How many players hold a better winning record over Rafael Nadal?

Question

And how many times has he been beaten on clay and by whom?

Answer 1

Player that hold a better winning record over Nadal:

David Nalbandian 2 - 0

James Blake 3 - 2

Lleyton Hewitt 4 - 3

In total (to date) Nadal lost 14 matches on clay and won 155 matches (22 titles) and his recent lost on clay are against Ferrero (Rome Masters 2008) and Federer (Hamburg Masters 2007).

Answer 2

3. Nalbandian, Hewitt, and Blake. Nadal's worst surface is hard courts, second worst is grass, and best is clay!

Answer 3

There are 11 players with a winning head 2 head advantage over Nadal: James Blake (2-3), Alex Corretja (0-2), Chris Guccione (0-1), Lleyton Hewitt (3-4), Dominik Hrbaty (1-3), Joachim Johansson (0-1), Nicolas Lapentti (0-1), Nicolas Mahut (0-1), Oliver Mutis (0-1), David Nalbandian (0-2), and Paradorn Srichaphan (0-1).

He's 117-45 on Hard, 24-7 on grass, 5-6 on carpet, and 152-14 on clay. Those14 clay  losses were to:

Olivier Rochus 2-6 2-6 in 2002 Mallorca

Carlos Moya 4-6 4-6 in 2003 Umag

Fernando Gonzalez 2-6 6-3 2-6 in 2003 Stuttgart

Nicolas lapentti 6-3 3-6 6-7 in 2003 Bastad

Gaston Gaudio 2-6 2-6 in 2003 Hamburg

Alex Corretja 6-3 2-6 1-6 in 2003 Barcelona

Gullermo Coria 6-7 2-6 in 2003 Monte Carlo

Olivier Mutis  3-6 3-6 in 2004 Palermo

David Ferrer 3-6 7-6 5-7 in 2004 Stuttgart

Gaston Gaudio 2-6 3-6 in 2004 Bastad

Irakli Labadze-Nadal withdrew in Estoril 2004 which could be counted as15th loss

Igor Andreev 5-7 2-6 in 2005 Valencia

Gaston Gaudio 0-6 6-0 1-6 in 2005 Buenos Aires

Roger Federer 6-2 2-6 0-6 in 2007 Hamburg

Juan Carlos Ferrero 5-7 1-6 in 2008 Rome