Head to head
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Hard
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Clay
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Guillermo Garcia-Lopez's wins on the left · Rafael Nadal's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (6)
| 2018 | Barcelona | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-3 |
| 2012 | Barcelona | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-2 |
| 2011 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2010 | Bangkok | Hard | SF | Guillermo Garcia-Lopez | 2-6 7-6(3) 6-3 |
| 2007 | Chennai | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2005 | Valencia | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-4 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.