Head to head
5
Hard
0
1
Clay
0
Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Santiago Giraldo's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (6)
| 2013 | Beijing | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2012 | Miami Masters | Hard | R64 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-0 |
| 2011 | Tokyo | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(6) 6-3 |
| 2011 | Barcelona | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-1 |
| 2010 | Tokyo | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2008 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R64 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 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.