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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga seasons:20222021202020192018
Rafael Nadal seasons:20242023202220212020
🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
Age: 40y 336d (1985-04-17)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1986-06-03) Age: 39y 289d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
4 - 10
Wins: 28.6% - 71.4%
Hard 3–7Clay 0–2Grass 1–1
Slam 12Masters 1000 16500 11Davis Cup 01Finals 10
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🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 14 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 104.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has compiled an overall career record of 467238 across 705 matches, translating to a win rate of 66.24%. On hard courts his record stands at 317153 (67.45%), while on clay he holds a 9057 (61.22%) mark. On grass the numbers read 5125 (67.11%) , and on carpet 93 (75.00%). Throughout his career he has won 18 titles (17 hard, 1 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 4590 (33.33%).

🇪🇸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 10 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 73 (70.00%). The clay record between them sits at 20 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 2 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 11 (50.00% each).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2019-10-28Paris MastersHardQF2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)35🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (WC)7-6(4) 6-13957169.0%92.5%44.4%0/0
2019-07-01WimbledonGrassR322🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (3)72🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6-2 6-3 6-2510811169.8%88.6%73.7%0/0
2015-10-11Shanghai MastersHardSF15🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (16)7🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (8)6-4 0-6 7-5313511365.6%76.3%38.7%8/11
2013-04-14Monte Carlo MastersClaySF5🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (3)8🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6)6-3 7-6(3)3973079.7%70.6%61.5%5/7
2012-03-21Miami MastersHardQF2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)6🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6)6-2 5-7 6-431700264.4%64.2%62.2%8/10
2011-11-20Tour FinalsHardRR6🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal7-6(2) 4-6 6-3316211654.8%84.3%47.6%5/7
2011-09-16Davis Cup WG SF: ESP vs FRAClayRR2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal10🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6-0 6-2 6-45------0/0
2011-06-06Queen's ClubGrassQF19🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5)1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)6-7(3) 6-4 6-1312225462.2%86.3%51.6%4/5
2010-03-24Miami MastersHardQF4🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (4)10🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (8)6-3 6-23911272.9%64.7%63.2%8/8
2009-11-08Paris MastersHardQF2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)9🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (8)7-5 7-531127073.0%72.2%75.0%6/6
2009-02-09RotterdamHardQF1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)13🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7)6-4 6-7(5) 6-431604267.0%76.2%64.5%1/2
2008-03-13Indian Wells MastersHardR162🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)17🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (17)6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-531833169.8%73.0%62.5%4/7
2008-01-14Australian OpenHardSF38🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)6-2 6-3 6-2511618163.2%85.4%57.1%3/3
2007-08-27US OpenHardR322🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)74🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga7-6(3) 6-2 6-151232373.8%80.6%68.2%2/2

Wins

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Rafael Nadal
410Overall
12Grand Slam
16Masters 1000
11ATP 500
10Tour Finals
01Davis Cup
37Hard
02Clay
11Grass

Sets Format

30.0%3
70.0%7
Bo3
25.0%1
75.0%3
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%4
2 Sets
40.0%4
60.0%6
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Rafael Nadal

Deciding

50.0%3
50.0%3
Decider Set
28.6%2
71.4%5
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
100.0%1
After 3 hours
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Rafael Nadal

Sets

31.6%12
68.4%26
All
33.3%3
66.7%6
Grand Slam
23.5%4
76.5%13
Masters 1000
37.0%10
63.0%17
Hard
33.3%2
66.7%4
Grass
0.0%0
100.0%5
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Rafael Nadal

Games

43.9%165
56.1%211
All
43.6%34
56.4%44
Grand Slam
41.9%75
58.1%104
Masters 1000
45.5%125
54.5%150
Hard
45.5%25
54.5%30
Grass
32.6%15
67.4%31
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Rafael Nadal

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Rafael Nadal

By Tournament Level

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Rafael Nadal

By Round

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Rafael Nadal

By Opponent Ranking

Jo-Wilfried TsongaRafael Nadal
21.4%3-11
vs Top 1
54.8%23-19
23.5%19-62
vs Top 5
59.6%93-63
33.3%45-90
vs Top 10
63.9%186-105
39.9%83-125
vs Top 20
70.4%335-141
63%385-226
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
87.2%82-12
vs +100
90.5%153-16
40.9%81-117
vs Higher
55%71-58
76.1%386-121
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

Jo-Wilfried TsongaRafael Nadal
61.6%253-158
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
72.8%214-80
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
65.3%400-213
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
72.5%66-25
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
62.9%324-191
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
74.1%129-45
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
70.5%258-108
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
59.2%141-97
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations