Head to head
Rivalry summary
Fernando Gonzalez and Rafael Nadal met 10 times on the ATP tour between 2003 and 2009. Rafael Nadal leads the head-to-head 7–3 against Fernando Gonzalez. By surface, Nadal leads 3–2 on hard; Nadal leads 4–1 on clay. They contested 2 finals, with Gonzalez winning 0 of them.
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Fernando Gonzalez'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 (10)
| 2009 | US Open | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(4) 7-6(2) 6-0 |
| 2009 | Rome Masters | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-3 |
| 2009 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-2 6-4 |
| 2008 | Beijing Olympics | Hard | F | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 7-6(2) 6-3 |
| 2007 | Hamburg Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2007 | Rome Masters | Clay | F | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-2 |
| 2007 | Australian Open | Hard | QF | Fernando Gonzalez | 6-2 6-4 6-3 |
| 2006 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2004 | Miami Masters | Hard | R16 | Fernando Gonzalez | 7-6(1) 4-6 6-2 |
| 2003 | Stuttgart | Clay | R32 | Fernando Gonzalez | 6-2 3-6 6-2 |
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.