H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Benoit Paire vs Rafael Nadal H2H: 0-4

Rafael Nadal holds a 4–0 lead over Benoit Paire in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Rafael Nadal leads 3–0 on clay and 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Rafael Nadal won the 2018 Canadian Open second round 6-2 6-3.

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Benoit Paire
France Age 37 Right-Handed 196 cm / 6'5"
H2H
0 – 4
4 main draw meetings
Rafael Nadal
ESP Age 40 Left-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Rafael Nadal #1 6-2 6-3 Benoit Paire #55 Match data Aug 9, 2018* R32 Canadian Open Masters 1000 Hard
Rafael Nadal #4 6-1 6-4 6-1 Benoit Paire #45 Match data May 30, 2017* R128 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Rafael Nadal #5 6-3 6-4 Benoit Paire #37 Match data May 8, 2013* R32 Madrid Open Masters 1000 Clay
Rafael Nadal #5 7-6(2) 6-2 Benoit Paire #33 Match data Apr 26, 2013* R16 Barcelona Open ATP 500 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS Olympics 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Benoit Paire #862 #18 1,805 1,951 240 294 44.9% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Rafael Nadal #175 #1 15,390 2,503 1,056 228 82.2% 22 1 36 0 23 10 92

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Benoit Paire Rafael Nadal
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 — — — — — — — 2002 1–1 50.0% #200 1,508 0 0
17 — — — — — — — 2003 14–11 56.0% #49 1,640 0 0
18 — — — — — — — 2004 27–17 61.4% #51 1,744 0 1
19 — — — — — — — 2005 77–10 88.5% #2 2,156 1 12
20 — — — — — — — 2006 58–12 82.9% #2 2,129 2 17
21 2010 1–4 20.0% #152 1,586 0 0 2007 71–15 82.6% #2 2,154 3 23
22 2011 5–10 33.3% #95 1,603 0 0 2008 79–11 87.8% #1 2,271 5 31
23 2012 26–26 50.0% #47 1,781 0 0 2009 64–14 82.1% #2 2,182 6 36
24 2013 32–30 51.6% #26 1,786 0 0 2010 71–10 87.7% #1 2,294 9 43
25 2014 10–19 34.5% #118 1,718 0 0 2011 64–15 81.0% #2 2,257 10 46
26 2015 25–17 59.5% #19 1,924 0 1 2012 42–7 85.7% #4 2,345 11 50
27 2016 23–32 41.8% #47 1,716 0 1 2013 75–7 91.5% #1 2,439 13 60
28 2017 31–31 50.0% #41 1,785 0 1 2014 49–11 81.7% #3 2,269 14 64
29 2018 26–28 48.1% #52 1,811 0 1 2015 60–20 75.0% #5 2,234 14 67
30 2019 34–28 54.8% #24 1,818 0 3 2016 40–15 72.7% #9 2,133 14 69
31 2020 8–12 40.0% #28 1,709 0 3 2017 67–12 84.8% #1 2,309 16 75
32 2021 13–28 31.7% #46 1,659 0 3 2018 43–4 91.5% #2 2,351 17 80
33 2022 4–22 15.4% #179 1,594 0 3 2019 54–9 85.7% #1 2,378 19 84
34 2023 0–4 0.0% #117 1,585 0 3 2020 23–5 82.1% #2 2,319 20 86
35 2024 2–3 40.0% #415 1,508 0 3 2021 24–5 82.8% #6 2,278 20 88
36 — — — — — — — 2022 40–9 81.6% #2 2,229 22 92
37 — — — — — — — 2023 1–1 50.0% #670 2,189 22 92
38 — — — — — — — 2024 12–7 63.2% #153 2,066 22 92

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Benoit Paire Rafael Nadal
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2003 1 2 3 33.3% 11 6 17 64.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 0 2 2 0.0%
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 14 10 24 58.3% 12 4 16 75.0% — — — — 1 3 4 25.0%
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 28 6 34 82.4% 48 2 50 96.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 26 10 36 72.2% 24 0 24 100.0% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
