Head to head
2
Hard
3
0
Clay
4
Ivan Ljubicic'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)
| 2011 | Roland Garros | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-3 6-3 |
| 2011 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-3 |
| 2010 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | SF | Ivan Ljubicic | 3-6 6-4 7-6(1) |
| 2009 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 3-6 6-3 RET |
| 2009 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-3 |
| 2006 | Roland Garros | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-2 7-6(7) |
| 2005 | Madrid Masters | Hard | F | Rafael Nadal | 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3) |
| 2005 | Miami Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 |
| 2005 | Doha | Hard | QF | Ivan Ljubicic | 6-2 6-7(3) 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.