Head to head
1
Hard
3
0
Clay
5
John Isner'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 (9)
| 2022 | Rome Masters | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-1 |
| 2017 | Beijing | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 7-6(0) |
| 2017 | Laver Cup | Hard | RR | John Isner | 7-5 7-6(1) |
| 2015 | Rome Masters | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2015 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3 |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | F | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(8) 7-6(3) |
| 2011 | Roland Garros | Clay | R128 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-7(2) 6-7(2) 6-2 6-4 |
| 2010 | Madrid Masters | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-4 |
| 2010 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 3-6 6-3 |
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.