Head to head
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Clay
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Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Gaston Gaudio's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (6)
| 2006 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 5-7 6-1 6-1 |
| 2005 | Stuttgart | Clay | F | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-3 6-4 |
| 2005 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-0 |
| 2005 | Buenos Aires | Clay | QF | Gaston Gaudio | 0-6 6-0 6-1 |
| 2004 | Bastad | Clay | QF | Gaston Gaudio | 6-2 6-3 |
| 2003 | Hamburg Masters | Clay | R16 | Gaston Gaudio | 6-2 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.