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

Patrick Rafter vs Daniel Nestor H2H: 1-3

Daniel Nestor holds a 3–1 lead over Patrick Rafter in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Daniel Nestor leads 2–1 on hard courts and 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Daniel Nestor won the 2000 Sydney Olympics second round 7-5 7-6(4).

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Patrick Rafter
AUS Age 53 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
1 – 3
4 main draw meetings
Daniel Nestor
CAN Age 53 Left-Handed 191 cm / 6'3"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Daniel Nestor #251 7-5 7-6(4) Patrick Rafter #19 Match data Sep 23, 2000* R32 Sydney Olympics Olympics Hard
Patrick Rafter #4 7-6(5) 6-2 Daniel Nestor #62 Match data Aug 20, 1999* R16 Indianapolis ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Hard
Daniel Nestor #133 7-5 3-6 7-6(8) Patrick Rafter #63 Match data Jul 12, 1996* R16 Newport World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Grass
Daniel Nestor #274 6-4 6-2 Patrick Rafter #140 Match data Aug 11, 1993* R64 Cincinnati Open Masters 1000 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 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Patrick Rafter #224 #1 3,673 2,105 333 178 65.2% 2 2 0 1 6 11
Daniel Nestor #1,106 #58 752 1,735 71 103 40.8% 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Patrick Rafter Daniel Nestor
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 — — — — — — — 1989 0–1 0.0% #823 1,482 0 0
18 1991 0–1 0.0% #293 1,495 0 0 1991 1–2 33.3% #242 1,481 0 0
19 1992 0–3 0.0% #243 1,456 0 0 1992 1–3 25.0% #238 1,468 0 0
20 1993 11–11 50.0% #66 1,621 0 0 1993 2–5 28.6% #189 1,485 0 0
21 1994 43–26 62.3% #20 1,804 0 1 1994 5–5 50.0% #171 1,532 0 0
22 1995 29–23 55.8% #66 1,778 0 1 1995 3–5 37.5% #177 1,573 0 0
23 1996 25–20 55.6% #62 1,764 0 1 1996 11–13 45.8% #112 1,633 0 0
24 1997 63–26 70.8% #2 2,030 1 2 1997 9–17 34.6% #107 1,589 0 0
25 1998 58–20 74.4% #4 2,011 2 8 1998 11–17 39.3% #106 1,595 0 0
26 1999 31–16 66.0% #16 1,961 2 9 1999 18–16 52.9% #86 1,672 0 0
27 2000 31–17 64.6% #15 1,880 2 10 2000 6–9 40.0% #220 1,624 0 0
28 2001 42–15 73.7% #7 1,988 2 11 2001 3–6 33.3% #219 1,662 0 0
29 — — — — — — — 2002 0–1 0.0% #659 1,631 0 0
30 — — — — — — — 2003 1–1 50.0% #500 1,630 0 0
31 — — — — — — — 2004 0–1 0.0% #1062 1,619 0 0
33 — — — — — — — 2006 0–1 0.0% #1115 1,613 0 0

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 Patrick Rafter Daniel Nestor
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1989 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1991 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1991 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1992 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1992 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 1993 5 7 12 41.7% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1993 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
21 1994 27 14 41 65.9% 4 4 8 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 5 6 11 45.5% 1994 1 2 3 33.3% 2 1 3 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
22 1995 21 11 32 65.6% 1 6 7 14.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 1995 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
23 1996 12 9 21 57.1% 4 5 9 44.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 1996 7 9 16 43.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
24 1997 40 17 57 70.2% 10 3 13 76.9% 6 2 8 75.0% 7 4 11 63.6% 1997 5 10 15 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 4 5 20.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
25 1998 40 10 50 80.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 9 5 14 64.3% 1998 9 10 19 47.4% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0%
26 1999 13 11 24 54.2% 7 3 10 70.0% 11 2 13 84.6% — — — — 1999 12 11 23 52.2% 0 2 2 0.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7%
27 2000 13 10 23 56.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 12 2 14 85.7% 5 2 7 71.4% 2000 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — 3 4 7 42.9% 0 1 1 0.0%
28 2001 33 11 44 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 9 3 12 75.0% — — — — 2001 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2003 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 204 103 307 66.4% 28 28 56 50.0% 66 23 89 74.2% 35 24 59 59.3% — 46 66 112 41.1% 2 7 9 22.2% 18 23 41 43.9% 5 7 12 41.7%

