Head to head
2
Hard
8
1
Clay
8
0
Grass
1
Fernando Verdasco's wins on the left · Rafael Nadal's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (20)
| 2019 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-0 |
| 2017 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 7-5 |
| 2016 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-0 7-6(9) |
| 2016 | Australian Open | Hard | R128 | Fernando Verdasco | 7-6(6) 4-6 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2 |
| 2015 | Hamburg | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 3-6 6-1 6-1 |
| 2015 | Miami Masters | Hard | R32 | Fernando Verdasco | 6-4 2-6 6-3 |
| 2012 | Madrid Masters | Clay | R16 | Fernando Verdasco | 6-3 3-6 7-5 |
| 2012 | Barcelona | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-0 6-4 |
| 2011 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 7-6(9) |
| 2010 | US Open | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-3 6-4 |
| 2010 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | F | Rafael Nadal | 6-0 6-1 |
| 2009 | Madrid Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 7-5 |
| 2009 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-3 |
| 2009 | Australian Open | Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(2) 6-7(1) 6-4 |
| 2008 | Roland Garros | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-0 6-2 |
| 2007 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2006 | Queen's Club | Grass | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 2-6 7-6(3) 7-6(3) |
| 2005 | Stuttgart | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2005 | Miami Masters | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-2 |
| 2005 | Doha | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 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.