Head to head
2
Hard
2
2
Clay
5
Alexander Zverev'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 (11)
| 2024 | Roland Garros | Clay | R128 | Alexander Zverev | 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 |
| 2022 | Roland Garros | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(8) 6-6 RET |
| 2021 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2021 | Madrid Masters | Clay | QF | Alexander Zverev | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2020 | Paris Masters | Hard | SF | Alexander Zverev | 6-4 7-5 |
| 2019 | Tour Finals | Hard | RR | Alexander Zverev | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2018 | Rome Masters | Clay | F | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 1-6 6-3 |
| 2018 | Davis Cup WG QF: ESP vs GER | Clay | RR | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-4 6-4 |
| 2017 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-1 |
| 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 4-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 |
| 2016 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-7(8) 6-0 7-5 |
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.