Head to head
Rivalry summary
Rafael Nadal and Pablo Carreno Busta met 8 times on the ATP tour between 2015 and 2021. Rafael Nadal leads the head-to-head 8–0 against Pablo Carreno Busta. By surface, Nadal leads 3–0 on hard; Nadal leads 5–0 on clay.
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Clay
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Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Pablo Carreno Busta's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 2021 | Barcelona | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2020 | Paris Masters | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 4-6 7-5 6-1 |
| 2020 | Rome Masters | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-1 |
| 2020 | Australian Open | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-2 6-4 |
| 2017 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 2-0 RET |
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-4 |
| 2016 | Doha | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 |
| 2015 | Rio de Janeiro | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 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.