H2H data updated: 2026-09-02 00:00 UTC

David Goffin vs Rafael Nadal H2H: 1-5

Rafael Nadal holds a 5–1 lead over David Goffin in their ATP head-to-head. Across 6 main-draw meetings, Rafael Nadal leads 5–0 on clay, while David Goffin leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Rafael Nadal won the 2022 Madrid Open third round 6-3 5-7 7-6(9).

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David Goffin
Belgium Age 35 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
1 – 5
6 main draw meetings
Rafael Nadal
ESP Age 40 Left-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Rafael Nadal #4 6-3 5-7 7-6(9) David Goffin #60 Match data May 6, 2022* R16 Madrid Open Masters 1000 Clay
Rafael Nadal #2 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3 David Goffin #29 Match data Jun 1, 2019* R32 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Rafael Nadal #1 6-4 6-0 David Goffin #10 Match data Apr 28, 2018* SF Barcelona Open ATP 500 Clay
David Goffin #8 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-4 Rafael Nadal #1 Match data Nov 13, 2017 RR ATP Finals ATP Finals Hard
Rafael Nadal #5 7-6(3) 6-2 David Goffin #10 Match data May 13, 2017* QF Madrid Open Masters 1000 Clay
Rafael Nadal #7 6-3 6-1 David Goffin #13 Match data Apr 22, 2017* SF Monte-Carlo Masters Masters 1000 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
David Goffin #317 #7 3,775 2,098 327 267 55.1% 0 0 0 0 1 5 6
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 David Goffin 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 2011 2–2 50.0% #174 1,592 0 0 2006 58–12 82.9% #2 2,129 2 17
21 2012 14–14 50.0% #46 1,786 0 0 2007 71–15 82.6% #2 2,154 3 23
22 2013 10–22 31.2% #110 1,741 0 0 2008 79–11 87.8% #1 2,271 5 31
23 2014 22–14 61.1% #22 1,969 0 2 2009 64–14 82.1% #2 2,182 6 36
24 2015 34–24 58.6% #16 1,979 0 2 2010 71–10 87.7% #1 2,294 9 43
25 2016 46–25 64.8% #11 2,014 0 2 2011 64–15 81.0% #2 2,257 10 46
26 2017 53–24 68.8% #7 2,062 0 4 2012 42–7 85.7% #4 2,345 11 50
27 2018 27–16 62.8% #22 2,023 0 4 2013 75–7 91.5% #1 2,439 13 60
28 2019 36–26 58.1% #11 1,981 0 4 2014 49–11 81.7% #3 2,269 14 64
29 2020 9–10 47.4% #15 1,859 0 4 2015 60–20 75.0% #5 2,234 14 67
30 2021 14–15 48.3% #39 1,743 0 5 2016 40–15 72.7% #9 2,133 14 69
31 2022 23–25 47.9% #53 1,759 0 6 2017 67–12 84.8% #1 2,309 16 75
32 2023 9–12 42.9% #111 1,716 0 6 2018 43–4 91.5% #2 2,351 17 80
33 2024 17–16 51.5% #52 1,825 0 6 2019 54–9 85.7% #1 2,378 19 84
34 2025 11–22 33.3% #119 1,695 0 6 2020 23–5 82.1% #2 2,319 20 86
35 — — — — — — — 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 David Goffin 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 2011 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 26 10 36 72.2% 24 0 24 100.0% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
21 2012 9 7 16 56.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 2007 32 12 44 72.7% 31 1 32 96.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
22 2013 8 13 21 38.1% 2 6 8 25.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2008 45 10 55 81.8% 22 1 23 95.7% 12 0 12 100.0% — — — —
23 2014 16 9 25 64.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2009 42 12 54 77.8% 22 2 24 91.7% — — — — — — — —
24 2015 17 14 31 54.8% 11 7 18 61.1% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — 2010 40 9 49 81.6% 22 0 22 100.0% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — —
25 2016 31 18 49 63.3% 10 5 15 66.7% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2011 31 11 42 73.8% 25 2 27 92.6% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
26 2017 39 17 56 69.6% 14 7 21 66.7% — — — — — — — — 2012 17 4 21 81.0% 23 1 24 95.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
27 2018 15 9 24 62.5% 12 5 17 70.6% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2013 37 4 41 90.2% 38 2 40 95.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
28 2019 20 17 37 54.1% 6 6 12 50.0% 10 3 13 76.9% — — — — 2014 21 6 27 77.8% 25 3 28 89.3% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
29 2020 9 8 17 52.9% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2015 29 12 41 70.7% 26 6 32 81.3% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — —
30 2021 9 9 18 50.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2016 18 10 28 64.3% 22 5 27 81.5% — — — — — — — —
31 2022 7 18 25 28.0% 12 5 17 70.6% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2017 40 10 50 80.0% 24 1 25 96.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — —
32 2023 4 4 8 50.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2018 14 2 16 87.5% 24 1 25 96.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — —
33 2024 15 10 25 60.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2019 28 5 33 84.8% 21 3 24 87.5% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — —
34 2025 8 18 26 30.8% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2020 14 4 18 77.8% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — — — — — —
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 — 209 173 382 54.7% 88 67 155 56.8% 30 27 57 52.6% — — — — — 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 585/594 of David Goffin'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 David Goffin 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 2011 4/4 3.8 2.5 60.9% 72.1% 54.7% 74.1% 40.0% 64.6% 36.3% 2006 69/70 3.5 1.6 68.8% 72.1% 57.4% 68.1% 47.6% 67.4% 41.6%
21 2012 27/28 4.8 5.0 57.0% 69.7% 50.0% 58.1% 33.8% 61.1% 36.5% 2007 85/86 2.8 1.5 67.7% 73.9% 57.7% 66.0% 45.9% 68.8% 42.6%
22 2013 32/32 3.1 5.1 61.5% 65.1% 47.9% 54.3% 43.0% 58.8% 38.4% 2008 84/90 3.1 1.3 69.4% 72.5% 59.4% 61.3% 48.2% 68.6% 43.4%
23 2014 36/36 6.1 3.6 55.7% 74.6% 51.7% 58.5% 45.6% 64.4% 38.7% 2009 76/78 2.9 1.3 67.0% 71.9% 57.7% 60.9% 48.9% 67.3% 43.9%
24 2015 57/58 6.1 3.6 56.0% 74.2% 50.5% 59.0% 39.5% 64.0% 39.5% 2010 81/81 3.8 1.5 67.1% 76.4% 60.1% 62.3% 49.0% 70.9% 41.7%
25 2016 68/71 5.3 3.6 59.6% 72.8% 51.0% 59.1% 47.4% 63.9% 41.6% 2011 78/79 3.4 1.6 67.2% 73.0% 58.5% 61.2% 50.2% 68.1% 44.0%
26 2017 76/77 5.6 2.8 57.8% 73.0% 53.0% 63.3% 44.5% 64.6% 40.0% 2012 48/49 3.3 1.2 67.4% 76.1% 57.9% 69.4% 51.0% 70.2% 46.0%
27 2018 42/43 4.9 2.5 61.5% 70.9% 52.4% 55.0% 47.2% 63.9% 39.9% 2013 81/82 2.7 1.5 69.2% 73.8% 58.2% 69.7% 49.9% 68.8% 43.2%
28 2019 61/62 6.1 2.9 59.1% 72.7% 50.9% 50.3% 43.7% 63.9% 40.0% 2014 59/60 3.1 1.5 70.0% 73.0% 57.0% 67.2% 51.3% 68.0% 44.9%
29 2020 19/19 5.6 4.6 58.1% 70.8% 45.9% 54.1% 43.6% 60.3% 37.6% 2015 80/80 2.8 2.1 68.0% 72.4% 55.4% 62.4% 43.3% 67.1% 41.6%
30 2021 29/29 4.9 3.5 58.3% 70.5% 47.5% 55.6% 47.6% 61.0% 39.9% 2016 47/55 2.2 1.6 71.0% 69.3% 54.7% 61.0% 47.3% 64.8% 44.1%
