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

Rafael Nadal vs Juan Carlos Ferrero H2H: 7-2

Rafael Nadal holds a 7–2 lead over Juan Carlos Ferrero in their ATP head-to-head. Across 9 main-draw meetings, Rafael Nadal leads 5–1 on clay and 2–1 on hard courts. Most recently, Rafael Nadal won the 2010 Monte-Carlo Masters quarterfinal 6-4 6-2.

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Rafael Nadal
ESP Age 40 Left-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
7 – 2
9 main draw meetings
Juan Carlos Ferrero
ESP Age 46 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Rafael Nadal #3 6-4 6-2 Juan Carlos Ferrero #16 Match data Apr 17, 2010* QF Monte-Carlo Masters Masters 1000 Clay
Juan Carlos Ferrero #23 7-5 6-1 Rafael Nadal #2 Match data May 8, 2008* R32 Italian Open Masters 1000 Clay
Rafael Nadal #2 6-4 6-1 Juan Carlos Ferrero #24 Match data Apr 25, 2008* R16 Monte-Carlo Masters Masters 1000 Clay
Rafael Nadal #2 6-1 6-1 Juan Carlos Ferrero #23 Match data Mar 13, 2007* R16 Indian Wells Open Masters 1000 Hard
Juan Carlos Ferrero #31 7-6(2) 7-6(3) Rafael Nadal #2 Match data Aug 20, 2006* QF Cincinnati Open Masters 1000 Hard
Rafael Nadal #2 6-4 6-4 Juan Carlos Ferrero #23 Match data Sep 17, 2005* SF China Open ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard
Rafael Nadal #3 6-3 6-3 Juan Carlos Ferrero #31 Match data Jul 9, 2005* QF Swedish Open ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
Rafael Nadal #11 6-1 7-6(4) 6-3 Juan Carlos Ferrero #58 Match data Apr 24, 2005* F Barcelona Open ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500 Clay
Rafael Nadal #17 6-2 6-1 Juan Carlos Ferrero #68 Match data Apr 7, 2005* R32 Valencia ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 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
Rafael Nadal #175 #1 15,390 2,503 1,056 228 82.2% 22 1 36 0 23 10 92
Juan Carlos Ferrero #968 #1 4,570 2,096 461 256 64.3% 1 0 4 0 2 9 16

