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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 302d (1981-05-22)
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
(1986-06-03) Age: 39y 290d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
1 - 3
Wins: 25.0% - 75.0%
Hard 1–1Clay 0–2Grass 0–0
Olympics 01Masters 1000 11Slam 01
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🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer and 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal have met 4 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 31.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer has compiled an overall career record of 350334 across 684 matches, translating to a win rate of 51.17%. On hard courts his record stands at 180173 (50.99%), while on clay he holds a 123114 (51.90%) mark. On grass the numbers read 3935 (52.70%) , and on carpet 812 (40.00%). Throughout his career he has won 5 titles (4 hard, 1 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 1360 (17.81%).

🇪🇸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 2 times, the record is tied 11 (50.00% each). The clay record between them sits at 20 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 2 matches.

Date
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
13Overall
01Grand Slam
11Masters 1000
01Olympics
11Hard
02Clay

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