20242023202220212020
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Frances Tiafoe
πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ Rafael Nadal
#19
2,180pts
Age: 28y 195d (1998-01-20)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1986-06-03) Age: 40y 61d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
1 - 2
Wins: 33.3% - 66.7%
Hard 1–1Clay 0–1Grass 0–0
Slam 1–1Masters 1000 0–1
LLW
WWL

Match Prediction

FavoriteUnderdog
90.5%9.5%
-955+590

H2H Preview

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈFrances Tiafoe and πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal have met 3 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 2–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈFrances Tiafoe has compiled an overall career record of 267–228 across 495 matches, translating to a win rate of 53.94%. On hard courts his record stands at 182–156 (53.85%), while on clay he holds a 52–50 (50.98%) mark. On grass the numbers read 33–22 (60.00%) . Throughout his career he has won 4 titles (1 hard, 1 clay, 2 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 16–43 (27.12%).

πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael 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, the record is tied 1–1 (50.00% each). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 1 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2022-08-29US OpenHardR1626πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈFrances Tiafoe (22)3πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal (2)6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3521418450.0%75.9%60.3%4/6
2019-05-06Madrid MastersClayR162πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal (2)37πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈFrances Tiafoe6-3 6-43926064.7%87.9%66.7%1/1
2019-01-14Australian OpenHardQF2πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal (2)39πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈFrances Tiafoe6-3 6-4 6-2510711074.0%84.2%60.0%2/2

Wins

Frances Tiafoe
Rafael Nadal
1–2Overall
1–1Grand Slam
0–1Masters 1000
1–1Hard
0–1Clay

Sets Format

0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo3
50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%1
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Frances Tiafoe
Rafael Nadal

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
0.0%0
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
100.0%1
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Frances Tiafoe
Rafael Nadal

Sets

33.3%3
66.7%6
All
42.9%3
57.1%4
Grand Slam
0.0%0
100.0%2
Masters 1000
42.9%3
57.1%4
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
100.0%2
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Frances Tiafoe
Rafael Nadal

Games

44.7%38
55.3%47
All
47.0%31
53.0%35
Grand Slam
36.8%7
63.2%12
Masters 1000
47.0%31
53.0%35
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
36.8%7
63.2%12
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Frances Tiafoe
Rafael Nadal

Overview

By Surface

Frances Tiafoe
Rafael Nadal

By Tournament Level

Frances Tiafoe
Rafael Nadal

By Round

Frances Tiafoe
Rafael Nadal

By Opponent Ranking

Frances TiafoeRafael Nadal
0%0-2
vs Top 1
54.8%23-19
19.2%5-21
vs Top 5
59.6%93-63
27.1%16-43
vs Top 10
63.9%186-105
31.3%35-77
vs Top 20
70.4%335-141
51.3%202-192
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
64.4%65-36
vs +100
90.5%153-16
39.1%72-112
vs Higher
55%71-58
62.7%195-116
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

Frances TiafoeRafael Nadal
59.3%99-68
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
51.2%168-160
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
53.3%225-197
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
57.5%42-31
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
53.4%222-194
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
56.4%44-34
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
58.1%143-103
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
43.8%78-100
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations