Head to head
7
Hard
4
4
Clay
0
2
Grass
0
Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Mikhail Youzhny's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (17)
| 2015 | Canada Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-3 |
| 2015 | Australian Open | Hard | R128 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-2 6-2 |
| 2014 | Rome Masters | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-7(4) 6-2 6-1 |
| 2013 | Madrid Masters | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-3 |
| 2012 | Doha | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2010 | US Open | Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-3 6-4 |
| 2008 | Wimbledon | Grass | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-3 6-1 |
| 2007 | Chennai | Hard | F | Mikhail Youzhny | 6-0 6-1 |
| 2007 | Paris Masters | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-2 |
| 2007 | Wimbledon | Grass | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 4-6 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-2 |
| 2007 | Rome Masters | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-2 |
| 2007 | Dubai | Hard | QF | Mikhail Youzhny | 7-6(5) 6-3 |
| 2006 | US Open | Hard | QF | Mikhail Youzhny | 6-3 5-7 7-6(5) 6-1 |
| 2005 | Rome Masters | Clay | R64 | Rafael Nadal | 6-0 6-2 |
| 2005 | Australian Open | Hard | R64 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 4-6 4-6 7-5 6-3 |
| 2005 | Doha | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 7-6(3) |
| 2004 | Dubai | Hard | QF | Mikhail Youzhny | 6-2 1-6 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.