Head to head
7
Hard
0
2
Clay
0
1
Grass
0
Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Paul-Henri Mathieu's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (10)
| 2010 | Wimbledon | Grass | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-2 6-2 |
| 2009 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-2 |
| 2008 | Miami Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2008 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 3-0 RET |
| 2007 | Canada Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 3-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 2006 | Roland Garros | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4 |
| 2006 | Dubai | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-7(5) 6-1 6-2 |
| 2006 | Marseille | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-4 |
| 2005 | Canada Masters | Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 7-5 |
| 2003 | Hamburg Masters | Clay | R64 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 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.