Rafael Nadal and John Isner will square off in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.14
John Isner -> 6.05
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. John Isner
This will be the 9th time that Rafael Nadal and John Isner fight against each other. The head to head is 7-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Nadal won 6-4 7-6(0) in the quarter in Beijing back in 2017.
Rafael Nadal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-8 | 2-1 | 10-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-8 | 23-3 | 10-2 | 1-3 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-5 | 5-2 | 19-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-7 | 13-3 | 9-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, the Spaniard will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 6-2 1-6 6-3 to Alcaraz in the quarter on the 6th of May.
Nadal has an aggregate 22-2 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Melbourne where he overcame Maxime Cressy in the final 7-6(6) 6-3 and in at the Australian Open where he overcame Daniil Medvedev in the final 2-6 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 7-5 and in in Acapulco where he beat Cameron Norrie in the final 6-4 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Nadal has an overall 1089-221 record. He has a positive 483-45 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, he won this tournament 10 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019 and 2021. See his history.
John Isner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9-14 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 9-9 | 7-4 | 3-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-13 | 18-7 | 5-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-10 | 9-8 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 30-18 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 27, John reached the 2nd round after defeating Francisco Cerundolo 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Cerundolo (6-4 6-3). During the match Isner scored 69 points vs Cerundolo’s 59. John was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Isner scored 13 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, John Isner was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Isner broke Cerundolo 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Isner’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Houston.
John has a compiled 11-10 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Casper RuudRuud – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-74 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cristian GarinGarin – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-6 7-62 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Andrey RublevRublev (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Rafael NadalNadal – John IsnerIsner (7-1) – H2H and prediction
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (3-4) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Marcos GironGiron (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Tommy PaulPaul (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
