James Blake vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
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James Blake and Rafael Nadal have met 7 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–3.
Looking at their individual career profiles, James Blake has compiled an overall career record of 366–256 across 622 matches, translating to a win rate of 58.84%. On hard courts his record stands at 281–164 (63.15%), while on clay he holds a 46–54 (46.00%) mark. On grass the numbers read 32–29 (52.46%) , and on carpet 7–9 (43.75%). Throughout his career he has won 10 titles (10 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 19–55 (25.68%).
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 4–3 (57.14%).
Date▼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
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| 2009-10-11 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | R32 | 2 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 26 | James Blake | 6-2 6-7(4) 6-4 | 3 | 132 | 6 | 1 | 72.9% | 77.4% | 47.8% | 1/3 |
| 2009-10-05 | Beijing | Hard | R16 | 2 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 24 | James Blake | 7-5 6-7(4) 6-3 | 3 | 144 | 6 | 2 | 66.7% | 66.7% | 61.1% | 8/11 |
| 2008-03-27 | Miami Masters | Hard | QF | 2 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 9 | James Blake (9) | 3-6 6-3 6-1 | 3 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 71.2% | 66.0% | 84.2% | 2/3 |
| 2008-03-13 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | QF | 2 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 9 | James Blake (9) | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | 3 | 126 | 6 | 1 | 75.3% | 62.9% | 69.6% | 6/8 |
| 2006-11-13 | Masters Cup | Hard | RR | 8 | James Blake | 2 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 7-6(0) | 3 | 103 | 10 | 2 | 59.4% | 68.4% | 46.2% | 4/8 |
| 2006-03-06 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | SF | 14 | James Blake (12) | 2 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 7-5 6-3 | 3 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 61.2% | 70.7% | 61.5% | 5/6 |
| 2005-08-29 | US Open | Hard | R32 | 49 | James Blake (WC) | 2 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-1 | 5 | 145 | 10 | 3 | 64.3% | 75.7% | 51.2% | 8/10 |