Starace v Nadal
ATP Tour career
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Rafael Nadal takes it, 12–1 on categories
Nadal wins on first-serve points won %. Starace’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Starace 339 matches, Nadal 1,269 matches.
- Nadal has the better sets won %: 76.7 to Starace’s 44.7.
- Nadal averages 2.0 sets won a match to Starace’s 1.1 (81% more).
- Nadal averages a sets lost every 1.7 matches to Starace’s 1.4.
- Winners’ edge: Nadal’s team won 82%, Starace’s team won 43% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Nadal has 1,269 matches across 23 seasons, Starace 339 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (finals): 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.
- –Titlesper game0.192 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.022 total · best 1
- 72.3First serve in %68.0
- 65.6First-serve points won %72.0
- 61.1Break points saved %66.2
- 36.4Return points won %42.4
- 2.5843 total · best 14Acesper game
Head to head
06 matches
since 20056
since 20056
- Clay · 4 matchesStarace 0Nadal 4
- Hard · 2 matchesStarace 0Nadal 2
Last meetings
- 4 Jan 2010 · Doha · Round of 16 · HardNadal won 6-2 6-2
- 11 Aug 2008 · Beijing Olympics · Round of 64 · HardNadal won 6-2 3-6 6-2
- 11 May 2008 · ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg · Round of 32 · ClayNadal won 6-4 7-6(6)
- 28 Apr 2008 · Barcelona · Round of 32 · ClayNadal won 6-4 6-2
- 23 Apr 2007 · Barcelona · Quarterfinal · ClayNadal won 6-2 7-5
- 7 Feb 2005 · Buenos Aires · Round of 16 · ClayNadal won 6-1 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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