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Rafael Nadal vs Steve Johnson H2H: 1-0

Rafael Nadal holds a 1–0 lead over Steve Johnson in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Rafael Nadal leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Rafael Nadal won the 2015 Madrid Open second round 6-4 6-3.

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Rafael Nadal
ESP Age 40 Left-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main draw meetings
Steve Johnson
USA Age 36 Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Rafael Nadal #4 6-4 6-3 Steve Johnson #54 Match data May 6, 2015* R32 Madrid Open Masters 1000 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
Steve Johnson #1,015 #21 1,680 1,990 199 202 49.6% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4

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 Steve Johnson
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 — — — — — — —
20 2006 58–12 82.9% #2 2,129 2 17 2010 0–1 0.0% — 1,529 0 0
21 2007 71–15 82.6% #2 2,154 3 23 2011 0–2 0.0% — 1,521 0 0
22 2008 79–11 87.8% #1 2,271 5 31 2012 3–5 37.5% #175 1,573 0 0
23 2009 64–14 82.1% #2 2,182 6 36 2013 4–10 28.6% #156 1,667 0 0
24 2010 71–10 87.7% #1 2,294 9 43 2014 20–20 50.0% #37 1,748 0 0
25 2011 64–15 81.0% #2 2,257 10 46 2015 37–27 57.8% #32 1,950 0 0
26 2012 42–7 85.7% #4 2,345 11 50 2016 30–28 51.7% #33 1,891 0 1
27 2013 75–7 91.5% #1 2,439 13 60 2017 29–23 55.8% #44 1,866 0 2
28 2014 49–11 81.7% #3 2,269 14 64 2018 27–22 55.1% #33 1,834 0 4
29 2015 60–20 75.0% #5 2,234 14 67 2019 14–21 40.0% #85 1,736 0 4
30 2016 40–15 72.7% #9 2,133 14 69 2020 6–8 42.9% #72 1,722 0 4
31 2017 67–12 84.8% #1 2,309 16 75 2021 10–12 45.5% #85 1,704 0 4
32 2018 43–4 91.5% #2 2,351 17 80 2022 17–17 50.0% #110 1,690 0 4
33 2019 54–9 85.7% #1 2,378 19 84 2023 2–5 28.6% #241 1,571 0 4
34 2020 23–5 82.1% #2 2,319 20 86 2024 0–1 0.0% #1017 1,564 0 4
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 Steve Johnson
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% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2006 26 10 36 72.2% 24 0 24 100.0% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2010 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2007 32 12 44 72.7% 31 1 32 96.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2011 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2008 45 10 55 81.8% 22 1 23 95.7% 12 0 12 100.0% — — — — 2012 3 5 8 37.5% — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2009 42 12 54 77.8% 22 2 24 91.7% — — — — — — — — 2013 4 7 11 36.4% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
24 2010 40 9 49 81.6% 22 0 22 100.0% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — — 2014 13 13 26 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 4 9 55.6% — — — —
25 2011 31 11 42 73.8% 25 2 27 92.6% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2015 29 17 46 63.0% 5 6 11 45.5% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — —
26 2012 17 4 21 81.0% 23 1 24 95.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2016 18 19 37 48.6% 1 5 6 16.7% 11 4 15 73.3% — — — —
27 2013 37 4 41 90.2% 38 2 40 95.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2017 17 17 34 50.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — —
28 2014 21 6 27 77.8% 25 3 28 89.3% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2018 11 16 27 40.7% 11 3 14 78.6% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
29 2015 29 12 41 70.7% 26 6 32 81.3% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2019 8 11 19 42.1% 2 5 7 28.6% 4 5 9 44.4% — — — —
30 2016 18 10 28 64.3% 22 5 27 81.5% — — — — — — — — 2020 6 7 13 46.2% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
31 2017 40 10 50 80.0% 24 1 25 96.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 2021 7 8 15 46.7% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
32 2018 14 2 16 87.5% 24 1 25 96.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — 2022 11 13 24 45.8% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
33 2019 28 5 33 84.8% 21 3 24 87.5% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — 2023 0 3 3 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
34 2020 14 4 18 77.8% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — — — — — — 2024 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
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% — 127 140 267 47.6% 34 32 66 51.5% 38 30 68 55.9% — — — —

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 393/401 of Steve Johnson'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 Steve Johnson
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% 2010 1/1 2.0 5.0 48.6% 70.6% 44.4% 75.0% 20.0% 57.1% 33.8%
21 2007 85/86 2.8 1.5 67.7% 73.9% 57.7% 66.0% 45.9% 68.8% 42.6% 2011 2/2 15.5 6.5 60.7% 76.6% 47.7% 71.4% 32.5% 65.2% 33.1%
22 2008 84/90 3.1 1.3 69.4% 72.5% 59.4% 61.3% 48.2% 68.6% 43.4% 2012 8/8 9.6 4.4 59.6% 74.3% 50.4% 71.8% 27.9% 64.9% 28.2%
23 2009 76/78 2.9 1.3 67.0% 71.9% 57.7% 60.9% 48.9% 67.3% 43.9% 2013 14/14 9.3 4.2 56.6% 71.6% 51.5% 73.4% 39.8% 62.8% 29.5%
24 2010 81/81 3.8 1.5 67.1% 76.4% 60.1% 62.3% 49.0% 70.9% 41.7% 2014 39/40 8.2 2.5 59.8% 76.6% 51.1% 61.9% 34.7% 66.5% 32.7%
25 2011 78/79 3.4 1.6 67.2% 73.0% 58.5% 61.2% 50.2% 68.1% 44.0% 2015 63/64 9.8 2.8 60.0% 75.8% 54.3% 60.7% 37.6% 67.2% 34.0%
26 2012 48/49 3.3 1.2 67.4% 76.1% 57.9% 69.4% 51.0% 70.2% 46.0% 2016 54/58 8.6 2.6 60.7% 75.7% 52.7% 60.4% 35.2% 66.8% 33.3%
27 2013 81/82 2.7 1.5 69.2% 73.8% 58.2% 69.7% 49.9% 68.8% 43.2% 2017 51/52 8.1 3.5 59.9% 76.8% 51.9% 60.9% 43.9% 66.6% 33.7%
28 2014 59/60 3.1 1.5 70.0% 73.0% 57.0% 67.2% 51.3% 68.0% 44.9% 2018 49/49 7.1 3.2 57.7% 75.3% 54.8% 72.4% 40.2% 66.6% 35.1%
29 2015 80/80 2.8 2.1 68.0% 72.4% 55.4% 62.4% 43.3% 67.1% 41.6% 2019 35/35 6.2 2.8 58.7% 73.9% 52.4% 55.0% 44.3% 65.1% 33.8%
30 2016 47/55 2.2 1.6 71.0% 69.3% 54.7% 61.0% 47.3% 64.8% 44.1% 2020 14/14 8.1 2.9 60.3% 70.3% 48.7% 64.6% 42.7% 61.7% 30.8%
31 2017 77/79 3.7 1.6 67.5% 74.6% 63.0% 70.5% 44.6% 70.8% 44.0% 2021 22/22 9.8 3.8 54.8% 74.8% 54.0% 62.6% 39.7% 65.3% 32.9%
32 2018 47/47 2.6 1.9 65.5% 72.9% 60.7% 62.3% 49.0% 68.9% 45.6% 2022 33/34 9.7 3.8 56.5% 77.3% 52.4% 64.8% 33.5% 66.5% 31.0%
33 2019 59/63 4.6 2.0 64.8% 76.2% 60.5% 67.7% 47.1% 70.7% 43.3% 2023 7/7 7.1 3.3 60.9% 72.7% 45.4% 51.2% 36.3% 61.8% 28.6%
34 2020 28/28 4.6 1.8 62.8% 74.7% 60.9% 67.6% 54.4% 69.5% 44.6% 2024 1/1 4.0 2.0 52.4% 60.6% 46.7% 75.0% 0.0% 54.0% 25.9%
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% — 393/401 8.5 3.1 58.9% 75.4% 52.5% 63.0% 38.3% 66.0% 33.0%

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 Steve Johnson
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 2009 1503 98.5 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2010 1530 109.8 +0.50 -2.82 0.789 45.4% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — — — -0.01
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 2011 1522 113.4 -1.94 +0.90 0.951 49.0% — — — 37.5% -0.50 0–2 0–1 — -0.11
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 2012 1574 119.2 -0.17 -4.17 0.803 47.5% +16 — — 38.1% -0.29 1–0 2–7 (22%) — +0.64
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 2013 1668 132.4 -0.53 -4.17 0.793 47.2% +9 — — 38.1% -0.62 2–4 (33%) 5–7 (42%) — -0.27
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 2014 1748 148.4 +1.33 -1.62 0.977 49.8% +26 -145 -104 47.3% -0.23 7–5 (58%) 11–13 (46%) — +0.22
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 2015 1950 159.6 +2.13 -0.70 1.037 50.6% +26 -258 -270 51.9% +0.16 16–8 (67%) 14–19 (42%) — -1.02
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 2016 1891 154.9 +2.76 -1.97 1.000 50.0% -21 -257 +27 52.1% +0.11 5–7 (42%) 20–15 (57%) — +0.52
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 2017 1867 153.8 +2.38 -1.66 1.009 50.3% -25 -60 -12 53.8% +0.15 9–8 (53%) 13–14 (48%) — -0.43
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 2018 1834 151.4 +2.39 -0.48 1.050 51.1% -64 +70 +48 55.3% +0.40 6–8 (43%) 14–10 (58%) — -0.37
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 2019 1736 133.2 +0.53 -1.35 0.971 49.8% -34 +63 +93 43.8% -0.15 3–8 (27%) 7–13 (35%) — +0.58
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 2020 1723 135.7 -1.27 -2.85 0.805 47.0% +5 — — 38.5% -0.69 4–1 (80%) 5–9 (36%) — -0.66
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 2021 1705 134.5 +0.86 -2.04 0.950 49.4% +1 +76 +95 47.6% -0.08 3–4 (43%) 11–6 (65%) — +1.05
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 2022 1690 133.0 +1.22 -3.58 0.925 49.2% -10 +72 +109 46.4% -0.32 5–6 (45%) 11–12 (48%) — +0.87
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 2023 1571 106.5 -1.26 -2.63 0.748 46.0% 0 — — 29.4% -1.23 1–1 1–1 — -0.02
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 2024 1565 107.5 -6.04 +0.81 0.563 41.0% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.10
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 — 1990 151.4 +1.54 -1.74 0.972 49.8% -8 -61 -5 48.7% -0.05 62–62 (50%) 114–127 (47%) 99.8 +0.22

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.