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 436/511 of Patrick Rafter's and 153/173 of Daniel Nestor'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 Patrick Rafter Daniel Nestor
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%
18 1991 1/1 2.0 0.0 53.4% 51.6% 44.4% 44.4% 100.0% 48.3% 26.2% 1991 3/3 3.7 3.0 57.1% 61.5% 59.5% 64.4% 68.8% 60.9% 32.6%
19 1992 2/3 3.5 6.0 53.5% 65.1% 45.6% 60.3% 54.2% 56.1% 36.1% 1992 4/4 7.0 2.3 65.8% 72.2% 42.8% 63.8% 40.0% 62.2% 30.6%
20 1993 21/22 6.0 4.7 59.8% 73.3% 46.8% 64.6% 48.0% 62.6% 36.2% 1993 7/7 10.6 6.3 61.0% 79.0% 45.2% 70.1% 30.0% 65.9% 32.8%
21 1994 61/69 8.1 4.0 59.7% 75.1% 50.4% 64.3% 40.3% 65.1% 34.8% 1994 9/10 5.7 6.1 56.2% 72.8% 45.6% 55.8% 46.2% 60.6% 34.3%
22 1995 47/52 6.7 4.1 58.5% 73.5% 49.2% 60.2% 37.0% 63.4% 35.5% 1995 7/8 10.7 8.0 57.9% 75.7% 44.0% 66.7% 59.7% 62.5% 32.7%
23 1996 39/45 6.2 3.5 57.5% 77.3% 54.7% 62.2% 40.1% 67.4% 38.4% 1996 20/24 7.2 6.4 56.4% 76.5% 48.6% 61.6% 37.7% 64.2% 31.3%
24 1997 74/89 6.8 4.1 60.3% 76.0% 53.6% 59.2% 41.4% 67.1% 38.9% 1997 22/26 9.5 5.6 59.4% 73.8% 47.3% 53.7% 47.4% 63.0% 34.4%
25 1998 65/78 6.7 3.0 65.0% 77.4% 55.2% 64.0% 40.8% 69.5% 40.1% 1998 25/28 8.4 5.8 57.7% 75.2% 47.2% 62.9% 31.9% 63.2% 33.7%
26 1999 41/47 6.9 3.0 65.2% 77.1% 52.1% 52.9% 43.7% 68.6% 39.4% 1999 32/34 8.5 6.3 59.9% 77.4% 47.5% 64.9% 39.8% 65.3% 34.9%
27 2000 37/48 6.7 2.9 64.2% 77.7% 56.2% 63.9% 35.3% 69.9% 35.8% 2000 10/15 8.2 5.0 65.0% 72.4% 50.9% 61.7% 24.9% 65.0% 31.9%
28 2001 48/57 8.5 3.7 65.0% 77.5% 54.5% 61.8% 46.3% 69.3% 38.0% 2001 9/9 6.4 3.1 64.1% 69.9% 53.8% 41.1% 40.3% 63.4% 36.7%
29 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2002 1/1 5.0 9.0 54.9% 73.3% 48.6% 50.0% 33.3% 62.2% 31.2%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2003 2/2 13.5 8.0 52.4% 77.1% 52.8% 75.8% 20.0% 65.5% 31.1%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2004 1/1 5.0 2.0 64.2% 70.6% 42.1% 40.0% 12.5% 60.4% 31.8%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2006 1/1 8.0 5.0 47.5% 71.1% 47.6% 57.1% 100.0% 58.8% 25.5%
Career — 436/511 7.0 3.7 61.7% 76.1% 52.8% 61.3% 41.3% 67.1% 37.6% — 153/174 8.2 5.7 59.3% 74.8% 47.9% 60.5% 39.7% 63.7% 33.5%

