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

Frances Tiafoe vs Rafael Nadal H2H: 1-2

Rafael Nadal holds a 2–1 lead over Frances Tiafoe in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on hard courts, while Rafael Nadal leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Frances Tiafoe won the 2022 US Open fourth round 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3.

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Frances Tiafoe
United States Age 28 Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"
H2H
1 – 2
3 main draw meetings
Rafael Nadal
ESP Age 40 Left-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Frances Tiafoe #26 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3 Rafael Nadal #3 Match data Sep 6, 2022* R16 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Rafael Nadal #2 6-3 6-4 Frances Tiafoe #37 Match data May 10, 2019* R16 Madrid Open Masters 1000 Clay
Rafael Nadal #2 6-3 6-4 6-2 Frances Tiafoe #39 Match data Jan 24, 2019* QF Australian Open Grand Slam Hard

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
Frances Tiafoe #12 #10 3,130 2,015 262 215 54.9% 0 0 0 0 1 3 4
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 Frances Tiafoe Rafael Nadal
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 2014 0–1 0.0% — 1,469 0 0 2002 1–1 50.0% #200 1,508 0 0
17 2015 1–5 16.7% #176 1,487 0 0 2003 14–11 56.0% #49 1,640 0 0
18 2016 1–6 14.3% #108 1,507 0 0 2004 27–17 61.4% #51 1,744 0 1
19 2017 7–17 29.2% #79 1,706 0 0 2005 77–10 88.5% #2 2,156 1 12
20 2018 27–22 55.1% #39 1,818 0 1 2006 58–12 82.9% #2 2,129 2 17
21 2019 21–25 45.7% #47 1,800 0 1 2007 71–15 82.6% #2 2,154 3 23
22 2020 9–11 45.0% #59 1,815 0 1 2008 79–11 87.8% #1 2,271 5 31
23 2021 32–24 57.1% #38 1,927 0 1 2009 64–14 82.1% #2 2,182 6 36
24 2022 34–23 59.6% #19 1,979 0 1 2010 71–10 87.7% #1 2,294 9 43
25 2023 34–19 64.2% #16 1,896 0 3 2011 64–15 81.0% #2 2,257 10 46
26 2024 32–25 56.1% #18 1,898 0 3 2012 42–7 85.7% #4 2,345 11 50
27 2025 26–21 55.3% #30 1,814 0 3 2013 75–7 91.5% #1 2,439 13 60
28 2026 38–16 70.4% #12 1,966 0 4 2014 49–11 81.7% #3 2,269 14 64
29 — — — — — — — 2015 60–20 75.0% #5 2,234 14 67
30 — — — — — — — 2016 40–15 72.7% #9 2,133 14 69
31 — — — — — — — 2017 67–12 84.8% #1 2,309 16 75
32 — — — — — — — 2018 43–4 91.5% #2 2,351 17 80
33 — — — — — — — 2019 54–9 85.7% #1 2,378 19 84
34 — — — — — — — 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 Frances Tiafoe 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 2014 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
17 2015 1 3 4 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2003 1 2 3 33.3% 11 6 17 64.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 0 2 2 0.0%
18 2016 1 5 6 16.7% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2004 14 10 24 58.3% 12 4 16 75.0% — — — — 1 3 4 25.0%
19 2017 6 13 19 31.6% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2005 28 6 34 82.4% 48 2 50 96.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
20 2018 17 15 32 53.1% 6 5 11 54.5% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2006 26 10 36 72.2% 24 0 24 100.0% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
21 2019 16 17 33 48.5% 4 5 9 44.4% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2007 32 12 44 72.7% 31 1 32 96.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
22 2020 9 9 18 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2008 45 10 55 81.8% 22 1 23 95.7% 12 0 12 100.0% — — — —
23 2021 25 16 41 61.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2009 42 12 54 77.8% 22 2 24 91.7% — — — — — — — —
24 2022 23 14 37 62.2% 8 6 14 57.1% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2010 40 9 49 81.6% 22 0 22 100.0% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — —
25 2023 19 13 32 59.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — — 2011 31 11 42 73.8% 25 2 27 92.6% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
26 2024 24 17 41 58.5% 5 5 10 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2012 17 4 21 81.0% 23 1 24 95.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
27 2025 14 12 26 53.8% 11 7 18 61.1% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2013 37 4 41 90.2% 38 2 40 95.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
28 2026 22 10 32 68.8% 7 4 11 63.6% 9 2 11 81.8% — — — — 2014 21 6 27 77.8% 25 3 28 89.3% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 29 12 41 70.7% 26 6 32 81.3% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — —
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 18 10 28 64.3% 22 5 27 81.5% — — — — — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 40 10 50 80.0% 24 1 25 96.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 14 2 16 87.5% 24 1 25 96.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 28 5 33 84.8% 21 3 24 87.5% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — —
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 — 177 145 322 55.0% 52 48 100 52.0% 33 22 55 60.0% — — — — — 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 474/478 of Frances Tiafoe'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 Frances Tiafoe 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 2014 1/1 2.0 6.0 54.9% 74.4% 40.6% 75.0% 33.3% 59.2% 28.6% 2002 2/2 0.5 0.5 86.2% 59.1% 31.4% 61.1% 71.4% 55.0% 39.8%
17 2015 6/6 9.0 2.5 59.8% 71.7% 48.9% 60.8% 21.2% 62.2% 30.4% 2003 24/25 1.5 1.9 71.3% 67.9% 53.6% 63.8% 47.9% 63.8% 40.4%
18 2016 7/7 5.7 2.6 64.1% 67.8% 52.2% 49.8% 35.1% 62.1% 34.6% 2004 43/44 1.3 2.0 70.1% 68.4% 54.4% 58.3% 46.4% 64.1% 41.2%
19 2017 24/24 8.1 3.1 58.9% 70.8% 52.8% 50.2% 39.0% 63.2% 34.2% 2005 87/87 2.5 1.5 68.7% 72.6% 58.1% 61.2% 50.5% 68.2% 46.4%
20 2018 49/49 7.8 3.0 61.0% 72.9% 52.9% 61.8% 40.6% 65.0% 35.2% 2006 69/70 3.5 1.6 68.8% 72.1% 57.4% 68.1% 47.6% 67.4% 41.6%
21 2019 46/46 6.0 2.4 65.4% 70.9% 50.9% 53.2% 39.8% 64.2% 35.5% 2007 85/86 2.8 1.5 67.7% 73.9% 57.7% 66.0% 45.9% 68.8% 42.6%
22 2020 20/20 4.6 2.1 63.1% 69.7% 50.0% 59.7% 43.0% 62.4% 37.0% 2008 84/90 3.1 1.3 69.4% 72.5% 59.4% 61.3% 48.2% 68.6% 43.4%
23 2021 54/56 7.1 2.5 61.0% 72.0% 53.5% 60.2% 40.5% 64.9% 36.6% 2009 76/78 2.9 1.3 67.0% 71.9% 57.7% 60.9% 48.9% 67.3% 43.9%
24 2022 57/57 8.5 2.4 58.0% 73.6% 52.9% 66.2% 40.3% 64.9% 35.6% 2010 81/81 3.8 1.5 67.1% 76.4% 60.1% 62.3% 49.0% 70.9% 41.7%
25 2023 53/53 8.3 2.3 60.0% 77.0% 52.9% 62.6% 43.2% 67.4% 35.9% 2011 78/79 3.4 1.6 67.2% 73.0% 58.5% 61.2% 50.2% 68.1% 44.0%
26 2024 57/57 8.5 2.5 59.2% 74.6% 54.1% 62.6% 38.0% 66.1% 35.1% 2012 48/49 3.3 1.2 67.4% 76.1% 57.9% 69.4% 51.0% 70.2% 46.0%
