Head to head
6
Hard
1
2
Clay
0
Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Gilles Simon's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (9)
| 2016 | Rio Olympics | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(5) 6-2 |
| 2015 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2014 | Rome Masters | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(1) 6-7(4) 6-2 |
| 2012 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2010 | US Open | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-4 6-2 |
| 2009 | Australian Open | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 7-5 7-5 |
| 2008 | Madrid Masters | Hard | SF | Gilles Simon | 3-6 7-5 7-6(6) |
| 2008 | Australian Open | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-2 6-3 |
| 2006 | Marseille | Hard | R16 | 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.