Fish v Nadal
ATP Tour career
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Rafael Nadal takes it, 12–2 on categories
Nadal wins on titles. Fish’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Fish 507 matches, Nadal 1,269 matches.
- Nadal has 92 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Fish’s 6 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Nadal has the better first serve in %: 68 to Fish’s 53.9.
- Fish averages 9.7 aces a match to Nadal’s 3.1 — 3.1 times as many.
- Winners’ edge: Nadal’s team won 82%, Fish’s team won 58% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Nadal has 1,269 matches across 23 seasons, Fish 507 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.06 total · best 1Titlesper game0.192 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.022 total · best 1
- 53.9First serve in %68.0
- 77.1First-serve points won %72.0
- 62.4Break points saved %66.2
- 36.8Return points won %42.4
- 9.74,923 total · best 43
Head to head
19 matches
since 20068
since 20068
- Hard · 6 matchesFish 1Nadal 5
- Grass · 3 matchesFish 0Nadal 3
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesFish 0Nadal 3
Last meetings
- 20 Nov 2011 · ATP Finals · Round robin · HardNadal won 6-2 3-6 7-6(3)
- 3 Oct 2011 · Tokyo · Semifinal · HardNadal won 7-5 6-1
- 14 Aug 2011 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Quarterfinal · HardFish won 6-3 6-4
- 20 June 2011 · Wimbledon · Quarterfinal · GrassNadal won 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-4
- 25 Aug 2008 · US Open · Quarterfinal · HardNadal won 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2
- 25 June 2007 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · GrassNadal won 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3
- 16 Oct 2006 · ATP Masters 1000 Madrid · Round of 32 · HardNadal won 6-4 6-2
- 12 June 2006 · London / Queen's Club · Round of 32 · GrassNadal won 7-6(1) 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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