27 2025 47/47 8.2 2.7 56.1% 74.5% 52.0% 56.9% 41.1% 64.5% 37.3% 2013 81/82 2.7 1.5 69.2% 73.8% 58.2% 69.7% 49.9% 68.8% 43.2%
28 2026 53/55 6.4 2.2 61.2% 74.2% 54.3% 61.6% 41.5% 66.3% 36.1% 2014 59/60 3.1 1.5 70.0% 73.0% 57.0% 67.2% 51.3% 68.0% 44.9%
29 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2015 80/80 2.8 2.1 68.0% 72.4% 55.4% 62.4% 43.3% 67.1% 41.6%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2016 47/55 2.2 1.6 71.0% 69.3% 54.7% 61.0% 47.3% 64.8% 44.1%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2017 77/79 3.7 1.6 67.5% 74.6% 63.0% 70.5% 44.6% 70.8% 44.0%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 47/47 2.6 1.9 65.5% 72.9% 60.7% 62.3% 49.0% 68.9% 45.6%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 59/63 4.6 2.0 64.8% 76.2% 60.5% 67.7% 47.1% 70.7% 43.3%
34 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 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 — 474/478 7.5 2.5 60.3% 73.3% 52.8% 60.1% 40.3% 65.1% 35.7% — 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 Frances Tiafoe 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 2014 1469 99.7 -1.83 -1.00 0.700 45.7% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — — — +0.14 2002 1508 101.2 +0.34 -2.99 0.884 48.1% — — — 50.0% -1.00 — — — +0.13
17 2015 1488 112.1 -2.26 -2.21 0.806 46.2% +2 — — 23.5% -1.59 1–2 (33%) 3–2 (60%) — -0.24 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 2016 1508 116.9 -1.57 +0.56 0.914 48.1% -4 — — 30.0% -0.85 1–3 (25%) 1–5 (17%) — 0.00 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 2017 1706 146.8 -0.17 -0.03 0.930 48.7% +4 — -121 38.2% -0.41 2–8 (20%) 2–11 (15%) — -1.15 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 2018 1818 149.3 +0.75 +0.31 1.007 50.2% -22 -216 -116 51.6% +0.02 11–7 (61%) 14–11 (56%) — -1.15 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 2019 1801 153.7 +0.57 +0.02 0.990 49.7% +31 -161 -153 48.4% -0.29 6–16 (27%) 14–10 (58%) — -0.49 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 2020 1815 147.6 -0.28 -0.04 0.984 49.6% +51 — — 50.0% -0.24 2–6 (25%) 7–5 (58%) — -1.03 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 2021 1928 156.0 +2.07 +0.36 1.042 50.8% +30 -311 -225 56.4% +0.34 11–11 (50%) 18–17 (51%) — -0.63 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 2022 1979 154.0 +1.43 +0.08 1.012 50.3% +23 -267 -209 58.6% +0.17 12–11 (52%) 28–14 (67%) — +1.05 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 2023 1897 150.5 +2.85 +0.22 1.098 51.3% +6 -77 -40 62.2% +0.70 6–5 (55%) 19–13 (59%) — +2.33 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 2024 1899 146.6 +1.42 +0.07 1.034 50.5% +7 -144 -43 52.7% +0.10 11–9 (55%) 20–18 (53%) — +3.04 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 2025 1815 142.8 +0.01 +0.86 1.051 50.7% +15 -1 -11 57.5% +0.21 6–10 (38%) 15–7 (68%) — +3.26 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 2026 1966 151.9 +1.39 +1.17 1.071 51.1% -1 -120 -63 61.4% +0.67 15–6 (71%) 15–16 (48%) — +1.28 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 — 2016 155.1 +1.11 +0.31 1.024 50.4% +13 -148 -106 54.1% +0.15 84–94 (47%) 156–129 (55%) 101.5 +1.35 — 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.