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Jurgen Melzer vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jurgen Melzer seasons:20182017201620152014
Rafael Nadal seasons:20242023202220212020
🇦🇹 Jurgen Melzer
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
Age: 44y 357d (1981-05-22)
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
(1986-06-03) Age: 39y 345d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
1 - 3
Wins: 25.0% - 75.0%
Hard 1–1Clay 0–2Grass 0–0
Olympics 0–1Masters 1000 1–1Slam 0–1
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🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer and 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal have met 4 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer has compiled an overall career record of 350–334 across 684 matches, translating to a win rate of 51.17%. On hard courts his record stands at 180–173 (50.99%), while on clay he holds a 123–114 (51.90%) mark. On grass the numbers read 39–35 (52.70%) , and on carpet 8–12 (40.00%). Throughout his career he has won 5 titles (4 hard, 1 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 13–60 (17.81%).

🇪🇸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 2 times, the record is tied 1–1 (50.00% each). 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
2010-10-10Shanghai MastersHardR1612🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer (13)1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)6-1 3-6 6-3311914157.7%82.9%60.0%2/3
2010-05-24Roland GarrosClaySF2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)27🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer (22)6-2 6-3 7-6(6)51294476.5%75.4%55.0%1/3
2009-05-10Madrid MastersClayR321🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)27🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer6-3 6-13621058.5%87.5%64.7%0/0
2008-08-11Beijing OlympicsHardQF2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)51🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer6-0 6-43640063.2%70.8%85.7%0/1

Wins

Jurgen Melzer
Rafael Nadal
1–3Overall
0–1Grand Slam
1–1Masters 1000
0–1Olympics
1–1Hard
0–2Clay

Sets Format

33.3%1
66.7%2
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%2
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Jurgen Melzer
Rafael Nadal

Deciding

100.0%1
0.0%0
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Jurgen Melzer
Rafael Nadal

Sets

20.0%2
80.0%8
All
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grand Slam
40.0%2
60.0%3
Masters 1000
40.0%2
60.0%3
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
100.0%5
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jurgen Melzer
Rafael Nadal

Games

39.1%34
60.9%53
All
36.7%11
63.3%19
Grand Slam
46.3%19
53.7%22
Masters 1000
46.3%19
53.7%22
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
32.6%15
67.4%31
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jurgen Melzer
Rafael Nadal

Overview

By Surface

Jurgen Melzer
Rafael Nadal

By Tournament Level

Jurgen Melzer
Rafael Nadal

By Round

Jurgen Melzer
Rafael Nadal

By Opponent Ranking

Jurgen MelzerRafael Nadal
50%1-1
vs Top 1
54.8%23-19
16.7%5-25
vs Top 5
59.6%93-63
17.8%13-60
vs Top 10
63.9%186-105
26.6%38-105
vs Top 20
70.4%335-141
46.9%246-279
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
65.4%104-55
vs +100
90.5%153-16
36.8%112-192
vs Higher
55%71-58
62.6%238-142
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

Jurgen MelzerRafael Nadal
48.9%222-232
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
55.7%128-102
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
50.3%299-296
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
56.8%50-38
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
47.2%202-226
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
57.1%108-81
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
53.6%90-78
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
50.6%201-196
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations