Head to head
Rivalry summary
Juan Ignacio Chela and Rafael Nadal met 6 times on the ATP tour between 2004 and 2009. Rafael Nadal leads the head-to-head 5–1 against Juan Ignacio Chela. By surface, they are level 1–1 on hard; Nadal leads 4–0 on clay.
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Hard
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Clay
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Juan Ignacio Chela's wins on the left · Rafael Nadal's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (6)
| 2009 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-3 |
| 2008 | Barcelona | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-2 |
| 2007 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-1 |
| 2007 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 7-5 |
| 2004 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | R64 | Juan Ignacio Chela | 6-4 4-6 7-6(3) |
| 2004 | Stuttgart | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-3 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.