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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
#26
1,730pts
Age: 28y 148d (1998-01-20)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1986-06-03) Age: 40y 14d
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
90.4%9.6%
-943+586

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 263–226 across 489 matches, translating to a win rate of 53.78%. On hard courts his record stands at 182–155 (54.01%), while on clay he holds a 52–50 (50.98%) mark. On grass the numbers read 29–21 (58.00%) . Throughout his career he has won 3 titles (1 hard, 1 clay, 1 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 14–43 (24.56%).

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
16%4-21
vs Top 5
59.6%93-63
24.6%14-43
vs Top 10
63.9%186-105
30.3%33-76
vs Top 20
70.4%335-141
50.9%197-190
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
64.4%65-36
vs +100
90.5%153-16
38.7%70-111
vs Higher
55%71-58
62.5%192-115
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

Frances TiafoeRafael Nadal
58.9%96-67
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
51.1%166-159
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
53%221-196
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
57.7%41-30
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
53.2%218-192
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
55.8%43-34
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
58.1%143-103
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
43%74-98
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations