Kyrgios v Nadal
ATP Tour career
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Rafael Nadal takes it, 10–4 on categories
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
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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