Head to head
2
Hard
7
0
Clay
6
0
Grass
1
Gael Monfils'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 (17)
| 2019 | Canada Masters | Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | W/O |
| 2018 | Madrid Masters | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-1 |
| 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4 |
| 2016 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | F | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 5-7 6-0 |
| 2015 | Stuttgart | Grass | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2014 | Australian Open | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-2 6-3 |
| 2014 | Doha | Hard | F | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2 |
| 2012 | Doha | Hard | SF | Gael Monfils | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2011 | Barcelona | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-2 |
| 2010 | Tokyo | Hard | F | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 7-5 |
| 2010 | Madrid Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-3 |
| 2009 | US Open | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 6-3 |
| 2009 | Rotterdam | Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2009 | Doha | Hard | QF | Gael Monfils | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2008 | Paris Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2006 | Rome Masters | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-2 |
| 2005 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R64 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-2 |
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.