Head to head
3
Hard
0
1
Grass
0
1
Carpet
0
Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Ivo Karlovic's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 2015 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(4) |
| 2011 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 5-7 6-1 7-6(7) |
| 2010 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 2008 | Queen's Club | Grass | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-6(4) |
| 2004 | Milan | Carpet | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-7(5) 6-1 |
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.