Head to head
3
Hard
0
1
Clay
0
1
Grass
0
Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Denis Istomin's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 2016 | US Open | Hard | R128 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-4 6-2 |
| 2014 | Miami Masters | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-0 |
| 2012 | Roland Garros | Clay | R64 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-2 6-0 |
| 2010 | US Open | Hard | R64 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 7-6(5) 7-5 |
| 2010 | Queen's Club | Grass | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4 |
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.