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

Rafael Nadal vs Tim Henman H2H: 2-0

Rafael Nadal holds a 2–0 lead over Tim Henman in their ATP head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Rafael Nadal leads 1–0 on clay and 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Rafael Nadal won the 2006 Italian Open round of 16 6-2 6-2.

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Rafael Nadal
ESP Age 40 Left-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
2 – 0
2 main draw meetings
Tim Henman
GBR Age 51 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Rafael Nadal #2 6-2 6-2 Tim Henman #70 Match data May 13, 2006* R16 Italian Open Masters 1000 Clay
Rafael Nadal #2 7-6(1) 6-1 Tim Henman #49 Match data Mar 4, 2006* QF Dubai Tennis Championships ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500 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
Tim Henman #615 #4 2,826 2,026 469 263 64.1% 0 0 1 0 1 9 11

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 Tim Henman
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 1994 3–5 37.5% #167 1,513 0 0
20 2006 58–12 82.9% #2 2,129 2 17 1995 7–7 50.0% #95 1,571 0 0
21 2007 71–15 82.6% #2 2,154 3 23 1996 38–25 60.3% #29 1,811 0 0
22 2008 79–11 87.8% #1 2,271 5 31 1997 47–23 67.1% #17 1,895 0 2
23 2009 64–14 82.1% #2 2,182 6 36 1998 55–29 65.5% #7 1,960 0 4
24 2010 71–10 87.7% #1 2,294 9 43 1999 41–25 62.1% #12 1,786 0 4
25 2011 64–15 81.0% #2 2,257 10 46 2000 55–24 69.6% #10 1,939 0 6
26 2012 42–7 85.7% #4 2,345 11 50 2001 49–20 71.0% #9 1,922 0 8
27 2013 75–7 91.5% #1 2,439 13 60 2002 45–18 71.4% #8 1,888 0 9
28 2014 49–11 81.7% #3 2,269 14 64 2003 30–16 65.2% #15 1,971 0 11
29 2015 60–20 75.0% #5 2,234 14 67 2004 41–21 66.1% #6 1,914 0 11
30 2016 40–15 72.7% #9 2,133 14 69 2005 23–18 56.1% #36 1,746 0 11
31 2017 67–12 84.8% #1 2,309 16 75 2006 31–20 60.8% #39 1,867 0 11
32 2018 43–4 91.5% #2 2,351 17 80 2007 4–12 25.0% #292 1,683 0 11
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 Tim Henman
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% — — — — 1994 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
20 2006 26 10 36 72.2% 24 0 24 100.0% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 1995 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 4 3 7 57.1% 1 2 3 33.3%
21 2007 32 12 44 72.7% 31 1 32 96.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 1996 14 12 26 53.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 17 9 26 65.4%
22 2008 45 10 55 81.8% 22 1 23 95.7% 12 0 12 100.0% — — — — 1997 27 11 38 71.1% 1 3 4 25.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 11 6 17 64.7%
23 2009 42 12 54 77.8% 22 2 24 91.7% — — — — — — — — 1998 40 18 58 69.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 7 2 9 77.8% 5 4 9 55.6%
24 2010 40 9 49 81.6% 22 0 22 100.0% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — — 1999 16 14 30 53.3% 7 5 12 58.3% 9 2 11 81.8% 9 4 13 69.2%
25 2011 31 11 42 73.8% 25 2 27 92.6% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2000 41 14 55 74.5% 8 5 13 61.5% 3 3 6 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
26 2012 17 4 21 81.0% 23 1 24 95.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2001 28 12 40 70.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 9 2 11 81.8% 5 1 6 83.3%
27 2013 37 4 41 90.2% 38 2 40 95.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2002 27 10 37 73.0% 6 4 10 60.0% 9 2 11 81.8% 3 2 5 60.0%
28 2014 21 6 27 77.8% 25 3 28 89.3% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2003 10 9 19 52.6% 5 4 9 55.6% 7 2 9 77.8% 8 1 9 88.9%
29 2015 29 12 41 70.7% 26 6 32 81.3% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2004 23 13 36 63.9% 11 4 15 73.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0%
30 2016 18 10 28 64.3% 22 5 27 81.5% — — — — — — — — 2005 15 11 26 57.7% 5 4 9 55.6% 3 2 5 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
31 2017 40 10 50 80.0% 24 1 25 96.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 2006 19 13 32 59.4% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 4 2 6 66.7%
32 2018 14 2 16 87.5% 24 1 25 96.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — 2007 2 6 8 25.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
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% — 266 147 413 64.4% 56 46 102 54.9% 78 34 112 69.6% 69 36 105 65.7%

