Head to head
Rivalry summary
Rafael Nadal and Mario Ancic met 5 times on the ATP tour between 2003 and 2010. Rafael Nadal leads the head-to-head 4–1 against Mario Ancic. By surface, Nadal leads 2–0 on hard.
2
Hard
0
1
Clay
0
1
Grass
0
0
Carpet
1
Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Mario Ancic's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 2010 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-2 |
| 2008 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-0 6-3 |
| 2004 | Milan | Carpet | R16 | Mario Ancic | 7-5 6-2 |
| 2004 | Auckland | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(0) 7-6(6) |
| 2003 | Wimbledon | Grass | R128 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-4 4-6 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.