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Rafael Nadal vs Yuichi Sugita H2H: 1-0

Rafael Nadal holds a 1–0 lead over Yuichi Sugita in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Rafael Nadal leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Rafael Nadal won the 2019 Wimbledon first round 6-3 6-1 6-3.

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Rafael Nadal
ESP Age 40 Left-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Yuichi Sugita
JPN Age 38 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Rafael Nadal #2 6-3 6-1 6-3 Yuichi Sugita #274 Match data Jul 3, 2019* R128 Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass

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 — #1 15,390 2,503 1,056 228 82.2% 22 1 36 0 23 10 92
Yuichi Sugita — #36 1,240 1,849 48 84 36.4% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

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 Yuichi Sugita
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 2008 0–1 0.0% #341 1,431 0 0
20 2006 58–12 82.9% #2 2,129 2 17 2009 0–1 0.0% #299 1,478 0 0
21 2007 71–15 82.6% #2 2,154 3 23 — — — — — — —
22 2008 79–11 87.8% #1 2,271 5 31 2011 1–3 25.0% #235 1,497 0 0
23 2009 64–14 82.1% #2 2,182 6 36 2012 2–3 40.0% #117 1,573 0 0
24 2010 71–10 87.7% #1 2,294 9 43 2013 1–3 25.0% #170 1,528 0 0
25 2011 64–15 81.0% #2 2,257 10 46 2014 0–3 0.0% #131 1,595 0 0
26 2012 42–7 85.7% #4 2,345 11 50 2015 2–6 25.0% #126 1,656 0 0
27 2013 75–7 91.5% #1 2,439 13 60 2016 6–10 37.5% #112 1,711 0 0
28 2014 49–11 81.7% #3 2,269 14 64 2017 20–16 55.6% #40 1,803 0 1
29 2015 60–20 75.0% #5 2,234 14 67 2018 7–23 23.3% #145 1,614 0 1
30 2016 40–15 72.7% #9 2,133 14 69 2019 3–3 50.0% #103 1,667 0 1
31 2017 67–12 84.8% #1 2,309 16 75 2020 4–6 40.0% #102 1,633 0 1
32 2018 43–4 91.5% #2 2,351 17 80 2021 2–6 25.0% #161 1,594 0 1
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 Yuichi Sugita
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% — — — — 2008 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2006 26 10 36 72.2% 24 0 24 100.0% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2009 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2007 32 12 44 72.7% 31 1 32 96.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2008 45 10 55 81.8% 22 1 23 95.7% 12 0 12 100.0% — — — — 2011 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2009 42 12 54 77.8% 22 2 24 91.7% — — — — — — — — 2012 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 2010 40 9 49 81.6% 22 0 22 100.0% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — — 2013 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
25 2011 31 11 42 73.8% 25 2 27 92.6% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2014 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
26 2012 17 4 21 81.0% 23 1 24 95.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2015 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
27 2013 37 4 41 90.2% 38 2 40 95.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2016 4 8 12 33.3% — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
28 2014 21 6 27 77.8% 25 3 28 89.3% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2017 11 10 21 52.4% 3 3 6 50.0% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — —
29 2015 29 12 41 70.7% 26 6 32 81.3% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2018 3 13 16 18.8% 0 6 6 0.0% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — —
30 2016 18 10 28 64.3% 22 5 27 81.5% — — — — — — — — 2019 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% — — — — 2020 4 5 9 44.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
32 2018 14 2 16 87.5% 24 1 25 96.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — 2021 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
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% — 30 57 87 34.5% 3 11 14 21.4% 15 16 31 48.4% — — — —

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 127/132 of Yuichi Sugita'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 Yuichi Sugita
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% 2008 1/1 2.0 2.0 66.3% 65.5% 32.1% 66.7% 25.0% 54.2% 33.8%
20 2006 69/70 3.5 1.6 68.8% 72.1% 57.4% 68.1% 47.6% 67.4% 41.6% 2009 1/1 1.0 4.0 49.1% 64.3% 34.5% 37.5% 100.0% 49.1% 33.9%
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% 2011 4/4 2.0 2.5 63.3% 72.8% 44.1% 50.7% 31.9% 62.5% 33.4%
23 2009 76/78 2.9 1.3 67.0% 71.9% 57.7% 60.9% 48.9% 67.3% 43.9% 2012 5/5 2.0 1.6 55.1% 63.0% 50.6% 57.4% 19.6% 57.4% 34.5%
24 2010 81/81 3.8 1.5 67.1% 76.4% 60.1% 62.3% 49.0% 70.9% 41.7% 2013 4/4 2.8 3.8 60.2% 58.1% 36.5% 52.0% 27.8% 49.9% 35.6%
25 2011 78/79 3.4 1.6 67.2% 73.0% 58.5% 61.2% 50.2% 68.1% 44.0% 2014 3/3 10.0 3.0 61.2% 72.5% 52.4% 80.6% 19.0% 65.1% 29.2%
26 2012 48/49 3.3 1.2 67.4% 76.1% 57.9% 69.4% 51.0% 70.2% 46.0% 2015 8/8 4.9 3.1 56.4% 59.1% 50.3% 48.4% 42.8% 55.4% 33.3%
27 2013 81/82 2.7 1.5 69.2% 73.8% 58.2% 69.7% 49.9% 68.8% 43.2% 2016 14/16 2.9 2.5 62.8% 65.9% 47.2% 50.3% 44.0% 59.2% 32.4%
28 2014 59/60 3.1 1.5 70.0% 73.0% 57.0% 67.2% 51.3% 68.0% 44.9% 2017 35/36 3.1 2.2 63.1% 67.3% 50.6% 62.2% 48.1% 61.4% 38.2%
29 2015 80/80 2.8 2.1 68.0% 72.4% 55.4% 62.4% 43.3% 67.1% 41.6% 2018 30/30 4.7 3.2 59.0% 71.1% 48.5% 56.5% 35.5% 61.8% 33.9%
30 2016 47/55 2.2 1.6 71.0% 69.3% 54.7% 61.0% 47.3% 64.8% 44.1% 2019 6/6 2.7 2.3 59.4% 66.1% 55.7% 53.4% 23.7% 61.9% 36.0%
31 2017 77/79 3.7 1.6 67.5% 74.6% 63.0% 70.5% 44.6% 70.8% 44.0% 2020 9/10 2.7 2.1 61.1% 66.8% 45.1% 70.3% 66.4% 58.2% 34.0%
32 2018 47/47 2.6 1.9 65.5% 72.9% 60.7% 62.3% 49.0% 68.9% 45.6% 2021 7/8 3.6 1.7 60.1% 67.6% 44.2% 43.7% 25.2% 58.1% 32.5%
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% — 127/132 3.6 2.6 60.7% 67.2% 48.3% 57.2% 39.7% 59.9% 34.9%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. 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 Yuichi Sugita
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2007 1461 96.2 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2008 1432 98.7 -1.69 +0.45 0.738 44.6% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — 0–1 — +0.09
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 2009 1479 109.9 -1.83 +0.10 0.666 41.4% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — 0–1 — +0.02
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 2010 1453 99.5 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2008 2271 172.8 +5.78 +7.19 1.382 55.5% -113 +338 +31 81.7% +2.07 15–2 (88%) 22–10 (69%) 113.1 -1.34 2011 1498 114.0 -1.07 -0.10 0.889 47.7% +32 — — 36.4% -0.91 1–2 (33%) 1–2 (33%) — +0.30
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 2012 1574 116.1 -2.46 -0.64 0.811 45.9% +40 — — 55.6% 0.00 0–1 1–1 — +0.01
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 2013 1529 103.0 -4.95 -0.04 0.711 43.6% — — — 25.0% -2.13 — — — +0.14
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 2014 1596 111.3 -1.14 -0.89 0.838 48.2% — — — 22.2% -0.67 0–2 1–5 (17%) — -0.13
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 2015 1657 115.2 -4.44 -2.60 0.747 44.8% -17 — +47 25.0% -1.40 2–1 (67%) 1–4 (20%) 98.5 +0.78
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 2016 1712 133.3 -2.71 -1.44 0.794 46.3% -13 — -4 36.6% -0.97 5–3 (63%) 2–5 (29%) 101.0 +0.08
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 2017 1803 145.4 -1.64 +1.99 0.991 50.0% -43 -213 -8 51.2% -0.19 6–6 (50%) 10–5 (67%) 105.2 +0.38
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 2018 1614 131.5 -2.28 -1.20 0.886 47.8% +21 -100 +137 33.8% -0.91 2–9 (18%) 5–10 (33%) 89.2 -0.25
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 2019 1668 124.6 +0.50 +0.92 0.945 48.3% +5 — — 42.9% -0.72 1–0 3–0 (100%) — +0.17
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 2020 1634 117.9 -2.13 -1.35 0.815 47.7% +6 — — 33.3% -0.92 1–1 0–2 — +0.16
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 2021 1595 110.8 -2.49 -1.48 0.776 45.1% +24 — +146 27.8% -2.06 1–0 1–1 — -0.05
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 2022 1528 89.0 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2023 1515 106.8 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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% +1.81 183–82 (69%) 253–162 (61%) 103.9 -1.07 — 1850 127.7 -2.17 -0.24 0.870 47.6% -3 -157 +59 37.9% -0.84 19–25 (43%) 25–37 (40%) 94.6 +1.30

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.