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 Rafael Nadal Juan Carlos Ferrero
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 1999 16–8 66.7% #42 1,686 0 1
20 2006 58–12 82.9% #2 2,129 2 17 2000 41–26 61.2% #12 1,800 0 1
21 2007 71–15 82.6% #2 2,154 3 23 2001 56–20 73.7% #5 1,878 0 5
22 2008 79–11 87.8% #1 2,271 5 31 2002 47–24 66.2% #4 1,918 0 7
23 2009 64–14 82.1% #2 2,182 6 36 2003 63–18 77.8% #3 2,006 1 11
24 2010 71–10 87.7% #1 2,294 9 43 2004 20–16 55.6% #31 1,746 1 11
25 2011 64–15 81.0% #2 2,257 10 46 2005 45–26 63.4% #17 1,842 1 11
26 2012 42–7 85.7% #4 2,345 11 50 2006 28–23 54.9% #23 1,741 1 11
27 2013 75–7 91.5% #1 2,439 13 60 2007 34–23 59.6% #24 1,833 1 11
28 2014 49–11 81.7% #3 2,269 14 64 2008 21–15 58.3% #55 1,850 1 11
29 2015 60–20 75.0% #5 2,234 14 67 2009 33–20 62.3% #23 1,927 1 12
30 2016 40–15 72.7% #9 2,133 14 69 2010 33–14 70.2% #29 1,887 1 15
31 2017 67–12 84.8% #1 2,309 16 75 2011 20–11 64.5% #50 1,925 1 16
32 2018 43–4 91.5% #2 2,351 17 80 2012 4–12 25.0% #213 1,795 1 16
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 Rafael Nadal Juan Carlos Ferrero
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% — — — — 1999 0 2 2 0.0% 15 5 20 75.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
20 2006 26 10 36 72.2% 24 0 24 100.0% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2000 20 16 36 55.6% 18 7 25 72.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
21 2007 32 12 44 72.7% 31 1 32 96.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2001 18 12 30 60.0% 33 5 38 86.8% 2 1 3 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0%
22 2008 45 10 55 81.8% 22 1 23 95.7% 12 0 12 100.0% — — — — 2002 22 13 35 62.9% 20 7 27 74.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1%
23 2009 42 12 54 77.8% 22 2 24 91.7% — — — — — — — — 2003 30 12 42 71.4% 29 4 33 87.9% 3 1 4 75.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
24 2010 40 9 49 81.6% 22 0 22 100.0% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — — 2004 13 10 23 56.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0%
25 2011 31 11 42 73.8% 25 2 27 92.6% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2005 18 13 31 58.1% 20 9 29 69.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 2 2 4 50.0%
26 2012 17 4 21 81.0% 23 1 24 95.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2006 10 11 21 47.6% 14 10 24 58.3% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
27 2013 37 4 41 90.2% 38 2 40 95.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2007 10 10 20 50.0% 20 11 31 64.5% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
28 2014 21 6 27 77.8% 25 3 28 89.3% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2008 14 9 23 60.9% 4 4 8 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
29 2015 29 12 41 70.7% 26 6 32 81.3% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2009 9 11 20 45.0% 16 7 23 69.6% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
30 2016 18 10 28 64.3% 22 5 27 81.5% — — — — — — — — 2010 5 5 10 50.0% 28 7 35 80.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
31 2017 40 10 50 80.0% 24 1 25 96.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 2011 9 7 16 56.3% 11 4 15 73.3% — — — — — — — —
32 2018 14 2 16 87.5% 24 1 25 96.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — 2012 0 3 3 0.0% 4 8 12 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
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 — 510 149 659 77.4% 469 53 522 89.8% 76 21 97 78.4% 1 5 6 16.7% — 178 134 312 57.1% 236 92 328 72.0% 30 17 47 63.8% 17 13 30 56.7%

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 1,250/1,284 of Rafael Nadal's and 472/479 of Juan Carlos Ferrero'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 Rafael Nadal Juan Carlos Ferrero
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 2007 85/86 2.8 1.5 67.7% 73.9% 57.7% 66.0% 45.9% 68.8% 42.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2008 84/90 3.1 1.3 69.4% 72.5% 59.4% 61.3% 48.2% 68.6% 43.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 2009 76/78 2.9 1.3 67.0% 71.9% 57.7% 60.9% 48.9% 67.3% 43.9% 2003 76/81 5.4 2.9 60.1% 72.9% 55.4% 58.7% 44.8% 66.0% 41.7%
24 2010 81/81 3.8 1.5 67.1% 76.4% 60.1% 62.3% 49.0% 70.9% 41.7% 2004 34/36 5.8 2.6 61.9% 70.6% 55.2% 63.8% 31.0% 64.6% 36.3%
25 2011 78/79 3.4 1.6 67.2% 73.0% 58.5% 61.2% 50.2% 68.1% 44.0% 2005 71/71 3.1 1.7 66.6% 68.7% 55.4% 64.7% 40.0% 64.0% 40.1%
26 2012 48/49 3.3 1.2 67.4% 76.1% 57.9% 69.4% 51.0% 70.2% 46.0% 2006 51/51 4.2 1.4 68.8% 68.4% 52.3% 53.7% 37.6% 63.6% 38.8%
27 2013 81/82 2.7 1.5 69.2% 73.8% 58.2% 69.7% 49.9% 68.8% 43.2% 2007 57/57 4.0 1.7 68.0% 68.0% 54.2% 60.3% 40.0% 63.3% 39.9%
28 2014 59/60 3.1 1.5 70.0% 73.0% 57.0% 67.2% 51.3% 68.0% 44.9% 2008 36/36 4.3 1.4 66.4% 71.2% 54.4% 64.8% 48.1% 65.5% 37.4%
29 2015 80/80 2.8 2.1 68.0% 72.4% 55.4% 62.4% 43.3% 67.1% 41.6% 2009 53/53 4.3 1.6 66.8% 67.7% 54.2% 56.6% 45.3% 62.9% 38.6%
30 2016 47/55 2.2 1.6 71.0% 69.3% 54.7% 61.0% 47.3% 64.8% 44.1% 2010 47/47 2.2 1.1 71.6% 69.1% 59.1% 49.7% 47.4% 65.8% 43.0%
31 2017 77/79 3.7 1.6 67.5% 74.6% 63.0% 70.5% 44.6% 70.8% 44.0% 2011 31/31 2.9 1.9 63.2% 66.8% 56.8% 60.9% 40.0% 63.0% 40.0%
32 2018 47/47 2.6 1.9 65.5% 72.9% 60.7% 62.3% 49.0% 68.9% 45.6% 2012 16/16 2.6 1.4 66.7% 64.6% 48.7% 50.6% 24.4% 59.3% 35.9%
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 — 1,250/1,284 3.1 1.7 67.8% 73.1% 58.0% 63.9% 48.2% 68.2% 43.4% — 472/717 4.0 1.8 65.9% 69.3% 54.9% 58.8% 41.3% 64.2% 39.7%