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 644/732 of Tim Henman'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 Tim Henman
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% 1994 5/8 3.0 2.6 62.7% 65.7% 41.8% 48.7% 36.9% 56.9% 33.4%
20 2006 69/70 3.5 1.6 68.8% 72.1% 57.4% 68.1% 47.6% 67.4% 41.6% 1995 11/14 3.7 5.0 55.9% 69.5% 47.7% 53.7% 54.6% 60.1% 34.7%
21 2007 85/86 2.8 1.5 67.7% 73.9% 57.7% 66.0% 45.9% 68.8% 42.6% 1996 50/63 7.1 3.7 56.7% 73.9% 51.4% 58.8% 39.0% 64.4% 36.7%
22 2008 84/90 3.1 1.3 69.4% 72.5% 59.4% 61.3% 48.2% 68.6% 43.4% 1997 63/70 8.3 4.8 51.2% 80.7% 50.4% 61.5% 38.9% 65.8% 38.3%
23 2009 76/78 2.9 1.3 67.0% 71.9% 57.7% 60.9% 48.9% 67.3% 43.9% 1998 71/84 7.2 4.1 52.9% 77.8% 50.0% 54.0% 45.5% 64.6% 39.3%
24 2010 81/81 3.8 1.5 67.1% 76.4% 60.1% 62.3% 49.0% 70.9% 41.7% 1999 57/66 7.0 3.8 54.9% 76.7% 50.5% 62.0% 41.3% 64.8% 40.2%
25 2011 78/79 3.4 1.6 67.2% 73.0% 58.5% 61.2% 50.2% 68.1% 44.0% 2000 62/79 7.0 4.1 55.2% 77.1% 50.9% 68.9% 40.4% 65.4% 41.2%
26 2012 48/49 3.3 1.2 67.4% 76.1% 57.9% 69.4% 51.0% 70.2% 46.0% 2001 58/69 4.7 3.1 60.9% 74.3% 53.1% 61.1% 47.4% 66.2% 42.8%
27 2013 81/82 2.7 1.5 69.2% 73.8% 58.2% 69.7% 49.9% 68.8% 43.2% 2002 54/63 3.4 2.2 64.4% 70.8% 52.9% 63.3% 45.7% 64.3% 40.8%
28 2014 59/60 3.1 1.5 70.0% 73.0% 57.0% 67.2% 51.3% 68.0% 44.9% 2003 45/46 4.8 3.7 58.8% 72.7% 51.8% 59.3% 47.9% 64.1% 39.5%
29 2015 80/80 2.8 2.1 68.0% 72.4% 55.4% 62.4% 43.3% 67.1% 41.6% 2004 60/62 6.1 4.1 58.7% 74.2% 55.5% 59.4% 49.0% 66.6% 39.1%
30 2016 47/55 2.2 1.6 71.0% 69.3% 54.7% 61.0% 47.3% 64.8% 44.1% 2005 41/41 4.4 3.3 61.9% 73.8% 52.4% 62.5% 45.6% 65.7% 38.2%
31 2017 77/79 3.7 1.6 67.5% 74.6% 63.0% 70.5% 44.6% 70.8% 44.0% 2006 51/51 4.7 2.3 61.5% 71.5% 51.9% 59.0% 48.7% 63.8% 38.9%
32 2018 47/47 2.6 1.9 65.5% 72.9% 60.7% 62.3% 49.0% 68.9% 45.6% 2007 16/16 7.6 4.3 62.5% 69.6% 51.9% 65.9% 40.5% 62.9% 34.5%
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% — 644/732 6.0 3.7 57.7% 74.8% 51.7% 60.7% 44.4% 64.9% 39.4%

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 Tim Henman
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 1994 1513 116.8 -1.59 -1.36 0.776 45.4% +47 — +42 40.0% -1.00 1–1 2–0 — -0.33
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 1995 1572 115.6 -2.09 -1.97 0.869 47.8% 0 — +26 45.7% -0.43 2–1 (67%) 4–4 (50%) — -0.04
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 1996 1811 143.5 +1.77 -0.36 1.030 50.5% -28 — -52 58.2% +0.39 8–11 (42%) 24–14 (63%) — -0.81
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 1997 1896 147.8 +3.33 +0.92 1.120 51.9% 0 -414 -26 59.7% +0.52 17–9 (65%) 18–11 (62%) — +0.85
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 1998 1961 159.5 +2.85 +2.23 1.107 52.0% -1 -493 +17 61.8% +0.65 17–12 (59%) 16–10 (62%) — -1.62
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 1999 1787 151.2 +2.50 +2.30 1.142 52.1% -11 -152 +243 58.8% +0.71 13–13 (50%) 14–16 (47%) — +0.72
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 2000 1939 155.2 +3.31 +3.56 1.191 53.1% +29 -234 +63 66.7% +1.07 11–12 (48%) 17–10 (63%) — +0.25
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 2001 1922 152.8 +3.40 +4.67 1.266 54.3% -2 -179 +132 67.0% +1.29 11–12 (48%) 17–14 (55%) — +2.30
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 2002 1888 153.2 +2.14 +3.42 1.145 52.4% +19 -133 +186 66.3% +1.06 14–8 (64%) 9–15 (38%) — +0.21
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 2003 1972 147.0 +1.73 +3.09 1.100 51.8% -9 -200 +151 60.0% +0.66 8–2 (80%) 10–8 (56%) — -2.72
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 2004 1914 154.9 +3.57 +2.65 1.174 52.8% +17 -34 +142 60.8% +0.86 11–7 (61%) 12–18 (40%) — +0.11
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 2005 1746 146.2 +2.43 +1.53 1.114 51.8% +62 +91 +293 55.6% +0.50 6–8 (43%) 6–8 (43%) — +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%) — -1.97 2006 1868 152.1 +1.77 +2.07 1.076 51.4% -18 -56 +205 59.5% +0.54 5–8 (38%) 10–7 (59%) — -2.94
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 2007 1684 119.8 -0.80 -0.33 0.931 49.2% +55 +34 +277 40.0% -0.34 1–8 (11%) 2–6 (25%) — +0.06
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 — 2026 155.9 +2.48 +2.23 1.121 52.1% +5 -155 +114 60.6% +0.70 125–112 (53%) 161–141 (53%) 96.1 -0.44

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.