Kevin Anderson vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
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Kevin Anderson and Rafael Nadal have met 5 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 5–0.
Looking at their individual career profiles, Kevin Anderson has compiled an overall career record of 356–255 across 611 matches, translating to a win rate of 58.27%. On hard courts his record stands at 250–173 (59.10%), while on clay he holds a 59–53 (52.68%) mark. On grass the numbers read 47–29 (61.84%) . Throughout his career he has won 7 titles (6 hard, 1 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 19–72 (20.88%).
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 4 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 4–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 1 matches.
Date▼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
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| 2017-08-28 | US Open | Hard | F | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 32 | Kevin Anderson (28) | 6-3 6-3 6-4 | 5 | 147 | 1 | 1 | 62.5% | 84.4% | 70.4% | 0/0 |
| 2017-04-24 | Barcelona | Clay | R16 | 5 | Rafael Nadal (3) | 66 | Kevin Anderson | 6-3 6-4 | 3 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 73.5% | 86.1% | 69.2% | 0/0 |
| 2015-11-02 | Paris Masters | Hard | R16 | 6 | Rafael Nadal (7) | 12 | Kevin Anderson (11) | 4-6 7-6(6) 6-2 | 3 | 147 | 6 | 3 | 69.8% | 82.1% | 55.2% | 7/8 |
| 2015-01-19 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | 3 | Rafael Nadal (3) | 15 | Kevin Anderson (14) | 7-5 6-1 6-4 | 5 | 126 | 3 | 3 | 67.0% | 78.0% | 65.5% | 6/6 |
| 2010-08-09 | Canada Masters | Hard | R16 | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 87 | Kevin Anderson (Q) | 6-2 7-6(6) | 3 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 64.3% | 75.0% | 80.0% | 0/1 |