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How Nick Kyrgios and Rafael Nadal match up ahead of their Australian Open fourth-round showdown at Melbourne Park on Monday.

HOW NICK KYRGIOS AND RAFAEL NADAL SHAPE UP AHEAD OF THEIR AUSTRALIAN OPEN FOURTH-ROUND BLOCKBUSTER ON MONDAY:

1-RAFAEL NADAL (ESP) leads 23-NICK KYRGIOS 4-3 (1-1 at grand slams)

2019 Wimbledon, grass, R64, Nadal 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-3) 2019 Acapulco, hard, R16, Kyrgios 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (8-6) 2017 Beijing, hard, F, Nadal 6-2 6-1 2017 Cincinnati Masters, hard, QF, Kyrgios 6-2 7-5 2017 Madrid Masters, clay, R16, Nadal 6-3 6-1 2016 Rome Masters, clay, R16, Nadal 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 6-4 2014 Wimbledon, grass, R16, Kyrgios 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 6-3

NADAL

Age: 33

Ranking: 1

Plays: left-handed (two-handed backhand)

Career prize money: $US120,222,286

Career titles: 84

Grand slam titles: 19 (Australian Open 2009; French Open 2005-08, 2010-14, 2017-19; Wimbledon 2008, 2010; US Open 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019)

Career win-loss record: 984-199

Australian Open win-loss record: 64-13

Best Australian Open results: champion 2009, runner-up 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019

KYRGIOS

Age: 24

Ranking: 26

Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Career prize money: $US8,337,448

Career titles: 6

Grand slam titles: 0

Career win-loss record: 161-93

Australian Open win-loss record: 15-5

Best Australian Open result: quarter-finalist 2015