31 2022 48/48 4.6 3.4 57.1% 69.8% 49.2% 57.4% 40.2% 60.8% 38.5% 2017 77/79 3.7 1.6 67.5% 74.6% 63.0% 70.5% 44.6% 70.8% 44.0%
32 2023 20/21 4.8 2.5 58.7% 69.7% 50.1% 59.1% 49.3% 62.1% 38.6% 2018 47/47 2.6 1.9 65.5% 72.9% 60.7% 62.3% 49.0% 68.9% 45.6%
33 2024 33/33 5.2 3.3 59.3% 68.9% 47.6% 54.5% 35.6% 60.1% 38.0% 2019 59/63 4.6 2.0 64.8% 76.2% 60.5% 67.7% 47.1% 70.7% 43.3%
34 2025 33/33 5.2 3.3 54.7% 69.4% 47.1% 45.6% 32.5% 59.1% 36.1% 2020 28/28 4.6 1.8 62.8% 74.7% 60.9% 67.6% 54.4% 69.5% 44.6%
35 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 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 — 585/595 5.3 3.4 58.2% 71.4% 50.2% 56.7% 42.7% 62.6% 39.2% — 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 David Goffin 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 2010 1513 109.2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 2011 1592 118.2 +0.38 -0.19 1.024 50.5% +16 — — 50.0% +0.13 — 1–2 (33%) — +0.03 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 2012 1787 141.3 -1.58 -0.07 0.939 49.3% -19 -63 -158 44.0% -0.29 7–1 (88%) 5–6 (45%) — -1.07 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 2013 1741 143.3 -3.12 +1.83 0.931 48.6% +53 -71 -161 33.8% -0.91 5–8 (38%) 4–8 (33%) — -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 2014 1969 149.5 +0.59 +2.21 1.089 51.4% -16 -164 -335 57.3% +0.49 7–3 (70%) 4–5 (44%) — -0.19 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 2015 1980 163.3 +0.41 +3.77 1.096 51.4% -12 -66 -193 57.6% +0.57 10–8 (56%) 12–7 (63%) — +1.29 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 2016 2015 168.7 +0.59 +5.44 1.150 52.3% -6 -7 -135 59.8% +0.67 14–11 (56%) 11–15 (42%) — +2.25 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 2017 2062 168.3 +1.56 +4.11 1.130 52.3% +8 -73 — 61.1% +0.68 22–6 (79%) 20–15 (57%) — +2.16 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 2018 2023 162.8 +0.45 +4.21 1.104 51.6% +22 +13 — 58.5% +0.74 8–3 (73%) 9–8 (53%) — -1.15 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 2019 1981 161.7 +0.57 +4.20 1.109 51.7% -31 -6 +15 55.9% +0.53 7–5 (58%) 12–12 (50%) — -1.93 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 2020 1859 145.7 -2.07 +1.59 0.949 49.2% +36 — — 49.1% +0.02 2–2 (50%) 8–5 (62%) — +0.60 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 2021 1744 144.8 -1.38 +2.12 1.024 50.6% +54 +115 — 49.3% +0.06 5–4 (56%) 2–7 (22%) — +1.33 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 2022 1759 139.6 -1.73 +1.46 0.983 49.6% -130 +164 +241 50.0% -0.01 6–8 (43%) 10–11 (48%) — +0.26 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 2023 1717 128.9 -1.76 +1.71 1.019 50.0% -76 +94 +266 47.2% +0.15 2–3 (40%) 3–3 (50%) — +0.39 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 2024 1826 138.4 -3.46 +2.42 0.953 49.2% +10 -57 — 47.7% -0.16 8–3 (73%) 4–7 (36%) — -0.20 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 2025 1695 135.8 -4.25 -0.02 0.884 47.4% +3 +57 — 36.3% -0.87 5–6 (45%) 3–7 (30%) — -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 2026 1615 98.0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 — 2099 159.2 -0.57 +2.98 1.047 50.8% -6 -1 -47 52.8% +0.25 108–71 (60%) 108–118 (48%) 104.0 +0.58 — 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.