21 2010 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2007 32 12 44 72.7% 31 1 32 96.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
22 2011 3 4 7 42.9% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2008 45 10 55 81.8% 22 1 23 95.7% 12 0 12 100.0% — — — —
23 2012 9 14 23 39.1% 12 10 22 54.5% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2009 42 12 54 77.8% 22 2 24 91.7% — — — — — — — —
24 2013 16 17 33 48.5% 13 10 23 56.5% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2010 40 9 49 81.6% 22 0 22 100.0% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — —
25 2014 7 8 15 46.7% 3 8 11 27.3% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2011 31 11 42 73.8% 25 2 27 92.6% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
26 2015 12 9 21 57.1% 12 6 18 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2012 17 4 21 81.0% 23 1 24 95.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
27 2016 13 20 33 39.4% 9 10 19 47.4% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2013 37 4 41 90.2% 38 2 40 95.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
28 2017 17 18 35 48.6% 8 10 18 44.4% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — 2014 21 6 27 77.8% 25 3 28 89.3% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
29 2018 17 17 34 50.0% 5 8 13 38.5% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2015 29 12 41 70.7% 26 6 32 81.3% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — —
30 2019 16 20 36 44.4% 15 5 20 75.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2016 18 10 28 64.3% 22 5 27 81.5% — — — — — — — —
31 2020 7 9 16 43.8% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — 2017 40 10 50 80.0% 24 1 25 96.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — —
32 2021 7 14 21 33.3% 6 12 18 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2018 14 2 16 87.5% 24 1 25 96.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — —
33 2022 3 10 13 23.1% 1 10 11 9.1% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2019 28 5 33 84.8% 21 3 24 87.5% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — —
34 2023 0 1 1 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2020 14 4 18 77.8% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — — — — — —
35 2024 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2021 5 2 7 71.4% 19 3 22 86.4% — — — — — — — —
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 25 6 31 80.6% 10 2 12 83.3% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — —
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 2 1 3 66.7% 10 6 16 62.5% — — — — — — — —
Career — 129 165 294 43.9% 87 101 188 46.3% 24 28 52 46.2% — — — — — 510 149 659 77.4% 469 53 522 89.8% 76 21 97 78.4% 1 5 6 16.7%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 532/534 of Benoit Paire's and 1,250/1,284 of Rafael Nadal's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Benoit Paire Rafael Nadal
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
16 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2002 2/2 0.5 0.5 86.2% 59.1% 31.4% 61.1% 71.4% 55.0% 39.8%
17 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2003 24/25 1.5 1.9 71.3% 67.9% 53.6% 63.8% 47.9% 63.8% 40.4%
18 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2004 43/44 1.3 2.0 70.1% 68.4% 54.4% 58.3% 46.4% 64.1% 41.2%
19 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2005 87/87 2.5 1.5 68.7% 72.6% 58.1% 61.2% 50.5% 68.2% 46.4%
