Head to head
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Hard
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Clay
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Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Fabio Fognini's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (18)
| 2022 | US Open | Hard | R64 | Rafael Nadal | 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-1 |
| 2021 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-4 6-2 |
| 2019 | Canada Masters | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 2-6 6-1 6-2 |
| 2019 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | SF | Fabio Fognini | 6-4 6-2 |
| 2018 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 4-6 6-1 6-2 |
| 2017 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-1 |
| 2017 | Madrid Masters | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 |
| 2017 | Miami Masters | Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 7-5 |
| 2016 | Barcelona | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 7-6(1) |
| 2015 | Beijing | Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-3 |
| 2015 | US Open | Hard | R32 | Fabio Fognini | 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 |
| 2015 | Hamburg | Clay | F | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 7-5 |
| 2015 | Barcelona | Clay | R16 | Fabio Fognini | 6-4 7-6(6) |
| 2015 | Rio de Janeiro | Clay | SF | Fabio Fognini | 1-6 6-2 7-5 |
| 2014 | Miami Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-2 |
| 2013 | Beijing | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 2-6 6-4 6-1 |
| 2013 | Roland Garros | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4 |
| 2013 | Rome Masters | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 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.