Baghdatis v Nadal
ATP Tour career
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Rafael Nadal takes it, 12–2 on categories
Nadal wins on titles. Baghdatis’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Baghdatis 599 matches, Nadal 1,269 matches.
- Nadal has 92 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Baghdatis’ 4 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Nadal has the better first serve in %: 68 to Baghdatis’s 53.1.
- Baghdatis averages 7.3 aces a match to Nadal’s 3.1 — 2.3 times as many.
- Winners’ edge: Nadal’s team won 82%, Baghdatis’s team won 54% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Nadal has 1,269 matches across 23 seasons, Baghdatis 599 in 16 — 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.
- 0.04 total · best 1Titlesper game0.192 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.022 total · best 1
- 53.1First serve in %68.0
- 74.8First-serve points won %72.0
- 60.3Break points saved %66.2
- 37.6Return points won %42.4
- 7.34,353 total · best 29
Head to head
110 matches
since 20069
since 20069
- Hard · 7 matchesBaghdatis 1Nadal 6
- Grass · 2 matchesBaghdatis 0Nadal 2
- Clay · 1 matchBaghdatis 0Nadal 1
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesBaghdatis 0Nadal 2
Last meetings
- 16 Jan 2017 · Australian Open · Round of 64 · HardNadal won 6-3 6-1 6-3
- 8 June 2015 · Stuttgart · Round of 16 · GrassNadal won 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-2
- 1 May 2011 · ATP Masters 1000 Madrid · Round of 32 · ClayNadal won 6-1 6-3
- 15 Aug 2010 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Quarterfinal · HardBaghdatis won 6-4 4-6 6-4
- 5 Oct 2009 · Beijing · Round of 32 · HardNadal won 6-4 3-6 6-4
- 28 Oct 2007 · ATP Masters 1000 Paris · Semifinal · HardNadal won 4-6 6-4 6-3
- 15 Oct 2007 · ATP Masters 1000 Madrid · Round of 32 · HardNadal won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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