Head to head
Rivalry summary
Mariano Puerta and Rafael Nadal met 4 times on the ATP tour between 2003 and 2005. Rafael Nadal leads the head-to-head 4–0 against Mariano Puerta. By surface, Nadal leads 3–0 on clay. They contested 1 finals, including 1 Grand Slam finals, with Puerta winning 0 of them.
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Hard
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Clay
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Mariano Puerta's wins on the left · Rafael Nadal's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (4)
| 2005 | Canada Masters | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-1 |
| 2005 | Roland Garros | Clay | F | Rafael Nadal | 6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 7-5 |
| 2005 | Acapulco | Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-4 6-1 |
| 2003 | Umag | Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 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.