TENNISGOAT

Head to head

vs

🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori

2

12 titles · 0 Slams

🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal

12

92 titles · 22 Slams

2
Hard
4
0
Clay
6
0
Grass
2

Kei Nishikori's wins on the left · Rafael Nadal's on the right · bar lengths share one scale

Momentum

Kei Nishikori leads ↑ Rafael Nadal leads ↓

Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).

All meetings (14)

2021 Barcelona Clay R16 Rafael Nadal 6-0 2-6 6-2
2019 Roland Garros Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-1 6-3
2018 Monte Carlo Masters Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2
2016 Rio Olympics Hard BR Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-7(1) 6-3
2016 Barcelona Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-4 7-5
2016 Indian Wells Masters Hard QF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-3
2015 Canada Masters Hard QF Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-4
2014 Madrid Masters Clay F Rafael Nadal 2-6 6-4 3-0 RET
2014 Australian Open Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 7-6(3) 7-5 7-6(3)
2013 Roland Garros Clay R16 Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-1 6-3
2012 Miami Masters Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4
2011 Miami Masters Hard R64 Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4
2010 Wimbledon Grass R128 Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-4 6-4
2008 Queen's Club Grass R16 Rafael Nadal 6-4 3-6 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.