H2H data updated: 2026-09-06 00:00 UTC

Rafael Nadal vs Sjeng Schalken H2H: 1-0

Rafael Nadal holds a 1–0 lead over Sjeng Schalken in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Rafael Nadal leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Rafael Nadal won the 2004 ASB Classic round of 32 7-6(2) 6-4.

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Rafael Nadal
ESP Age 40 Left-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Sjeng Schalken
NED Age 49 Right-Handed 193 cm / 6'4"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Rafael Nadal #48 7-6(2) 6-4 Sjeng Schalken #16 Match data Jan 15, 2004* R32 ASB Classic International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 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
Rafael Nadal #175 #1 15,390 2,503 1,056 228 82.2% 22 1 36 0 23 10 92
Sjeng Schalken #677 #11 1,790 1,928 280 254 52.4% 0 0 0 0 1 8 9

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 Sjeng Schalken
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 1994 1–2 33.3% #148 1,501 0 0
18 2004 27–17 61.4% #51 1,744 0 1 1995 17–14 54.8% #69 1,645 0 1
19 2005 77–10 88.5% #2 2,156 1 12 1996 26–26 50.0% #65 1,687 0 2
20 2006 58–12 82.9% #2 2,129 2 17 1997 16–25 39.0% #59 1,633 0 3
21 2007 71–15 82.6% #2 2,154 3 23 1998 22–30 42.3% #66 1,598 0 3
22 2008 79–11 87.8% #1 2,271 5 31 1999 28–26 51.9% #44 1,744 0 4
23 2009 64–14 82.1% #2 2,182 6 36 2000 35–26 57.4% #22 1,823 0 5
24 2010 71–10 87.7% #1 2,294 9 43 2001 36–27 57.1% #26 1,837 0 6
25 2011 64–15 81.0% #2 2,257 10 46 2002 36–27 57.1% #20 1,839 0 7
26 2012 42–7 85.7% #4 2,345 11 50 2003 39–23 62.9% #18 1,822 0 9
27 2013 75–7 91.5% #1 2,439 13 60 2004 17–18 48.6% #57 1,698 0 9
28 2014 49–11 81.7% #3 2,269 14 64 2005 7–10 41.2% #230 1,663 0 9
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 Rafael Nadal Sjeng Schalken
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% 1994 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
18 2004 14 10 24 58.3% 12 4 16 75.0% — — — — 1 3 4 25.0% 1995 0 2 2 0.0% 14 8 22 63.6% 1 3 4 25.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
19 2005 28 6 34 82.4% 48 2 50 96.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 1996 10 10 20 50.0% 10 10 20 50.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
20 2006 26 10 36 72.2% 24 0 24 100.0% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 1997 11 11 22 50.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 5 5 0.0%
21 2007 32 12 44 72.7% 31 1 32 96.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 1998 11 15 26 42.3% 5 8 13 38.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 4 4 8 50.0%
22 2008 45 10 55 81.8% 22 1 23 95.7% 12 0 12 100.0% — — — — 1999 17 16 33 51.5% 3 5 8 37.5% 5 3 8 62.5% 3 2 5 60.0%
23 2009 42 12 54 77.8% 22 2 24 91.7% — — — — — — — — 2000 28 17 45 62.2% 4 6 10 40.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
24 2010 40 9 49 81.6% 22 0 22 100.0% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — — 2001 21 15 36 58.3% 8 6 14 57.1% 4 3 7 57.1% 3 3 6 50.0%
25 2011 31 11 42 73.8% 25 2 27 92.6% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2002 12 16 28 42.9% 5 6 11 45.5% 12 2 14 85.7% 7 3 10 70.0%
26 2012 17 4 21 81.0% 23 1 24 95.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2003 23 13 36 63.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 10 2 12 83.3% 0 3 3 0.0%
27 2013 37 4 41 90.2% 38 2 40 95.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2004 11 12 23 47.8% 1 3 4 25.0% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
28 2014 21 6 27 77.8% 25 3 28 89.3% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2005 3 6 9 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
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 — 510 149 659 77.4% 469 53 522 89.8% 76 21 97 78.4% 1 5 6 16.7% — 147 133 280 52.5% 61 66 127 48.0% 47 30 77 61.0% 25 25 50 50.0%

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 466/534 of Sjeng Schalken'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 Sjeng Schalken
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% 1994 3/3 3.0 3.7 61.3% 70.8% 53.2% 74.5% 29.2% 64.2% 32.7%
18 2004 43/44 1.3 2.0 70.1% 68.4% 54.4% 58.3% 46.4% 64.1% 41.2% 1995 29/31 4.6 4.3 60.7% 70.0% 46.7% 57.7% 43.2% 60.7% 38.9%
19 2005 87/87 2.5 1.5 68.7% 72.6% 58.1% 61.2% 50.5% 68.2% 46.4% 1996 44/52 4.6 4.8 56.9% 70.5% 48.1% 62.4% 44.7% 60.7% 36.5%
20 2006 69/70 3.5 1.6 68.8% 72.1% 57.4% 68.1% 47.6% 67.4% 41.6% 1997 33/41 4.2 4.4 58.4% 67.0% 50.3% 56.9% 42.2% 59.7% 35.9%
21 2007 85/86 2.8 1.5 67.7% 73.9% 57.7% 66.0% 45.9% 68.8% 42.6% 1998 41/52 4.3 3.3 59.6% 69.6% 49.3% 59.2% 45.2% 61.2% 37.9%
22 2008 84/90 3.1 1.3 69.4% 72.5% 59.4% 61.3% 48.2% 68.6% 43.4% 1999 46/54 3.5 3.6 62.0% 69.6% 46.4% 53.6% 48.0% 60.6% 40.0%
23 2009 76/78 2.9 1.3 67.0% 71.9% 57.7% 60.9% 48.9% 67.3% 43.9% 2000 53/61 5.3 4.5 56.0% 72.1% 51.2% 57.8% 41.9% 62.7% 38.7%
24 2010 81/81 3.8 1.5 67.1% 76.4% 60.1% 62.3% 49.0% 70.9% 41.7% 2001 53/63 4.0 3.5 60.9% 70.2% 53.1% 54.8% 45.9% 63.4% 40.6%
25 2011 78/79 3.4 1.6 67.2% 73.0% 58.5% 61.2% 50.2% 68.1% 44.0% 2002 52/63 3.1 2.8 66.8% 69.0% 52.9% 53.7% 39.0% 63.6% 38.3%
26 2012 48/49 3.3 1.2 67.4% 76.1% 57.9% 69.4% 51.0% 70.2% 46.0% 2003 60/62 2.7 2.0 67.1% 69.2% 56.7% 56.1% 51.7% 64.7% 40.7%
27 2013 81/82 2.7 1.5 69.2% 73.8% 58.2% 69.7% 49.9% 68.8% 43.2% 2004 35/35 2.6 1.6 73.8% 65.8% 54.7% 55.7% 37.5% 62.8% 36.1%
28 2014 59/60 3.1 1.5 70.0% 73.0% 57.0% 67.2% 51.3% 68.0% 44.9% 2005 17/17 1.5 1.6 71.1% 61.8% 51.4% 55.1% 41.2% 58.8% 38.4%
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 — 1,250/1,284 3.1 1.7 67.8% 73.1% 58.0% 63.9% 48.2% 68.2% 43.4% — 466/534 3.8 3.4 62.5% 69.2% 51.3% 56.7% 44.1% 62.1% 38.5%

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 Rafael Nadal Sjeng Schalken
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%) 94.2 +0.33 1994 1502 103.3 +0.17 -1.45 0.912 48.2% — — — 42.9% -0.57 0–1 — — +0.03
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%) 97.7 +0.83 1995 1646 131.2 +0.48 -0.33 0.990 49.8% -114 +64 -77 50.0% -0.04 9–4 (69%) 6–3 (67%) 108.9 +0.54
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%) 112.1 +0.44 1996 1688 137.5 -0.72 -1.26 0.929 49.0% -25 +3 -110 50.4% -0.08 10–8 (56%) 6–13 (32%) 100.0 +0.30
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%) 107.4 -2.20 1997 1634 136.5 -1.45 -0.70 0.889 47.9% +9 +9 -55 43.8% -0.37 5–7 (42%) 8–10 (44%) 99.7 -1.14
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%) 106.5 -1.58 1998 1598 132.0 -0.55 +0.75 0.978 50.0% +23 +20 -38 44.9% -0.20 8–13 (38%) 12–11 (52%) 93.5 +1.65
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%) 113.6 -1.34 1999 1745 148.3 -0.52 +2.39 1.015 50.3% -3 -76 -122 51.7% +0.08 8–12 (40%) 9–8 (53%) 98.1 -2.44
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%) 105.0 +0.99 2000 1823 145.8 +1.00 +1.26 1.036 50.5% +28 -171 -172 55.8% +0.34 12–9 (57%) 9–6 (60%) 105.1 +0.15
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%) 104.5 +0.16 2001 1838 142.0 +0.82 +2.43 1.108 51.7% -14 -117 -151 53.6% +0.32 14–11 (56%) 7–13 (35%) 99.3 +1.67
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%) 99.2 -1.97 2002 1839 143.2 +1.06 +1.20 1.052 50.5% -32 -125 +41 55.2% +0.36 11–7 (61%) 17–18 (49%) 102.6 +0.32
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%) 100.1 -1.78 2003 1822 140.9 +2.08 +3.20 1.152 52.4% -22 -111 +167 61.2% +0.65 6–6 (50%) 13–4 (76%) 102.4 +1.00
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%) 107.7 -1.01 2004 1698 129.8 -0.34 -0.21 0.972 49.3% -14 -22 +251 53.7% +0.41 4–3 (57%) 5–5 (50%) 97.3 +1.66
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%) 90.8 -0.59 2005 1664 127.0 -2.29 +0.67 0.930 48.5% +5 +11 — 41.5% -0.51 3–3 (50%) 1–3 (25%) 99.0 -1.00
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%) 94.4 +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%) 92.3 -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%) 101.8 -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%) 104.0 -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%) 101.8 -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%) 98.9 -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%) 94.8 -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%) 98.5 -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%) 95.9 -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 — 1928 144.9 +0.24 +1.08 1.018 50.3% -6 -38 +4 52.2% +0.15 90–84 (52%) 93–94 (50%) 100.6 +0.52

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.