Head to head
1
Hard
0
6
Clay
0
1
Grass
0
Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Jarkko Nieminen's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 2014 | Madrid Masters | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-4 |
| 2012 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2011 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-2 |
| 2008 | Roland Garros | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-3 6-1 |
| 2008 | Australian Open | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-3 6-1 |
| 2006 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-4 6-4 |
| 2006 | Barcelona | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 4-6 6-4 6-3 |
| 2005 | Stuttgart | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 7-5 |
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.