Analysis for Nadal-Federer (ATP French Open)

Head-to-head record 10:6

Federer and Nadal have played a total of 16 times, with Nadal leading the series 10-6. The Spaniard has won eight of their nine meetings on clay, including both showdowns during this year's clay court swing in the finals of ATP Masters Series events in Hamburg and Monte Carlo. But both of these battles were really tight and Federer seems to be more and more competitive. He is getting to know how to play Nadal on dirt and his self confidence should be sky high – he has nothing to lose here. No. 1 Roger Federer takes on No. 2 and rival Rafael Nadal in the third consecutive championship at Roland Garros. Both players come in with outstanding records on clay this season. Nadal is 21-1 with three ATP titles (ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo, Barcelona, ATP Masters Series Hamburg) while Federer owns a career-best 21-3 mark. He captured his lone title in Estoril while reaching finals in Monte Carlo and Hamburg, losing both times to Nadal. Nadal has yet to drop a set en route to the final for the second straight year. The 26-year-old Swiss native is looking forward to the challenge of beating the world's best clay court player. It would be wasting of time to describe both players again. Nadal owns a 10-6 career record against Federer, including 8-1 on clay, but he knows a difficult task lies ahead. Federer probably plays his career best on clay and he is not going to capitulate easily. Well, Nadal seems to be unbeatable but Federer´s odds above 4 are definitely worth taking. When else you can get such the outstanding odds on the reigning world number one.