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John Isner vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Isner seasons:20232022202120202019
Rafael Nadal seasons:20242023202220212020
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ John Isner
πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ Rafael Nadal
Age: 40y 327d (1985-04-26)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1986-06-03) Age: 39y 289d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
1 - 8
Wins: 11.1% - 88.9%
Hard 1–3Clay 0–5Grass 0–0
Masters 1000 0–6Slam 0–1Others 1–0500 0–1
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Isner and πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal have met 9 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 8–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Isner has compiled an overall career record of 489–317 across 806 matches, translating to a win rate of 60.67%. On hard courts his record stands at 351–221 (61.36%), while on clay he holds a 82–67 (55.03%) mark. On grass the numbers read 56–29 (65.88%) . Throughout his career he has won 16 titles (11 hard, 1 clay, 4 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 29–80 (26.61%).

πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael 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 4 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 3–1 (75.00%). The clay record between them sits at 5–0 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 5 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2022-05-09Rome MastersClayR324πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal (3)27πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Isner6-3 6-13761255.1%81.5%59.1%2/2
2017-10-02BeijingHardQF1πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal (1)17πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Isner (6)6-4 7-6(0)31035058.8%72.5%82.1%3/3
2017-09-22Laver CupHardRR17πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Isner1πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal7-5 7-6(1)3------0/0
2015-05-10Rome MastersClayR167πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal (4)17πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Isner (16)6-4 6-43803376.5%89.7%41.7%0/0
2015-04-12Monte Carlo MastersClayR165πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal (3)19πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Isner (15)7-6(6) 4-6 6-331407073.3%77.3%75.0%2/3
2013-08-11Cincinnati MastersHardF3πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal (4)22πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Isner7-6(8) 7-6(3)31156272.7%83.9%71.4%3/3
2011-05-22Roland GarrosClayR1281πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal (1)39πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Isner6-4 6-7(2) 6-7(2) 6-2 6-452418172.4%81.4%70.3%0/1
2010-05-09Madrid MastersClayR163πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal (2)19πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Isner (13)7-5 6-43871065.4%85.3%83.3%0/0
2010-03-11Indian Wells MastersHardR163πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈRafael Nadal (3)20πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Isner (15)7-5 3-6 6-331312360.3%84.1%72.4%0/1

Wins

John Isner
Rafael Nadal
1–8Overall
0–1Grand Slam
0–6Masters 1000
0–1ATP 500
1–0Others
1–3Hard
0–5Clay

Sets Format

12.5%1
87.5%7
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo5
16.7%1
83.3%5
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%2
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
5 Sets
John Isner
Rafael Nadal

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%3
Decider Set
20.0%1
80.0%4
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
100.0%1
After 3 hours
John Isner
Rafael Nadal

Sets

26.1%6
73.9%17
All
40.0%2
60.0%3
Grand Slam
14.3%2
85.7%12
Masters 1000
33.3%3
66.7%6
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
21.4%3
78.6%11
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
John Isner
Rafael Nadal

Games

44.4%110
55.6%138
All
44.4%24
55.6%30
Grand Slam
42.5%62
57.5%84
Masters 1000
48.1%50
51.9%54
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
41.7%60
58.3%84
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
John Isner
Rafael Nadal

Overview

By Surface

John Isner
Rafael Nadal

By Tournament Level

John Isner
Rafael Nadal

By Round

John Isner
Rafael Nadal

By Opponent Ranking

John IsnerRafael Nadal
23.1%3-10
vs Top 1
54.8%23-19
17.5%11-52
vs Top 5
59.6%93-63
26.6%29-80
vs Top 10
63.9%186-105
35.1%65-120
vs Top 20
70.4%335-141
56.4%362-280
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
77.4%127-37
vs +100
90.5%153-16
39.2%89-138
vs Higher
55%71-58
69.1%400-179
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

John IsnerRafael Nadal
59.9%331-222
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
62.5%158-95
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
60.3%412-271
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
62.6%77-46
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
60%390-260
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
61.7%87-54
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
61%484-309
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
27.3%3-8
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations