Site logo

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
#831
30pts
Age: 30y 326d (1995-04-27)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1986-06-03) Age: 39y 289d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
3 - 6
Wins: 33.3% - 66.7%
Hard 2–3Clay 0–2Grass 1–1
Slam 12Masters 1000 13500 11
LWLLL
WLWWW

Match Prediction

FavoriteUnderdog
58.5%41.5%
-141+115

H2H Preview

🇦🇺Nick Kyrgios and 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal have met 9 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 63.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺Nick Kyrgios has compiled an overall career record of 206118 across 324 matches, translating to a win rate of 63.58%. On hard courts his record stands at 14378 (64.71%), while on clay he holds a 2721 (56.25%) mark. On grass the numbers read 3619 (65.45%) . Throughout his career he has won 7 titles (7 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 2741 (39.71%).

🇪🇸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 5 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 32 (60.00%). The clay record between them sits at 20 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 2 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 11 (50.00% each).

Date
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
36Overall
12Grand Slam
13Masters 1000
11ATP 500
23Hard
02Clay
11Grass

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%172-107
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
75.6%34-11
vs +100
90.5%153-16
50%77-77
vs Higher
55%71-58
77.2%129-38
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

Nick KyrgiosRafael Nadal
63.5%54-31
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
63.6%152-87
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
63.4%175-101
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
64.6%31-17
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
66.5%171-86
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
51.5%34-32
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
66.7%160-80
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
48.4%30-32
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations