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Grigor Dimitrov vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Grigor Dimitrov seasons:20262025202420232022
Rafael Nadal seasons:20242023202220212020
🇧🇬 Grigor Dimitrov
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
#44
1,030pts
Age: 34y 307d (1991-05-16)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1986-06-03) Age: 39y 289d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
1 - 14
Wins: 6.7% - 93.3%
Hard 1–8Clay 0–6Grass 0–0
500 14Masters 1000 08Slam 02
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Match Prediction

FavoriteUnderdog
89.7%10.3%
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H2H Preview

🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov and 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 15 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 141.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov has compiled an overall career record of 479307 across 786 matches, translating to a win rate of 60.94%. On hard courts his record stands at 321200 (61.61%), while on clay he holds a 10773 (59.44%) mark. On grass the numbers read 4934 (59.04%) , and on carpet 20 (100.00%). Throughout his career he has won 9 titles (7 hard, 1 clay, 1 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 4394 (31.39%).

🇪🇸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 81 (88.89%). The clay record between them sits at 60 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 6 matches.

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2021-04-12Monte Carlo MastersClayR163🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (3)17🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (14)6-1 6-13553164.9%79.2%76.9%0/0
2020-02-24AcapulcoHardSF2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)22🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (7)6-3 6-231034363.1%68.3%37.5%4/6
2019-04-15Monte Carlo MastersClayR162🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)28🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov6-4 6-13941355.2%81.3%46.2%1/2
2018-04-16Monte Carlo MastersClaySF1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)5🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (4)6-4 6-13920166.0%62.9%72.2%1/2
2017-10-09Shanghai MastersHardQF1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)9🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (6)6-4 6-7(4) 6-331526274.7%74.6%70.8%2/2
2017-10-02BeijingHardSF1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)8🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (3)6-3 4-6 6-131361167.8%67.2%62.1%10/12
2017-01-16Australian OpenHardSF9🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (9)15🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (15)6-3 5-7 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-452968373.4%68.9%55.1%12/16
2016-10-03BeijingHardQF20🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov4🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)6-2 6-43934172.2%69.2%46.7%3/5
2015-10-26BaselHardR167🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (3)28🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov6-4 4-6 6-331334267.1%71.7%57.7%2/6
2015-05-03Madrid MastersClayQF4🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (3)11🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (10)6-3 6-431084169.1%63.2%58.8%3/5
2014-05-11Rome MastersClaySF1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)14🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (12)6-2 6-23831080.0%65.9%72.7%3/3
2014-01-13Australian OpenHardQF1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)22🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (22)3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(7) 6-252173773.4%72.5%66.7%3/6
2013-08-11Cincinnati MastersHardR163🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (4)29🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov6-2 5-7 6-231224273.6%70.3%47.8%3/5
2013-04-14Monte Carlo MastersClayQF5🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (3)34🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov6-2 2-6 6-431292079.3%65.2%44.4%5/8
2009-02-09RotterdamHardR161🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)478🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (WC)7-5 3-6 6-231463160.7%72.5%66.7%7/9

Wins

Grigor Dimitrov
Rafael Nadal
114Overall
02Grand Slam
08Masters 1000
14ATP 500
18Hard
06Clay

Sets Format

7.7%1
92.3%12
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%2
Bo5
14.3%1
85.7%6
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%6
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
5 Sets
Grigor Dimitrov
Rafael Nadal

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%7
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%3
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
100.0%2
After 3 hours
Grigor Dimitrov
Rafael Nadal

Sets

26.8%11
73.2%30
All
33.3%3
66.7%6
Grand Slam
15.8%3
84.2%16
Masters 1000
35.7%10
64.3%18
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
7.7%1
92.3%12
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Grigor Dimitrov
Rafael Nadal

Games

41.2%160
58.8%228
All
47.0%47
53.0%53
Grand Slam
35.5%60
64.5%109
Masters 1000
44.8%125
55.2%154
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
32.1%35
67.9%74
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Grigor Dimitrov
Rafael Nadal

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Grigor Dimitrov
Rafael Nadal

By Tournament Level

Grigor Dimitrov
Rafael Nadal

By Round

Grigor Dimitrov
Rafael Nadal

By Opponent Ranking

Grigor DimitrovRafael Nadal
5.9%1-16
vs Top 1
54.8%23-19
25.3%20-59
vs Top 5
59.6%93-63
31.4%43-94
vs Top 10
63.9%186-105
38.5%82-131
vs Top 20
70.4%335-141
58%384-278
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
76.2%93-29
vs +100
90.5%153-16
42%113-156
vs Higher
55%71-58
70.7%364-151
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

Grigor DimitrovRafael Nadal
63.4%208-120
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
59.2%271-187
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
60.2%405-268
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
64.2%70-39
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
60.3%387-255
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
62.2%84-51
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
62.7%320-190
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
54.7%110-91
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations