Head to head
Rivalry summary
Rafael Nadal and Ernests Gulbis met 7 times on the ATP tour between 2008 and 2014. Rafael Nadal leads the head-to-head 7–0 against Ernests Gulbis. By surface, Nadal leads 4–0 on hard; Nadal leads 2–0 on clay.
4
Hard
0
2
Clay
0
1
Grass
0
Rafael Nadal's wins on the left · Ernests Gulbis's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (7)
| 2014 | Doha | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 6-4 |
| 2013 | Rome Masters | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 1-6 7-5 6-4 |
| 2013 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 4-6 6-4 7-5 |
| 2011 | Doha | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 7-6(3) 6-3 |
| 2010 | Rome Masters | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 2008 | Madrid Masters | Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 3-6 6-3 |
| 2008 | Wimbledon | Grass | R64 | Rafael Nadal | 5-7 6-2 7-6(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.