Rafael Nadal holds a 68-7 record and is a nine-time champ at the Italian Open. But only five players have beaten him since he first played the tournament in 2005.
In 2008, Juan Carlos Ferrero snapped Rafael Nadal's 18 match win streak in Rome.
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Stan Wawrinka got his first and only clay court victory in the quarterfinals of 2015 Italian Open.
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In 2017, Nadal defeated Thiem in Madrid and Barcelona. But the Austrian took revenge in the quarterfinals of Italian Open.
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Schwartzman stunned Nadal in the quarterfinals of 2020 Italian Open to break his nine match losing streak against him.
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Before 2011, Djokovic had never beaten Nadal on clay. But in that year he beat the king of clay in Madrid Open final as well as Italian Open final.
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Djokovic later beat Nadal in the finals in 2014 and in the quarterfinals in 2016.
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