How old is Marat Safin?

Marat Safin is 46 years old, born on January 27, 1980.

Does Marat Safin use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?

Marat Safin uses a two-handed backhand.

Is Marat Safin left-handed or right-handed?

Marat Safin plays right-handed.

How many Grand Slams has Marat Safin won?

Marat Safin has won 2 Grand Slam titles. The most recent was Australian Open in 2005.

How many Masters 1000 titles has Marat Safin won?

Marat Safin has won 5 Masters 1000 titles. The most recent was Paris Masters in 2004.

How many ATP titles has Marat Safin won?

Marat Safin has won 15 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Beijing in 2004.

What is Marat Safin's highest ATP ranking?

Marat Safin's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 1, first achieved on November 20, 2000.

What is Marat Safin's career win-loss record?

Marat Safin has a career ATP singles record of 395 wins and 247 losses (61.5%).

How much career prize money has Marat Safin earned?

Marat Safin has earned at least $14,373,291 in career prize money from professional tennis.

When did Marat Safin play professional tennis?

Marat Safin turned professional in 1997 and was active through 2009.

What is Marat Safin's best surface?

Marat Safin's best surface is carpet court with a 69.3% win rate (52W-23L).

Who is Marat Safin's biggest rival?

Marat Safin's most frequent opponent is Lleyton Hewitt, with a head-to-head record of 7–5 across 12 meetings.

Marat Safin

RUS Age 46 193 cm / 6'4" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand Pro 1997–2009

Peak ranking

1 (Nov 20, 2000)

Elo peak

2100 (95.6%ile)

Career record

395–247 (61.5%)

Career titles

Prize money

$14,373,291

News: Andrey Rublev says he “completely lost” himself – and that the worst is now behind him, thanks to Marat Safin (Tennis Majors, 20d ago)

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Nov 11, 2009*	Paris Masters	Masters 1000	R32	Hard	Juan Martin del Potro #5	4-6 7-5 4-6	L	H2H	Match data
Nov 10, 2009*	Paris Masters	Masters 1000	R64	Hard	Thierry Ascione #168	6-4 4-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2009*	St. Petersburg	ATP 250	SF	Hard	Sergiy Stakhovsky #93	4-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2009*	St. Petersburg	ATP 250	QF	Hard	Denis Istomin #101	6-0 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2009*	St. Petersburg	ATP 250	R16	Hard	Igor Andreev #38	6-3 0-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Lleyton Hewitt	7	5	12	Apr 14, 2009	H2H
Dominik Hrbaty	6	6	12	Aug 20, 2005	H2H
Roger Federer	2	9	11	Jan 25, 2009	H2H
Juan Carlos Ferrero	6	5	11	Apr 17, 2008	H2H
Tommy Robredo	4	6	10	Apr 29, 2009	H2H

Titles (15)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	M1000	500	250	Finals	Tournaments
1999	19	1	—	—	—	1	—	Boston
2000	20	7	1	2	—	4	—	Barcelona , Mallorca , St. Petersburg , Tashkent , Canada Masters , Paris Masters , US Open
2001	21	2	—	—	—	2	—	St. Petersburg , Tashkent
2002	22	1	—	1	—	—	—	Paris Masters
2004	24	3	—	2	—	1	—	Beijing , Madrid Masters , Paris Masters
2005	25	1	1	—	—	—	—	Australian Open
Total		15	2	5	—	8	—