20 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2006 69/70 3.5 1.6 68.8% 72.1% 57.4% 68.1% 47.6% 67.4% 41.6%
21 2010 5/5 14.0 6.0 52.0% 73.0% 44.6% 60.9% 36.7% 59.4% 32.3% 2007 85/86 2.8 1.5 67.7% 73.9% 57.7% 66.0% 45.9% 68.8% 42.6%
22 2011 15/15 5.7 3.6 51.3% 70.3% 45.8% 46.5% 42.7% 58.3% 36.8% 2008 84/90 3.1 1.3 69.4% 72.5% 59.4% 61.3% 48.2% 68.6% 43.4%
23 2012 52/52 7.4 4.5 51.7% 72.8% 46.8% 55.1% 38.9% 60.4% 39.6% 2009 76/78 2.9 1.3 67.0% 71.9% 57.7% 60.9% 48.9% 67.3% 43.9%
24 2013 62/62 8.7 3.8 52.4% 74.0% 47.2% 56.0% 41.6% 61.4% 38.4% 2010 81/81 3.8 1.5 67.1% 76.4% 60.1% 62.3% 49.0% 70.9% 41.7%
25 2014 29/29 9.9 4.5 51.5% 76.0% 45.2% 59.3% 40.4% 60.3% 35.9% 2011 78/79 3.4 1.6 67.2% 73.0% 58.5% 61.2% 50.2% 68.1% 44.0%
26 2015 42/42 7.5 4.0 52.4% 72.9% 48.6% 57.9% 46.7% 61.2% 38.6% 2012 48/49 3.3 1.2 67.4% 76.1% 57.9% 69.4% 51.0% 70.2% 46.0%
27 2016 53/55 7.9 4.7 49.6% 72.4% 46.1% 56.7% 40.9% 59.3% 37.0% 2013 81/82 2.7 1.5 69.2% 73.8% 58.2% 69.7% 49.9% 68.8% 43.2%
28 2017 62/62 8.3 4.6 52.3% 75.6% 46.2% 56.8% 47.3% 61.5% 38.8% 2014 59/60 3.1 1.5 70.0% 73.0% 57.0% 67.2% 51.3% 68.0% 44.9%
29 2018 54/54 8.9 5.5 51.0% 76.1% 44.4% 54.3% 42.8% 60.4% 38.2% 2015 80/80 2.8 2.1 68.0% 72.4% 55.4% 62.4% 43.3% 67.1% 41.6%
30 2019 62/62 9.8 6.6 51.7% 78.4% 45.7% 60.2% 41.1% 62.7% 36.9% 2016 47/55 2.2 1.6 71.0% 69.3% 54.7% 61.0% 47.3% 64.8% 44.1%
31 2020 20/20 9.8 6.2 52.9% 71.6% 43.2% 56.6% 39.1% 58.3% 35.7% 2017 77/79 3.7 1.6 67.5% 74.6% 63.0% 70.5% 44.6% 70.8% 44.0%
32 2021 41/41 8.5 7.5 52.9% 73.6% 40.1% 57.1% 43.9% 58.0% 35.8% 2018 47/47 2.6 1.9 65.5% 72.9% 60.7% 62.3% 49.0% 68.9% 45.6%
33 2022 26/26 7.4 7.8 50.9% 71.2% 39.3% 49.6% 31.7% 55.6% 34.1% 2019 59/63 4.6 2.0 64.8% 76.2% 60.5% 67.7% 47.1% 70.7% 43.3%
34 2023 4/4 10.8 9.5 54.2% 71.6% 41.8% 55.9% 33.5% 58.3% 33.3% 2020 28/28 4.6 1.8 62.8% 74.7% 60.9% 67.6% 54.4% 69.5% 44.6%
35 2024 5/5 6.6 7.2 57.5% 73.1% 39.0% 48.0% 37.5% 58.7% 38.4% 2021 29/29 4.0 2.7 64.0% 73.5% 55.3% 60.7% 46.4% 66.9% 44.7%
36 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2022 47/49 4.8 3.6 65.2% 73.8% 55.8% 56.6% 48.5% 67.5% 42.0%
37 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2023 2/2 6.0 2.5 64.6% 67.3% 49.9% 50.6% 50.0% 61.2% 36.8%
38 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2024 17/19 2.1 1.7 69.1% 69.0% 53.5% 56.3% 43.7% 64.2% 40.2%
Career — 532/534 8.5 5.3 51.8% 74.3% 45.2% 56.2% 41.8% 60.3% 37.4% — 1,250/1,284 3.1 1.7 67.8% 73.1% 58.0% 63.9% 48.2% 68.2% 43.4%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Benoit Paire Rafael Nadal
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 1508 101.2 +0.34 -2.99 0.884 48.1% — — — 50.0% -1.00 — — — +0.13
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2003 1641 140.0 +0.72 +2.04 1.116 52.2% -128 +81 -52 55.2% +0.40 1–5 (17%) 0–5 (0%) — +0.33
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 1744 145.4 +1.37 +3.48 1.148 52.6% -75 +92 — 59.6% +0.69 4–8 (33%) 6–7 (46%) — +0.83
19 2008 1471 97.6 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 2156 168.1 +5.90 +8.66 1.457 56.7% -139 +157 -582 80.4% +2.06 15–6 (71%) 16–9 (64%) — +0.44
20 2009 1493 103.4 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 2129 165.1 +5.41 +5.16 1.277 54.2% -128 +357 -277 76.4% +1.52 11–3 (79%) 20–12 (63%) — -2.20
21 2010 1586 118.3 -2.12 -0.94 0.796 46.5% -23 — — 33.3% -0.89 1–1 2–2 (50%) — -0.04 2007 2154 170.3 +6.23 +6.38 1.363 54.9% -117 +371 -123 77.6% +1.81 11–3 (79%) 13–9 (59%) — -1.58