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 Patrick Rafter Daniel Nestor
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1989 1483 96.7 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — +0.26
18 1991 1496 102.9 +2.28 -2.79 0.506 39.0% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.17 1991 1481 100.8 -3.36 0.00 0.834 46.8% +33 — — 33.3% -1.00 — — — +0.23
19 1992 1457 100.0 -2.19 +1.72 0.823 46.7% — — — 22.2% -2.00 0–1 0–1 — +0.25 1992 1468 104.3 +0.24 -3.16 0.811 46.5% +51 — — 30.0% -1.50 0–1 0–1 — +0.34
20 1993 1622 136.3 +1.15 -0.18 0.967 49.7% -9 — -4 50.0% -0.20 5–3 (63%) 6–2 (75%) — +0.35 1993 1486 127.0 +3.20 -0.94 0.962 49.6% +34 — — 35.3% -0.35 0–2 1–5 (17%) — -0.14
21 1994 1804 145.1 +3.43 -2.20 0.997 50.2% -27 -159 -76 58.6% +0.21 16–12 (57%) 23–10 (70%) — -0.58 1994 1533 116.3 -0.41 -1.94 0.870 47.9% -12 — +53 42.9% -0.19 2–1 (67%) — — +0.03
22 1995 1779 148.5 +2.26 -1.35 0.971 49.8% +63 -150 -102 52.2% +0.07 12–6 (67%) 14–11 (56%) — -0.96 1995 1573 125.5 +0.35 -1.48 0.872 48.9% -1 — — 42.3% -0.15 0–1 1–4 (20%) — -0.18
23 1996 1764 147.3 +4.50 +1.21 1.177 52.7% +12 -147 +37 57.0% +0.89 4–6 (40%) 5–13 (28%) — -0.78 1996 1634 117.0 +2.02 -3.65 0.874 47.9% -46 — +26 43.6% -0.31 3–4 (43%) 6–9 (40%) — +0.68
24 1997 2031 163.0 +5.33 +2.03 1.183 52.9% +9 -197 -179 62.0% +0.89 24–5 (83%) 20–22 (48%) — -3.40 1997 1590 127.3 -0.03 -1.44 0.929 48.7% +19 — +20 35.4% -0.52 4–3 (57%) 2–13 (13%) — 0.00
25 1998 2011 157.8 +6.57 +2.62 1.316 54.2% +18 -246 -117 66.8% +1.21 16–5 (76%) 23–19 (55%) — +0.93 1998 1596 128.8 +0.61 -2.43 0.915 48.5% +30 — -28 45.8% -0.24 3–7 (30%) 9–9 (50%) — -0.60
26 1999 1961 149.8 +5.69 +2.07 1.255 53.4% -61 -140 +14 65.8% +1.21 4–4 (50%) 12–14 (46%) — -0.61 1999 1672 138.5 +2.44 -2.00 1.004 50.2% +4 — -25 52.7% +0.25 5–5 (50%) 7–8 (47%) — -0.06
27 2000 1880 143.7 +6.33 -0.70 1.186 52.5% -46 -112 +237 62.6% +0.90 7–6 (54%) 12–15 (44%) — -0.12 2000 1624 116.5 +0.44 -2.14 0.912 48.4% +38 — -28 47.5% -0.47 2–4 (33%) 7–3 (70%) — +0.69
28 2001 1989 159.0 +6.46 +1.48 1.241 53.4% -2 — +117 69.0% +1.14 9–7 (56%) 17–8 (68%) — -0.75 2001 1663 113.6 +0.51 -1.30 1.002 49.9% -24 — -48 40.9% -0.32 — 0–2 — -0.23
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 1632 105.1 -0.84 -1.17 0.824 47.2% — — — 33.3% -1.67 0–1 — — +0.26
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2003 1631 111.5 +1.46 +1.37 0.901 49.2% — — — 40.0% -0.40 1–0 — — +0.04
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 1619 103.0 -0.89 +2.13 0.803 44.5% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — — — +0.03
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 1614 105.0 +0.88 +1.89 0.617 45.2% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — — — -0.13
Career — 2105 157.4 +4.84 +0.68 1.144 52.2% 0 -164 +17 61.2% +0.74 97–55 (64%) 132–115 (53%) 108.1 -1.15 — 1736 132.4 +1.02 -1.99 0.923 48.8% +8 — -4 43.3% -0.29 20–29 (41%) 33–54 (38%) 90.8 +0.71

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.