Head to head
Rivalry summary
Nikolay Davydenko and Rafael Nadal met 11 times on the ATP tour between 2006 and 2012. Nikolay Davydenko leads the head-to-head 6–5 against Rafael Nadal. By surface, Davydenko leads 6–1 on hard; Nadal leads 4–0 on clay. They contested 3 finals, with Davydenko winning 3 of them.
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Nikolay Davydenko'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 (11)
| 2012 | Madrid Masters | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-2 |
| 2011 | Doha | Hard | SF | Nikolay Davydenko | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2010 | Doha | Hard | F | Nikolay Davydenko | 0-6 7-6(8) 6-4 |
| 2009 | Tour Finals | Hard | RR | Nikolay Davydenko | 6-1 7-6(4) |
| 2009 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | F | Nikolay Davydenko | 7-6(3) 6-3 |
| 2009 | Barcelona | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2008 | Paris Masters | Hard | QF | Nikolay Davydenko | 6-1 RET |
| 2008 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2008 | Miami Masters | Hard | F | Nikolay Davydenko | 6-4 6-2 |
| 2007 | Rome Masters | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(3) 6-7(8) 6-4 |
| 2006 | Masters Cup | Hard | RR | Rafael Nadal | 5-7 6-4 6-4 |
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.