Head to head
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Hard
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Clay
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Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Dominic Thiem's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (16)
| 2024 | Brisbane | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-1 |
| 2020 | Tour Finals | Hard | RR | Dominic Thiem | 7-6(7) 7-6(4) |
| 2020 | Australian Open | Hard | QF | Dominic Thiem | 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(6) |
| 2019 | Roland Garros | Clay | F | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1 |
| 2019 | Barcelona | Clay | SF | Dominic Thiem | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2018 | US Open | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 0-6 6-4 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(5) |
| 2018 | Roland Garros | Clay | F | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-3 6-2 |
| 2018 | Madrid Masters | Clay | QF | Dominic Thiem | 7-5 6-3 |
| 2018 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-0 6-2 |
| 2017 | Roland Garros | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-4 6-0 |
| 2017 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | Dominic Thiem | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2017 | Madrid Masters | Clay | F | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(8) 6-4 |
| 2017 | Barcelona | Clay | F | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-1 |
| 2016 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-3 |
| 2016 | Buenos Aires | Clay | SF | Dominic Thiem | 6-4 4-6 7-6(4) |
| 2014 | Roland Garros | Clay | R64 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-2 6-3 |
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.