H2H data updated: 2026-09-03 00:00 UTC

Rafael Nadal vs Nicolas Lapentti H2H: 2-1

Rafael Nadal holds a 2–1 lead over Nicolas Lapentti in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on clay, while Rafael Nadal leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Rafael Nadal won the 2009 Monte-Carlo Masters third round 6-3 6-0.

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Rafael Nadal
ESP Age 40 Left-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
2 – 1
3 main draw meetings
Nicolas Lapentti
ECU Age 50 Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Rafael Nadal #1 6-3 6-0 Nicolas Lapentti #98 Match data Apr 17, 2009* R16 Monte-Carlo Masters Masters 1000 Clay
Rafael Nadal #2 7-6(3) 6-1 Nicolas Lapentti #89 Match data Aug 2, 2008* QF Cincinnati Open Masters 1000 Hard
Nicolas Lapentti #76 3-6 6-3 7-6(6) Rafael Nadal #61 Match data Jul 12, 2003* QF Swedish Open 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
Nicolas Lapentti #885 #6 2,293 1,933 282 283 49.9% 0 0 0 0 2 3 5

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 Nicolas Lapentti
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 1995 5–0 100.0% #109 1,594 0 1
19 2005 77–10 88.5% #2 2,156 1 12 1996 11–20 35.5% #121 1,568 0 1
20 2006 58–12 82.9% #2 2,129 2 17 1997 17–18 48.6% #63 1,658 0 1
21 2007 71–15 82.6% #2 2,154 3 23 1998 16–29 35.6% #90 1,595 0 1
22 2008 79–11 87.8% #1 2,271 5 31 1999 52–24 68.4% #8 1,883 0 3
23 2009 64–14 82.1% #2 2,182 6 36 2000 40–28 58.8% #24 1,750 0 3
24 2010 71–10 87.7% #1 2,294 9 43 2001 30–22 57.7% #23 1,835 0 4
25 2011 64–15 81.0% #2 2,257 10 46 2002 32–27 54.2% #29 1,713 0 5
26 2012 42–7 85.7% #4 2,345 11 50 2003 20–22 47.6% #57 1,696 0 5
27 2013 75–7 91.5% #1 2,439 13 60 2004 7–15 31.8% #122 1,587 0 5
28 2014 49–11 81.7% #3 2,269 14 64 2005 9–16 36.0% #95 1,575 0 5
29 2015 60–20 75.0% #5 2,234 14 67 2006 12–9 57.1% #67 1,680 0 5
30 2016 40–15 72.7% #9 2,133 14 69 2007 10–14 41.7% #109 1,610 0 5
31 2017 67–12 84.8% #1 2,309 16 75 2008 14–18 43.8% #86 1,650 0 5
32 2018 43–4 91.5% #2 2,351 17 80 2009 6–14 30.0% #97 1,667 0 5
33 2019 54–9 85.7% #1 2,378 19 84 2010 1–7 12.5% #447 1,581 0 5
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 Nicolas Lapentti
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% 1995 — — — — 5 0 5 100.0% — — — — — — — —
19 2005 28 6 34 82.4% 48 2 50 96.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 1996 1 8 9 11.1% 9 9 18 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
20 2006 26 10 36 72.2% 24 0 24 100.0% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 1997 3 6 9 33.3% 14 11 25 56.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
21 2007 32 12 44 72.7% 31 1 32 96.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 1998 4 11 15 26.7% 12 16 28 42.9% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
22 2008 45 10 55 81.8% 22 1 23 95.7% 12 0 12 100.0% — — — — 1999 22 12 34 64.7% 21 9 30 70.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 8 2 10 80.0%
23 2009 42 12 54 77.8% 22 2 24 91.7% — — — — — — — — 2000 23 15 38 60.5% 13 9 22 59.1% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
24 2010 40 9 49 81.6% 22 0 22 100.0% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — — 2001 12 10 22 54.5% 15 8 23 65.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 3 3 6 50.0%
25 2011 31 11 42 73.8% 25 2 27 92.6% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2002 10 12 22 45.5% 16 12 28 57.1% 4 1 5 80.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
26 2012 17 4 21 81.0% 23 1 24 95.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2003 6 7 13 46.2% 11 11 22 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0%
27 2013 37 4 41 90.2% 38 2 40 95.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2004 5 6 11 45.5% 2 9 11 18.2% — — — — — — — —
28 2014 21 6 27 77.8% 25 3 28 89.3% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2005 3 7 10 30.0% 6 7 13 46.2% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0%
29 2015 29 12 41 70.7% 26 6 32 81.3% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2006 0 1 1 0.0% 12 8 20 60.0% — — — — — — — —
30 2016 18 10 28 64.3% 22 5 27 81.5% — — — — — — — — 2007 3 5 8 37.5% 6 6 12 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
31 2017 40 10 50 80.0% 24 1 25 96.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 2008 4 6 10 40.0% 9 9 18 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
32 2018 14 2 16 87.5% 24 1 25 96.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — 2009 3 5 8 37.5% 3 8 11 27.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
33 2019 28 5 33 84.8% 21 3 24 87.5% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — 2010 1 3 4 25.0% 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — —
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% — 100 114 214 46.7% 154 136 290 53.1% 10 16 26 38.5% 18 17 35 51.4%

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 490/565 of Nicolas Lapentti'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 Nicolas Lapentti
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% 1995 3/5 6.3 2.7 62.2% 77.3% 59.8% 64.6% 47.2% 70.1% 38.4%
19 2005 87/87 2.5 1.5 68.7% 72.6% 58.1% 61.2% 50.5% 68.2% 46.4% 1996 25/31 3.8 3.4 56.2% 67.4% 47.9% 49.9% 41.1% 58.8% 37.9%
20 2006 69/70 3.5 1.6 68.8% 72.1% 57.4% 68.1% 47.6% 67.4% 41.6% 1997 32/35 4.4 2.8 60.4% 71.2% 48.1% 56.0% 46.1% 61.9% 40.2%
21 2007 85/86 2.8 1.5 67.7% 73.9% 57.7% 66.0% 45.9% 68.8% 42.6% 1998 40/45 3.4 3.8 63.2% 67.2% 44.6% 49.7% 42.8% 58.7% 38.4%
22 2008 84/90 3.1 1.3 69.4% 72.5% 59.4% 61.3% 48.2% 68.6% 43.4% 1999 59/76 5.3 2.4 61.7% 72.0% 50.2% 64.0% 40.2% 63.5% 40.7%
23 2009 76/78 2.9 1.3 67.0% 71.9% 57.7% 60.9% 48.9% 67.3% 43.9% 2000 53/68 6.3 3.4 57.6% 72.3% 49.1% 61.4% 43.9% 62.4% 38.6%
24 2010 81/81 3.8 1.5 67.1% 76.4% 60.1% 62.3% 49.0% 70.9% 41.7% 2001 38/52 5.7 3.2 56.1% 74.4% 47.9% 57.3% 41.7% 62.8% 38.8%
25 2011 78/79 3.4 1.6 67.2% 73.0% 58.5% 61.2% 50.2% 68.1% 44.0% 2002 49/59 6.6 2.6 59.0% 73.4% 49.0% 49.6% 35.4% 63.3% 38.5%
26 2012 48/49 3.3 1.2 67.4% 76.1% 57.9% 69.4% 51.0% 70.2% 46.0% 2003 41/42 4.9 2.2 61.5% 69.0% 50.1% 56.3% 40.4% 61.7% 36.8%
27 2013 81/82 2.7 1.5 69.2% 73.8% 58.2% 69.7% 49.9% 68.8% 43.2% 2004 21/22 4.1 2.3 58.4% 68.7% 52.6% 56.8% 36.5% 62.0% 35.6%
28 2014 59/60 3.1 1.5 70.0% 73.0% 57.0% 67.2% 51.3% 68.0% 44.9% 2005 25/25 3.2 1.6 64.4% 68.8% 50.2% 52.2% 32.3% 62.2% 35.8%
29 2015 80/80 2.8 2.1 68.0% 72.4% 55.4% 62.4% 43.3% 67.1% 41.6% 2006 21/21 3.5 1.4 63.2% 68.6% 45.4% 60.5% 42.1% 60.2% 41.5%
30 2016 47/55 2.2 1.6 71.0% 69.3% 54.7% 61.0% 47.3% 64.8% 44.1% 2007 24/24 4.3 2.3 60.5% 68.8% 44.7% 57.7% 37.1% 59.0% 34.0%
31 2017 77/79 3.7 1.6 67.5% 74.6% 63.0% 70.5% 44.6% 70.8% 44.0% 2008 31/32 3.2 2.0 62.5% 68.6% 50.4% 50.4% 43.5% 61.9% 36.0%
32 2018 47/47 2.6 1.9 65.5% 72.9% 60.7% 62.3% 49.0% 68.9% 45.6% 2009 20/20 4.4 2.7 60.2% 66.9% 49.5% 55.4% 40.2% 60.0% 36.1%
33 2019 59/63 4.6 2.0 64.8% 76.2% 60.5% 67.7% 47.1% 70.7% 43.3% 2010 8/8 1.6 2.3 53.8% 62.6% 45.5% 40.0% 35.4% 54.9% 34.4%
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% — 490/565 4.7 2.7 60.2% 70.3% 48.7% 55.7% 40.4% 61.6% 38.0%

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 Nicolas Lapentti
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 1995 1595 115.3 +3.11 +1.13 1.285 52.9% — +53 — 83.3% +1.67 2–0 1–1 — +0.73
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 1996 1569 122.4 -2.38 -0.82 0.920 48.4% -108 +97 +28 40.5% -0.77 7–8 (47%) 12–6 (67%) — +0.89
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 1997 1659 129.3 +0.24 +1.23 1.054 50.8% -156 +64 — 45.0% -0.14 5–6 (45%) 3–6 (33%) — +0.41
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 1998 1595 132.1 -1.83 +0.31 0.932 48.6% -86 +85 — 40.4% -0.57 5–9 (36%) 5–8 (38%) — -0.69
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 1999 1883 154.4 +1.96 +3.11 1.116 52.2% -43 -24 — 59.3% +0.58 22–7 (76%) 17–14 (55%) — -1.12
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 2000 1751 142.0 +0.96 +0.97 1.026 50.6% +22 +87 -251 53.7% +0.39 16–5 (76%) 12–16 (43%) — +1.98
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 2001 1836 155.3 +1.70 +1.34 1.041 50.6% -27 +112 — 55.1% +0.40 10–5 (67%) 7–10 (41%) — -1.27
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 2002 1713 133.6 +1.50 +0.61 1.049 50.5% +6 +68 -121 50.6% +0.13 18–9 (67%) 13–13 (50%) — +1.94
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 2003 1697 131.8 -0.81 -0.35 0.961 49.4% -25 +79 — 48.2% -0.17 5–8 (38%) 6–5 (55%) — +0.89
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 2004 1588 121.8 -0.38 -0.79 0.938 48.5% +44 +67 — 38.0% -0.68 1–2 (33%) 1–5 (17%) — +0.01
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 2005 1575 129.8 -0.05 -0.90 0.948 48.9% -6 +95 — 37.5% -0.70 2–5 (29%) 6–5 (55%) — -1.17
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 2006 1681 124.7 -1.29 +2.41 1.042 50.7% — +73 — 52.7% +0.05 6–4 (60%) 7–2 (78%) — +0.31
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 2007 1611 123.4 -2.74 -2.10 0.829 47.0% -49 +93 -16 38.3% -0.87 4–2 (67%) 3–2 (60%) — +0.08
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 2008 1650 136.2 -0.69 -0.13 0.944 48.9% -103 +132 — 48.1% -0.15 6–8 (43%) 8–7 (53%) — +0.36
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 2009 1667 132.7 -1.19 +0.26 0.902 48.2% -65 +134 — 40.7% -0.64 5–8 (38%) 7–2 (78%) — -1.19
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 2010 1581 117.8 -2.88 -0.42 0.762 44.8% +18 +71 — 26.3% -1.74 0–2 0–1 — -0.76
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 — 1934 143.0 -0.03 +0.60 0.990 49.8% -30 +76 -105 48.7% -0.07 114–88 (56%) 108–103 (51%) 107.5 +0.25

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.