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Nick Kyrgios vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Nick Kyrgios seasons:20262025202320222021
Rafael Nadal seasons:20242023202220212020
🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
Age: 31y 58d (1995-04-27)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1986-06-03) Age: 40y 21d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
3 - 6
Wins: 33.3% - 66.7%
Hard 2–3Clay 0–2Grass 1–1
Slam 1–2Masters 1000 1–3500 1–1
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🇦🇺Nick Kyrgios and 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal have met 9 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 6–3.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺Nick Kyrgios has compiled an overall career record of 207–120 across 327 matches, translating to a win rate of 63.30%. On hard courts his record stands at 143–78 (64.71%), while on clay he holds a 27–21 (56.25%) mark. On grass the numbers read 37–21 (63.79%) . Throughout his career he has won 7 titles (7 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 27–41 (39.71%).

🇪🇸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 5 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 3–2 (60.00%). The clay record between them sits at 2–0 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 2 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 1–1 (50.00% each).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2022-03-07Indian Wells MastersHardQF4🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (4)132🇦🇺Nick Kyrgios (WC)7-6(0) 5-7 6-4316610765.7%77.6%48.6%3/5
2020-01-20Australian OpenHardR161🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)26🇦🇺Nick Kyrgios (23)6-3 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4)521812465.0%84.6%64.3%1/3
2019-07-01WimbledonGrassR642🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (3)43🇦🇺Nick Kyrgios6-3 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(3)518410263.5%82.2%71.4%0/2
2019-02-25AcapulcoHardR1672🇦🇺Nick Kyrgios2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(6)318321661.4%82.1%44.9%9/10
2017-10-02BeijingHardF1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)19🇦🇺Nick Kyrgios (8)6-2 6-13922166.1%70.3%57.9%4/4
2017-08-14Cincinnati MastersHardQF23🇦🇺Nick Kyrgios2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (1)6-2 7-538010562.5%85.7%52.4%2/3
2017-05-08Madrid MastersClayR165🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (4)20🇦🇺Nick Kyrgios (16)6-3 6-13725175.0%76.7%70.0%1/2
2016-05-09Rome MastersClayR165🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (5)20🇦🇺Nick Kyrgios6-7(3) 6-2 6-431591483.9%70.5%53.3%3/4
2014-06-23WimbledonGrassR16144🇦🇺Nick Kyrgios (WC)1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)7-6(5) 5-7 7-6(5) 6-3517837468.1%82.7%54.3%2/3

Wins

Nick Kyrgios
Rafael Nadal
3–6Overall
1–2Grand Slam
1–3Masters 1000
1–1ATP 500
2–3Hard
0–2Clay
1–1Grass

Sets Format

33.3%2
66.7%4
Bo3
33.3%1
66.7%2
Bo5
33.3%1
66.7%2
2 Sets
33.3%1
66.7%2
3 Sets
33.3%1
66.7%2
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Nick Kyrgios
Rafael Nadal

Deciding

33.3%1
66.7%2
Decider Set
33.3%2
66.7%4
Tiebreak Wins
33.3%1
66.7%2
After 3 hours
Nick Kyrgios
Rafael Nadal

Sets

40.7%11
59.3%16
All
41.7%5
58.3%7
Grand Slam
40.0%4
60.0%6
Masters 1000
42.9%6
57.1%8
Hard
50.0%4
50.0%4
Grass
20.0%1
80.0%4
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Nick Kyrgios
Rafael Nadal

Games

46.7%134
53.3%153
All
49.6%67
50.4%68
Grand Slam
46.1%47
53.9%55
Masters 1000
47.7%71
52.3%78
Hard
50.5%46
49.5%45
Grass
36.2%17
63.8%30
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Nick Kyrgios
Rafael Nadal

Overview

By Surface

Nick Kyrgios
Rafael Nadal

By Tournament Level

Nick Kyrgios
Rafael Nadal

By Round

Nick Kyrgios
Rafael Nadal

By Opponent Ranking

Nick KyrgiosRafael Nadal
60%3-2
vs Top 1
54.8%23-19
35.9%14-25
vs Top 5
59.6%93-63
39.7%27-41
vs Top 10
63.9%186-105
42.5%45-61
vs Top 20
70.4%335-141
61.6%173-108
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
73.9%34-12
vs +100
90.5%153-16
49.4%78-80
vs Higher
55%71-58
77.2%129-38
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

Nick KyrgiosRafael Nadal
62.5%55-33
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
63.6%152-87
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
62.9%175-103
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
65.3%32-17
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
66.2%172-88
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
51.5%34-32
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
66.3%161-82
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
48.4%30-32
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations