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Nick Kyrgios v Rafael Nadal: stats compared | Lineball
Nadal wins on titles. Kyrgios’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Kyrgios 303 matches, Nadal 1,269 matches.
Nadal has 92 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Kyrgios’ 7 titles (one every 25 matches).
Kyrgios averages 14.9 aces a match to Nadal’s 3.1 — 4.8 times as many.
Nadal averages a sets lost every 1.7 matches to Kyrgios’ 1.1.
Winners’ edge: Nadal’s team won 82%, Kyrgios’s team won 63% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Nadal has 1,269 matches across 23 seasons, Kyrgios 303 in 13 — 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.
0.07 total · best 1Titlesper game0.192 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.022 total · best 1
66.0First serve in %68.0
77.4First-serve points won %72.0
67.2Break points saved %66.2
32.7Return points won %42.4
14.9
Head to head
39 matches since 20146
Hard · 5 matchesKyrgios 2Nadal 3
Grass · 2 matchesKyrgios 1Nadal 1
Clay · 2 matchesKyrgios 0Nadal 2
Grand Slams · 3 matchesKyrgios 1Nadal 2
Finals · 1 matchKyrgios 0Nadal 1
Last meetings
10 Mar 2022 · BNP Paribas Open · Quarterfinal · HardNadal won 7-6(0) 5-7 6-4
20 Jan 2020 · Australian Open · Round of 16 · HardNadal won 6-3 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4)
1 July 2019 · Wimbledon · Round of 64 · GrassNadal won 6-3 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(3)
25 Feb 2019 · Acapulco · Round of 16 · HardKyrgios won 3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(6)
2 Oct 2017 · Beijing · Final · HardNadal won 6-2 6-1
13 Aug 2017 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Quarterfinal · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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4,523 total · best 44
Acesper game
3.13,979 total · best 23
14.64,423 total · best 32Games wonper game14.518,354 total · best 33
39.0Break points converted %44.8
60.6Sets won %76.7
52.6Games won %59.5
0.011 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1131 total · best 1
1.6492 total · best 3Sets wonper game2.02,495 total · best 3
1.1320 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.6760 total · best 3
13.23,990 total · best 30Games lostper game · lower is better9.812,483 total · best 34
0.7217 total · best 4Tiebreaksper game0.3420 total · best 3
Kyrgios won 6-2 7-5
7 May 2017 · ATP Masters 1000 Madrid · Round of 16 · ClayNadal won 6-3 6-1
8 May 2016 · ATP Masters 1000 Rome · Round of 16 · ClayNadal won 6-7(3) 6-2 6-4
23 June 2014 · Wimbledon · Round of 16 · GrassKyrgios won 7-6(5) 5-7 7-6(5) 6-3