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 Rafael Nadal Juan Carlos Ferrero
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 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 1999 1686 142.0 — — — — -138 +89 — 60.0% +0.63 7–3 (70%) 6–3 (67%) — +0.07
20 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 2000 1800 148.8 — — — — -64 +139 — 55.4% +0.23 17–7 (71%) 16–18 (47%) — -2.52
21 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 2001 1878 157.3 — — — — -95 +220 -268 67.7% +1.22 15–11 (58%) 20–16 (56%) — +0.58
22 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 2002 1918 154.2 — — — — -41 +161 — 58.9% +0.57 19–9 (68%) 17–13 (57%) — -0.82
23 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 2003 2007 158.9 +3.93 +4.21 1.225 53.4% -30 +145 -298 70.9% +1.30 15–4 (79%) 18–13 (58%) — +0.35
24 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 2004 1747 128.6 +1.06 -0.36 1.027 50.3% +51 +269 -36 56.0% +0.22 5–6 (45%) 15–9 (63%) — +1.57
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 2005 1842 151.4 +2.55 +2.95 1.115 51.9% -52 +143 -11 58.6% +0.45 14–10 (58%) 17–12 (59%) — -2.96
26 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 2006 1742 138.7 +1.38 +1.19 1.068 50.9% -15 +121 +98 53.7% +0.29 10–10 (50%) 11–7 (61%) — +2.03
27 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 2007 1833 151.3 +0.46 +2.46 1.089 51.4% -51 +18 +67 56.8% +0.36 11–8 (58%) 14–10 (58%) — +2.65
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 2008 1850 156.7 +2.12 +1.77 1.085 51.3% +31 -4 — 61.0% +0.67 4–3 (57%) 3–6 (33%) — -1.14
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 2009 1928 151.7 +0.61 +1.78 1.042 50.7% -70 -4 +108 56.9% +0.38 10–5 (67%) 10–10 (50%) — -3.54
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 2010 1887 151.5 +2.13 +4.36 1.258 53.9% -65 +143 — 64.9% +1.12 9–7 (56%) 7–7 (50%) — +3.73
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 2011 1926 148.5 +0.68 +2.08 1.083 51.3% -48 +104 — 56.6% +0.30 8–4 (67%) 8–2 (80%) — +0.69
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 2012 1795 134.7 -1.29 +0.49 0.883 47.1% +21 +87 — 33.3% -1.19 1–4 (20%) 3–4 (43%) — -1.69
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 — 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 — 2096 156.9 +1.74 +2.44 1.109 51.7% -39 +122 -3 59.8% +0.60 145–91 (61%) 165–130 (56%) 106.0 -0.14

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.