Head to head
8
Hard
1
6
Clay
0
Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Grigor Dimitrov's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (15)
| 2021 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-1 |
| 2020 | Acapulco | Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2019 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-1 |
| 2018 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-1 |
| 2017 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 |
| 2017 | Beijing | Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 4-6 6-1 |
| 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 5-7 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-4 |
| 2016 | Beijing | Hard | QF | Grigor Dimitrov | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2015 | Basel | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 4-6 6-3 |
| 2015 | Madrid Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2014 | Rome Masters | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-2 |
| 2014 | Australian Open | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(7) 6-2 |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 5-7 6-2 |
| 2013 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 2-6 6-4 |
| 2009 | Rotterdam | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 3-6 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.