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Gael Monfils vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Gael Monfils seasons:20262025202420232022
Rafael Nadal seasons:20242023202220212020
🇫🇷 Gael Monfils
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
#155
385pts
Age: 39y 199d (1986-09-01)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1986-06-03) Age: 39y 289d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
2 - 14
Wins: 12.5% - 87.5%
Hard 2–7Clay 0–6Grass 0–1
Masters 1000 06250 22500 03Slam 03
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Match Prediction

FavoriteUnderdog
87.7%12.3%
-711+477

H2H Preview

🇫🇷Gael Monfils and 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 16 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 142.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇫🇷Gael Monfils has compiled an overall career record of 585354 across 939 matches, translating to a win rate of 62.30%. On hard courts his record stands at 393214 (64.74%), while on clay he holds a 139100 (58.16%) mark. On grass the numbers read 4736 (56.63%) , and on carpet 64 (60.00%). Throughout his career he has won 13 titles (12 hard, 1 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 38100 (27.54%).

🇪🇸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 9 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 72 (77.78%). The clay record between them sits at 60 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 6 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 10 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2018-05-07Madrid MastersClayR321🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)41🇫🇷Gael Monfils6-3 6-13731066.7%86.7%60.0%3/3
2017-01-16Australian OpenHardR169🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (9)6🇫🇷Gael Monfils (6)6-3 6-3 4-6 6-451752173.3%71.6%63.0%3/6
2016-04-11Monte Carlo MastersClayF5🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (5)16🇫🇷Gael Monfils (13)7-5 5-7 6-031661470.5%70.1%28.6%8/13
2015-06-08StuttgartGrassSF10🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)16🇫🇷Gael Monfils (4)6-3 6-43790061.3%76.3%66.7%4/4
2014-01-13Australian OpenHardR321🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)32🇫🇷Gael Monfils (25)6-1 6-2 6-351242065.8%73.1%74.1%6/6
2014-01-01DohaHardF1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)31🇫🇷Gael Monfils6-1 6-7(5) 6-231202076.8%73.0%84.2%4/5
2012-01-02DohaHardSF16🇫🇷Gael Monfils (4)2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)6-3 6-43964176.5%69.2%50.0%2/3
2011-04-18BarcelonaClayQF1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)9🇫🇷Gael Monfils (7)6-2 6-23751157.5%78.3%82.4%0/0
2010-10-04TokyoHardF1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)15🇫🇷Gael Monfils (5)6-1 7-53771160.8%90.3%60.0%0/0
2010-05-09Madrid MastersClayQF3🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)18🇫🇷Gael Monfils (12)6-1 6-33781173.2%90.0%54.5%2/2
2009-08-31US OpenHardR163🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (3)13🇫🇷Gael Monfils (13)6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 6-351650073.6%72.8%62.1%3/6
2009-02-09RotterdamHardSF1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)12🇫🇷Gael Monfils (5)6-4 6-431021171.4%77.8%44.4%6/7
2009-01-05DohaHardQF13🇫🇷Gael Monfils (5)1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)6-4 6-43897070.2%82.5%35.3%0/1
2008-10-26Paris MastersHardR161🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)16🇫🇷Gael Monfils (16)6-3 6-23910057.4%74.3%65.4%9/9
2006-05-08Rome MastersClaySF2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)35🇫🇷Gael Monfils6-2 6-23770076.5%61.5%58.3%2/3
2005-04-11Monte Carlo MastersClayR6417🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (11)106🇫🇷Gael Monfils (WC)6-3 6-23840069.1%63.2%52.9%4/6

Wins

Gael Monfils
Rafael Nadal
214Overall
03Grand Slam
06Masters 1000
03ATP 500
22ATP 250
27Hard
06Clay
01Grass

Sets Format

15.4%2
84.6%11
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%3
Bo5
18.2%2
81.8%9
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%3
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%2
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Gael Monfils
Rafael Nadal

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%2
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Gael Monfils
Rafael Nadal

Sets

20.5%8
79.5%31
All
18.2%2
81.8%9
Grand Slam
7.7%1
92.3%12
Masters 1000
29.2%7
70.8%17
Hard
0.0%0
100.0%2
Grass
7.7%1
92.3%12
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Gael Monfils
Rafael Nadal

Games

36.5%129
63.5%224
All
36.0%36
64.0%64
Grand Slam
30.4%34
69.6%78
Masters 1000
39.9%89
60.1%134
Hard
36.8%7
63.2%12
Grass
29.7%33
70.3%78
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Gael Monfils
Rafael Nadal

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Gael Monfils
Rafael Nadal

By Tournament Level

Gael Monfils
Rafael Nadal

By Round

Gael Monfils
Rafael Nadal

By Opponent Ranking

Gael MonfilsRafael Nadal
9.5%2-19
vs Top 1
54.8%23-19
21.6%16-58
vs Top 5
59.6%93-63
27.5%38-100
vs Top 10
63.9%186-105
36.5%88-153
vs Top 20
70.4%335-141
58.6%451-319
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
79.6%133-34
vs +100
90.5%153-16
42.9%149-198
vs Higher
55%71-58
73.7%435-155
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

Gael MonfilsRafael Nadal
61.6%276-172
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
62.9%309-182
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
62.9%519-306
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
57.5%65-48
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
61.9%423-260
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
61.7%142-88
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
62.6%468-280
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
57.7%64-47
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations