Date: April 19, 2013
Start time: ± 1 pm CET, ± 12 pm BST, ± 7 am EDT.
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Rafa and Jo have played each other 10 times. Their head-to-head, which Nadal leads 7 to 3, looks like this:
| Year | Tournament & City | Surface | Round | Winner & Score |
| 2012 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami FL, U.S.A. |
Hard | Q | Nadal, Rafael 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 Stats |
| 2011 | Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Great Britain |
Hard | RR | Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-3 Stats |
| 2011 | ESP vs. FRA WG SF Spain |
Clay | RR | Nadal, Rafael 6-0, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 2011 | London / Queen’s Club Great Britain |
Grass | Q | Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-1 Stats |
| 2010 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami FL, U.S.A. |
Hard | Q | Nadal, Rafael 6-3, 6-2 Stats |
| 2009 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris France |
Hard | Q | Nadal, Rafael 7-5, 7-5 Stats |
| 2009 | Rotterdam The Netherlands |
Hard | Q | Nadal, Rafael 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4 Stats |
| 2008 | ATP Masters Series Indian Wells CA, U.S.A. |
Hard | R16 | Nadal, Rafael 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 7-5 Stats |
| 2008 | Australian Open Australia |
Hard | S | Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 Stats |
| 2007 | US Open NY, U.S.A. |
Hard | R32 | Nadal, Rafael 7-6(3), 6-2, 6-1 Stats |
Rafael Nadal: “I have to play aggressive. I have to play my game. If I am playing at the level I played the first set [today], I really hope that I will have chances.”
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga: “He [Rafael Nadal] won eight times here. Anything I might achieve will be just a bonus for me. I have no longer any pain in my legs because I know I’m going to play a player that’s a lot better than I am on clay. But I do have some weapons. I have everything to win and nothing to lose.”
Source: ATP World Tour