22 2011 1603 123.4 -3.06 +0.10 0.882 47.5% -3 +27 — 35.0% -0.77 3–1 (75%) 2–5 (29%) — -0.13 2008 2271 172.8 +5.78 +7.19 1.382 55.5% -113 +338 +31 81.7% +2.07 16–2 (89%) 22–10 (69%) — -1.34
23 2012 1782 142.4 -1.71 +1.64 0.998 49.9% -102 -34 -102 49.6% -0.07 9–9 (50%) 11–14 (44%) — -0.08 2009 2182 178.2 +4.87 +7.91 1.342 55.0% -15 +402 — 74.3% +1.61 13–2 (87%) 16–12 (57%) — +0.99
24 2013 1786 157.4 -1.15 +1.47 0.993 50.0% -35 +83 -99 53.3% +0.10 9–11 (45%) 16–12 (57%) — +1.43 2010 2295 174.6 +7.48 +6.14 1.437 55.7% -31 +354 +112 82.7% +1.96 12–7 (63%) 22–6 (79%) — +0.16
25 2014 1718 134.7 -2.95 -1.19 0.905 48.0% +51 +26 -117 42.3% -0.28 5–7 (42%) 5–13 (28%) — +0.67 2011 2257 176.9 +5.72 +8.05 1.379 55.4% -39 +410 +159 75.5% +1.65 10–6 (63%) 19–9 (68%) — -1.97
26 2015 1925 154.1 -1.52 +2.40 0.997 50.1% -34 +9 -319 55.0% +0.20 12–5 (71%) 9–3 (75%) — -0.04 2012 2345 178.2 +7.27 +8.98 1.545 57.5% -35 +358 -32 83.7% +2.37 3–3 (50%) 8–3 (73%) — -1.78
27 2016 1716 146.7 -3.57 +0.24 0.910 48.0% +10 +122 -135 43.2% -0.58 12–13 (48%) 10–13 (43%) — +2.19 2013 2440 183.0 +6.19 +7.44 1.386 55.7% +11 +306 — 82.6% +2.10 14–1 (93%) 18–7 (72%) — -1.01
28 2017 1785 155.3 -2.05 +2.27 1.008 50.0% -17 +10 -39 51.7% +0.01 5–11 (31%) 17–9 (65%) — +1.95 2014 2269 173.9 +4.79 +8.24 1.406 55.9% +44 +435 -117 74.3% +1.88 9–4 (69%) 12–12 (50%) — -0.59
29 2018 1812 153.2 -1.98 +2.17 0.965 49.3% -13 -26 +8 48.6% -0.23 10–11 (48%) 16–12 (57%) — -1.92 2015 2235 176.9 +3.33 +6.13 1.265 54.0% +41 +333 -122 70.0% +1.38 14–9 (61%) 15–12 (56%) — +1.00
30 2019 1819 150.0 -1.37 +1.15 0.989 49.8% -72 +114 +30 51.9% +0.04 11–11 (50%) 16–13 (55%) — -0.26 2016 2134 174.6 +2.22 +7.13 1.252 54.3% -34 +352 — 71.1% +1.59 9–6 (60%) 8–12 (40%) — -0.77
31 2020 1710 127.4 -3.57 -0.47 0.857 47.1% -1 +130 — 45.3% -0.36 6–4 (60%) 4–7 (36%) — +1.03 2017 2310 181.5 +7.06 +8.36 1.508 56.6% -43 +222 -250 80.3% +2.13 9–5 (64%) 15–8 (65%) — -1.97
32 2021 1659 142.0 -3.78 -1.03 0.851 47.3% +15 +77 — 36.2% -0.96 4–9 (31%) 6–7 (46%) — +1.03 2018 2351 176.2 +5.50 +8.38 1.463 56.7% -81 +242 -202 86.9% +2.46 5–1 (83%) 10–5 (67%) — -0.45
33 2022 1594 131.2 -5.62 -1.88 0.767 45.2% +64 +14 — 28.4% -1.51 2–6 (25%) 4–4 (50%) — -0.83 2019 2379 180.2 +6.55 +7.64 1.474 56.5% -40 +196 -148 82.9% +2.39 6–2 (75%) 10–6 (63%) — -0.66
34 2023 1585 113.0 -2.53 -0.35 0.797 46.6% — -8 — 25.0% -1.25 0–2 0–2 — -0.19 2020 2319 171.0 +5.49 +6.57 1.461 56.8% -54 +222 — 79.7% +2.32 3–1 (75%) 7–6 (54%) — -0.41
35 2024 1508 101.4 -2.39 -0.60 0.929 48.2% — — — 38.5% -0.85 2–1 (67%) 2–1 (67%) — +0.34 2021 2279 165.5 +4.20 +7.79 1.347 55.7% -42 +275 — 76.5% +1.86 6–3 (67%) 3–3 (50%) — -0.99
36 2025 1493 96.9 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 2230 169.2 +3.67 +6.30 1.291 54.4% -30 +333 +92 73.9% +1.50 8–4 (67%) 12–5 (71%) — -0.71
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 2190 111.8 +1.96 +1.40 0.950 49.3% — — — 42.9% -0.14 — — — -0.01
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 2067 139.3 +0.62 +2.72 1.124 52.2% +59 +276 — 55.6% +0.58 5–1 (83%) 1–4 (20%) — -0.98
Career — 1951 150.1 -2.39 +0.90 0.942 48.9% -20 +44 -71 46.6% -0.28 91–102 (47%) 120–117 (51%) 103.5 +0.96 — 2504 179.0 +5.24 +7.01 1.365 55.3% -49 +295 -72 76.9% +1.81 184–82 (69%) 253–162 (61%) 104.0 -1.07

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.