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Rafael Nadal v Andy Murray: stats compared | Lineball
Nadal wins on grand slam titles. Murray’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Nadal 1,269 matches, Murray 965 matches.
Nadal has 22 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Murray’s 3 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
Nadal has 92 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Murray’s 46 titles (one every 16.7 matches).
Murray averages 6.8 aces a match to Nadal’s 3.1 — 2.2 times as many.
Winners’ edge: Nadal’s team won 82%, Murray’s team won 73% of the matches they played.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam 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.
0.192 total · best 1Titlesper game0.146 total · best 1
0.022 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
68.0First serve in %58.3
72.0First-serve points won %74.2
66.2Break points saved %62.1
42.4Return points won %41.1
Head to head
1724 matches since 20077
Hard · 12 matchesNadal 7Murray 5
Clay · 9 matchesNadal 7Murray 2
Grass · 3 matchesNadal 3Murray 0
Grand Slams · 9 matchesNadal 7Murray 2
Finals · 4 matchesNadal 1Murray 3
Last meetings
1 May 2016 · ATP Masters 1000 Madrid · Semifinal · ClayMurray won 7-5 6-4
10 Apr 2016 · ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo · Semifinal · ClayNadal won 2-6 6-4 6-2
15 Nov 2015 · ATP Finals · Round robin · HardNadal won 6-4 6-1
3 May 2015 · ATP Masters 1000 Madrid · Final · ClayMurray won 6-3 6-2
26 May 2014 · Roland Garros · Semifinal · ClayNadal won 6-3 6-2 6-1
11 May 2014 · ATP Masters 1000 Rome · Quarterfinal · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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3.13,979 total · best 23Acesper game6.86,519 total · best 26
14.518,354 total · best 33Games wonper game14.313,802 total · best 31
44.8Break points converted %42.5
76.7Sets won %67.2
59.5Games won %55.9
0.1131 total · best 1Finalsper game0.171 total · best 1
2.02,495 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.81,720 total · best 3
0.6760 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.9839 total · best 3
9.812,483 total · best 34Games lostper game · lower is better11.310,878 total · best 30
0.3420 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.4380 total · best 3
Nadal won 1-6 6-3 7-5
3 Oct 2011 · Tokyo · Final · HardMurray won 3-6 6-2 6-0
29 Aug 2011 · US Open · Semifinal · HardNadal won 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2
20 June 2011 · Wimbledon · Semifinal · GrassNadal won 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-4
22 May 2011 · Roland Garros · Semifinal · ClayNadal won 6-4 7-5 6-4