Hubert Hurkacz and Rafael Nadal will face off in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 3 sets.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.909
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Rafael Nadal
There is no head to head record between Hubert Hurkacz and Rafael Nadal since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Hubert Hurkacz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-13 | 11-6 | 14-4 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-24 | 23-11 | 5-5 | 13-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-21 | 18-9 | 9-4 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-23 | 22-9 | 1-4 | 8-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-13 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9, the Pole will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 7-6(2) 6-4 to Fritz in the 4th round on the 30th of April.
Hubert has a compiled 23-10 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Estoril where he overcame Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Pole has an overall 377-224 record. He has a positive 100-63 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. See his history.
Rafael Nadal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-5 | 2-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 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. 305, Nadal reached the 2nd round after beating Zizou Bergs 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Bergs, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Nadal scored 88 points vs Bergs’s 83. Rafael was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Nadal managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Rafael Nadal lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Nadal put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (39/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the 2nd serve. Rafael broke Bergs 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Nadal has a composed 7-3 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
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
.Tennis Scores in Rome
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ben SheltonShelton – Pavel KotovKotov (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-5 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian KordaSebastian – Flavio CobolliFlavio (7-6(6) 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Rafael NadalNadal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Casper RuudRuud (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Dusan LajovicLajovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H and prediction