Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray will be squaring off for the 23rd time in their careers when they meet in the semifinals of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Saturday.
Date: April 16, 2016
Match time: Not before 1 PM local time / 7 AM EDT – New York, Montreal / 12 noon – United Kingdom / 1 PM CET – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / 9 PM AEDT – Melbourne. To convert to your local time, use this website.
Watch online: 3pmstream
It will be the third time that Rafa and Andy have met in the semi-finals at the Monte-Carlo Country Club, with our champ winning their contests in 2009 and 2011. Rafa leads their overall head-to-head 16-6, but it was Andy who won their last clay-court meeting, in the Madrid final last year.
Rafa on playing Andy Murray:
Andy played a great match today. We’ll see. I need to be ready to play the way I am playing the last two matches. If I am able to do it, I hope to have my chances.
Rafa is looking to win the Monte-Carlo crown for the ninth time this week. He set a tournament record 46-match winning run as he claimed eight straight titles from 2005-2012, before his streak ended in the 2013 final against Novak Djokovic.
Rafa is bidding to win his first title of the season and draw level with Djokovic by capturing his 28th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown. The left-hander will play his fifth semi-final of the season; he went on to finish runner-up in Doha (l. to Djokovic).
Here are the matches they have played against each other:
| YEAR | EVENT | SURFACE | RND | WINNER | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Great Britain |
Indoor Hard | RR | Rafael Nadal |
64 61
|
| 2015 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Spain |
Outdoor Clay | F | Andy Murray |
63 62
|
| 2014 | Roland Garros France |
Outdoor Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal |
63 62 61
|
| 2014 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Italy |
Outdoor Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal |
16 63 75
|
| 2012 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami FL, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | SF | Andy Murray |
W/O
|
| 2011 | Tokyo Japan |
Outdoor Hard | F | Andy Murray |
36 62 60
|
| 2011 | US Open NY, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal |
64 62 36 62
|
| 2011 | Wimbledon Great Britain |
Outdoor Grass | SF | Rafael Nadal |
57 62 62 64
|
| 2011 | Roland Garros France |
Outdoor Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal |
64 75 64
|
| 2011 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Monaco |
Outdoor Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal |
64 26 61
|
| 2010 | Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Great Britain |
Indoor Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal |
765 36 766
|
| 2010 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada Canada |
Outdoor Hard | SF | Andy Murray |
63 64
|
| 2010 | Wimbledon Great Britain |
Outdoor Grass | SF | Rafael Nadal |
64 766 64
|
| 2010 | Australian Open Australia |
Outdoor Hard | QF | Andy Murray |
63 762 30
RET
|
| 2009 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Monaco |
Outdoor Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal |
62 764
|
| 2009 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells CA, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | F | Rafael Nadal |
61 62
|
| 2009 | Rotterdam Netherlands |
Indoor Hard | F | Andy Murray |
63 46 60
|
| 2008 | US Open NY, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | SF | Andy Murray |
62 765 46 64
|
| 2008 | ATP Masters Series Canada Canada |
Outdoor Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal |
762 63
|
| 2008 | Wimbledon Great Britain |
Outdoor Grass | QF | Rafael Nadal |
63 62 64
|
| 2008 | ATP Masters Series Hamburg Germany |
Outdoor Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
63 62
|
| 2007 | ATP Masters Series Madrid Spain |
Outdoor Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
765 64
|
| 2007 | Australian Open Australia |
Outdoor Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
673 64 46 63 61
|
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Yes yes yes, dearest Rafa ❤️ You did it. -You’re the King 👑😊
VAMOS 🎾💪😅
All the very best of luck in the final, go bite that trophy 🍀🏆😘
ALL the best Rafa for the match against Andy, and I pray you do really well,
love and prayers,
AlaineXX
I can’t wait for the negative comments from zika-brain Laforge and MIROMO the village idiot who confidently predicted that Rafa would be out in round 2. I am sure they know exactly why Rafa ‘got lucky’ and ‘did not deserve’ the win O_O
VAMOS RAFA AND SWALLOW YOUR TURDS, Laforge and Miromo …..
Spot on with everything you said..they won’t crawl out till he loses again spouting their sanctimonious wisdom
Dear Rafa_86 and Linda Arnold,
Rein in your horses both of you!!!
Don’t forget that it was a result of the continuous positive criticisms from the Deep Thinker, MIROMO, LaForge and J.Beer that we are now seeing 95% Nadal today.
Had we joined the cheer leaders like your self to continuously praise him even when he himself admitted to the whole world that he is playing badly, Nadal would probably be No 50 or whatever in the world today!
Thanks tot these brave 4 Musketeers (or idiots as you prefer to call us) and we are now seeing 95% vintage Nadal!!!! The world owe us some award, some recognition for ensuring that the best Nadal (well, for now 95%) Nadal is achieved!!!
We will ONLY restore the remaining 5% when Nadal beats Novak and that we be the day.
Yes, that will be the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHA from the way Rafa’s tournament is going, I’ll say the match will be roughly 7-10 hours before Andy Murray’s flight back to England/Miami or to wherever his next tournament is. Booya!
Rafa please pretty please don’t make me regret this trash talking:):)
Good luck Rafa! We are all with you.