Rafael Nadal is 3 wins away to conquer the title in Brisbane. Nadal has defeated Dominic Thiem 7-5 6-1 and Jason Murray Kubler 6-1 6-2 to reach the quarter where he will face Jordan Thompson.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Rafael Nadal’s projected draw withhisplausible opponents in Brisbane International. The Spaniard has a favorable record (16-1) with the projected opponents.

R1 – Dominic Thiem (98) – 7-5 6-1
R2 – Jason Murray Kubler (102) – 6-1 6-2
1/4 – Jordan Thompson (55) – H2H 2-0
1/2 – Grigor Dimitrov (14) – H2H 14-1
or Rinky Hijikata (71) – H2H 1-0
Fin – Holger Rune (8) – H2H 0-0
or Roman Safiullin (39) – H2H 0-0
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1/4 – Jordan Thompson’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 2-0 for Rafael Nadal

35 - 24win/loss in 2025

Rank
26
High
26
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-24 23-13 3-5 5-3 4-3 0-0
2023 41-28 22-15 0-3 7-4 12-6 0-0
2022 40-26 18-14 2-6 8-1 12-5 0-0
2021 23-25 10-11 2-6 0-1 9-5 2-2
2020 12-13 6-6 1-2 5-5 0-0 0-0
2019 31-24 14-14 9-5 2-1 6-4 0-0
2018 53-29 32-15 6-5 8-2 3-6 4-1
2017 36-29 24-16 6-6 0-2 6-5 0-0

Jordan Thompson has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, he played all matches on hard. In connection to the previous 13 years, the Australian has a 242-157 record on hard (Click here to see full career record).

H2H Rafael Nadal vs. Jordan Thompson

This contest would be 3rd time that Rafael Nadal and Jordan Thompson square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard in major tournaments.

1/2 – Grigor Dimitrov’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 14-1 for Rafael Nadal

46 - 18win/loss in 2025

Rank
10
High
3
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-18 21-7 8-4 13-5 4-2 0-0
2023 43-21 16-10 10-5 10-4 7-2 0-0
2022 26-22 10-11 10-5 5-4 1-2 0-0
2021 24-18 18-10 3-5 2-2 1-1 0-0
2020 18-11 8-5 6-2 4-4 0-0 0-0
2019 24-21 12-10 7-6 5-3 0-2 0-0
2018 25-19 11-9 7-5 6-3 1-2 0-0
2017 49-19 24-8 4-5 15-3 6-3 0-0

Grigor Dimitrov has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, he played all matches on hard. Talking about the last 18 years, Dimitrov has a 248-147 record on hard (Click here

to see full career record).

H2H Rafael Nadal vs. Grigor Dimitrov

This contest would be 16th time that Rafael Nadal and Grigor Dimitrov play each other. The head to head is 14-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 6-1 on hard in major tournaments.

Possibly, Rafael Nadal could compete against Rinky Hijikata. Their H2H record is 1-0 for Rafael Nadal.

Final – Holger Rune’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

45 - 24win/loss in 2025

Rank
13
High
4
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 45-24 21-12 11-6 10-4 3-2 0-0
2023 44-24 10-10 16-4 11-8 7-2 0-0
2022 50-27 8-9 21-11 21-4 0-3 0-0
2021 73-29 11-5 41-17 21-7 0-0 0-0
2020 32-16 1-3 28-11 3-2 0-0 0-0
2019 6-10 0-3 5-6 1-1 0-0 0-0
2018 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0

Holger Rune has a 2-0 record in 2024, he played all matches on hard. In the last 7 years, Holger has a 32-30 record on hard (Click here to see full career record).

H2H Rafael Nadal vs. Holger Rune

There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Holger Rune since this would be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alternatively, Rafael Nadal may take on Roman Safiullin. Their head to head is 0-0.