Head to head
3
Hard
0
12
Clay
1
Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Nicolas Almagro's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (16)
| 2017 | Rome Masters | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 3-0 RET |
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 7-5 |
| 2015 | Roland Garros | Clay | R64 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-3 6-1 |
| 2015 | Barcelona | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-1 |
| 2015 | Miami Masters | Hard | R64 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-2 |
| 2014 | Barcelona | Clay | QF | Nicolas Almagro | 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4 |
| 2013 | Barcelona | Clay | F | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2013 | Acapulco | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-4 |
| 2012 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(4) 6-2 6-3 |
| 2010 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(2) 7-6(3) 6-4 |
| 2010 | Madrid Masters | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 4-6 6-2 6-2 |
| 2009 | Paris Masters | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 3-6 7-6(2) 7-5 |
| 2009 | US Open | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-4 6-4 |
| 2008 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-1 6-1 |
| 2006 | Barcelona | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(2) 6-3 |
| 2004 | Palermo | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 7-5 |
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.