2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season

2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season
Full name	Rafael Nadal Parera
Country	Spain
Calendar prize money	$0
Singles
Season record	2–0
Calendar titles	0
Current ranking	No. 2
Ranking change from previous year
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	In Progress
	Other tournaments
Doubles
Season record	0–0
Current ranking	Unranked
Ranking change from previous year	Unranked
Mixed doubles
Season record	0–0
	Last updated on: 16 January 2019.

The 2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 14 January 2019, with the start of the Australian Open.

Year summary

Early hard court season

Brisbane International

Nadal was scheduled to play his first match of 2019 against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the 2019 Brisbane International, however he withdrew before the start of the tournament.

Australian Open

After retiring in the 2018 Australian Open QF to Marin Cilic, Nadal returned to the tournament as the 2nd seed. He played his first round against James Duckworth of Australia, and defeated him in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 7-5. In his second round, he faced another Australian, Matthew Ebden, and defeated him in straight sets as well, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. For the third round, he will play Alex de Minaur, also of Australia.

All matches

This table chronicles all the matches of Rafael Nadal in 2019, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins.

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 30 December 2018 – 6 January 2019
	Withdrew

Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 14 – 27 January 2019
	1 / 1108	1R	James Duckworth (WC)	237	Win	6–4, 6–3, 7–5
	2 / 1109	2R	Matthew Ebden	48	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
	3 / 1110	3R	Alex de Minaur (27)	29

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

ATP and Grand Slam sanctioned matches

Rafael Nadal has a 2–0 ATP match win-loss record in the 2019 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings is 0–0. Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

James Duckworth 1–0
Matthew Ebden 1–0

References

External links

Rafael Nadal at the Association of Tennis Professionals
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