Murray v Nadal
ATP Tour career
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Rafael Nadal takes it, 13–2 on categories
Nadal wins on grand slam titles. Murray’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Murray 965 matches, Nadal 1,269 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.
- 0.146 total · best 1Titlesper game0.192 total · best 1
- 0.03 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.022 total · best 1
- 58.3First serve in %68.0
- 74.2First-serve points won %72.0
- 62.1Break points saved %66.2
- 41.1Return points won %42.4
Head to head
724 matches
since 200717
since 200717
- Hard · 12 matchesMurray 5Nadal 7
- Clay · 9 matchesMurray 2Nadal 7
- Grass · 3 matchesMurray 0Nadal 3
- Grand Slams · 9 matchesMurray 2Nadal 7
- Finals · 4 matchesMurray 3Nadal 1
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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