Gilles Simon vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
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Gilles Simon and Rafael Nadal have met 9 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 8–1.
Looking at their individual career profiles, Gilles Simon has compiled an overall career record of 504–394 across 898 matches, translating to a win rate of 56.12%. On hard courts his record stands at 301–225 (57.22%), while on clay he holds a 147–119 (55.26%) mark. On grass the numbers read 52–43 (54.74%) , and on carpet 4–7 (36.36%). Throughout his career he has won 14 titles (9 hard, 5 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 34–94 (26.56%).
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 7 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 6–1 (85.71%). The clay record between them sits at 2–0 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 2 matches.
Dateâ–¼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-08 | Rio Olympics | Hard | R16 | 5 | Rafael Nadal (3) | 31 | Gilles Simon | 7-6(5) 6-2 | 3 | 122 | 1 | 2 | 73.4% | 72.3% | 29.4% | 3/6 |
| 2015-03-12 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R16 | 3 | Rafael Nadal (3) | 14 | Gilles Simon (13) | 6-2 6-4 | 3 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 70.2% | 72.7% | 57.1% | 2/4 |
| 2014-05-11 | Rome Masters | Clay | R32 | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 30 | Gilles Simon | 7-6(1) 6-7(4) 6-2 | 3 | 199 | 4 | 2 | 78.9% | 61.6% | 56.5% | 6/10 |
| 2012-04-15 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | SF | 2 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 15 | Gilles Simon (9) | 6-3 6-4 | 3 | 111 | 3 | 2 | 56.9% | 73.0% | 67.9% | 7/7 |
| 2010-08-30 | US Open | Hard | R32 | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 42 | Gilles Simon | 6-4 6-4 6-2 | 5 | 119 | 6 | 3 | 56.6% | 90.7% | 57.6% | 1/1 |
| 2009-01-19 | Australian Open | Hard | QF | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 8 | Gilles Simon (6) | 6-2 7-5 7-5 | 5 | 146 | 5 | 2 | 67.0% | 73.0% | 58.1% | 4/7 |
| 2008-10-12 | Madrid Masters | Hard | SF | 16 | Gilles Simon | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 3-6 7-5 7-6(6) | 3 | 203 | 3 | 3 | 61.2% | 63.3% | 49.1% | 17/22 |
| 2008-01-14 | Australian Open | Hard | R32 | 2 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 33 | Gilles Simon (28) | 7-5 6-2 6-3 | 5 | 145 | 7 | 1 | 59.3% | 74.5% | 62.9% | 5/6 |
| 2006-02-13 | Marseille | Hard | R16 | 2 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 80 | Gilles Simon (WC) | 7-5 6-4 | 3 | 103 | 1 | 2 | 73.2% | 69.2% | 52.6% | 3/4 |