Career Results

Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1997	17	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	444	203
1998	18	ATP	16	16	32	50.0%	203	49
1999	19	ATP	36	29	65	55.4%	49	24
2000	20	ATP	69	23	92	75.0%	24	2
2001	21	ATP	43	23	66	65.2%	2	11
2002	22	ATP	48	23	71	67.6%	11	3
2003	23	ATP	12	13	25	48.0%	3	77
2004	24	ATP	50	21	71	70.4%	77	4
2005	25	ATP	25	11	36	69.4%	4	12
2006	26	ATP	33	23	56	58.9%	12	26
2007	27	ATP	21	19	40	52.5%	26	56
2008	28	Qualifying Q	2	0	2	100.0%	—	—
2008	28	ATP	24	23	47	51.1%	57	29
2009	29	ATP	18	22	40	45.0%	29	61
Career		—	395	247	642	61.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1997	17	ATP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1998	18	ATP	9	5	14	64.3%	6	8	14	42.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	16	16	32	50.0%
1999	19	ATP	16	13	29	55.2%	9	10	19	47.4%	—	—	—	—	11	6	17	64.7%	36	29	65	55.4%
2000	20	ATP	36	14	50	72.0%	22	6	28	78.6%	3	2	5	60.0%	8	1	9	88.9%	69	23	92	75.0%
2001	21	ATP	27	12	39	69.2%	4	5	9	44.4%	5	2	7	71.4%	7	4	11	63.6%	43	23	66	65.2%
2002	22	ATP	21	15	36	58.3%	16	5	21	76.2%	1	1	2	50.0%	10	2	12	83.3%	48	23	71	67.6%
2003	23	ATP	8	9	17	47.1%	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	12	13	25	48.0%
2004	24	ATP	26	11	37	70.3%	16	6	22	72.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	50	21	71	70.4%
2005	25	ATP	12	4	16	75.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	6	2	8	75.0%	—	—	—	—	25	11	36	69.4%
2006	26	ATP	19	12	31	61.3%	5	6	11	45.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	33	23	56	58.9%
2007	27	ATP	14	12	26	53.8%	4	5	9	44.4%	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	21	19	40	52.5%
2008	28	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%
2008	28	ATP	10	14	24	41.7%	8	7	15	53.3%	6	2	8	75.0%	—	—	—	—	24	23	47	51.1%
2009	29	ATP	16	15	31	51.6%	2	6	8	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	18	22	40	45.0%
Career	—	—	214	136	350	61.1%	103	71	174	59.2%	26	17	43	60.5%	52	23	75	69.3%	395	247	642	61.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1997	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1998	18	2	1	3	66.7%	4	4	8	50.0%	6	7	13	46.2%	4	4	8	50.0%	16	16	32	50.0%
1999	19	4	4	8	50.0%	6	7	13	46.2%	19	14	33	57.6%	4	4	8	50.0%	33	29	62	53.2%
2000	20	9	5	14	64.3%	19	2	21	90.5%	32	14	46	69.6%	8	1	9	88.9%	68	22	90	75.6%
2001	21	2	2	4	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	23	11	34	67.6%	12	3	15	80.0%	43	22	65	66.2%
2002	22	6	5	11	54.5%	7	5	12	58.3%	25	13	38	65.8%	9	0	9	100.0%	47	23	70	67.1%
2003	23	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	8	9	17	47.1%	1	2	3	33.3%	12	13	25	48.0%
2004	24	8	9	17	47.1%	7	4	11	63.6%	22	7	29	75.9%	12	1	13	92.3%	49	21	70	70.0%
2005	25	3	1	4	75.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	11	6	17	64.7%	7	1	8	87.5%	25	11	36	69.4%
2006	26	6	6	12	50.0%	7	8	15	46.7%	15	7	22	68.2%	5	2	7	71.4%	33	23	56	58.9%
2007	27	0	4	4	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	10	10	20	50.0%	9	2	11	81.8%	21	19	40	52.5%
2008	28	3	4	7	42.9%	3	7	10	30.0%	10	9	19	52.6%	8	3	11	72.7%	24	23	47	51.1%
2009	29	1	5	6	16.7%	1	6	7	14.3%	12	7	19	63.2%	4	4	8	50.0%	18	22	40	45.0%
Career		45	47	92	48.9%	68	56	124	54.8%	193	115	308	62.7%	83	27	110	75.5%	389	245	634	61.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 634/642 (98.8%) of Marat Safin's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1997	17	1	12.0	3.0	57.7%	83.1%	46.2%	66.7%	16.7%	67.5%	26.7%
1998	18	30	9.6	3.9	50.3%	78.5%	47.8%	60.0%	40.1%	63.4%	37.6%
1999	19	55	9.1	3.0	49.4%	77.1%	52.1%	55.3%	39.4%	64.1%	36.5%
2000	20	77	9.6	2.0	51.8%	78.0%	52.8%	59.2%	41.3%	65.6%	38.5%
2001	21	59	8.3	2.2	55.2%	76.1%	54.4%	58.9%	41.2%	66.3%	37.3%
2002	22	63	8.5	2.2	57.8%	77.0%	52.8%	61.7%	40.8%	66.8%	39.9%
2003	23	22	7.1	1.7	57.9%	71.5%	53.0%	59.3%	42.6%	63.6%	39.4%
2004	24	69	9.9	2.2	56.4%	77.2%	56.3%	63.4%	40.3%	68.1%	38.1%
2005	25	36	8.8	1.9	58.3%	75.8%	52.5%	57.0%	40.8%	66.0%	40.1%
2006	26	55	8.3	1.8	61.0%	73.8%	53.9%	62.5%	41.9%	66.1%	36.9%
2007	27	40	8.2	3.2	56.8%	71.2%	53.1%	56.2%	40.6%	63.7%	35.3%
2008	28	44	8.2	3.2	54.5%	73.3%	50.5%	61.9%	46.0%	63.0%	36.3%
2009	29	40	9.9	2.7	55.6%	75.4%	51.9%	57.3%	38.8%	65.0%	35.4%
Career		591	8.9	2.4	55.3%	75.8%	52.9%	59.7%	41.0%	65.5%	37.6%

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
1997	17	1490	33	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	34	0	—	1	1	—
1998	18	1664	82	78	56	—	52.7%	+0.34	68	13	31	9	8	53
1999	19	1775	92	91	68	—	53.3%	+0.06	79	17	58	21	13	62
2000	20	2060	100	100	98	69	65.5%	+0.88	95	48	73	30	20	60
2001	21	1924	98	98	96	90	61.2%	+0.70	90	32	60	21	20	51
2002	22	1893	97	98	97	—	61.2%	+0.83	96	50	65	22	17	56
2003	23	1728	89	86	98	—	58.2%	+0.53	77	15	33	2	3	40
2004	24	1988	99	99	98	—	61.5%	+0.97	98	43	67	24	24	50
2005	25	1948	98	99	98	94	60.4%	+0.91	95	25	70	13	5	72
2006	26	1880	97	97	92	93	56.8%	+0.42	89	26	50	16	14	53
2007	27	1757	94	94	93	96	48.6%	-0.21	92	21	79	11	14	44
2008	28	1780	95	89	94	98	52.4%	+0.02	94	17	47	13	17	43
2009	29	1777	95	94	89	—	50.5%	-0.05	95	14	35	5	12	29
Career		1857	95	95	90	89	57.9%	+0.44	89	28	58	188	168	53

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
1998	18	—	R16	R128	R16
1999	19	R32	R16	—	R64
2000	20	R128	QF	R64	W
2001	21	R16	R32	QF	SF
2002	22	F	SF	R64	R64
2003	23	R32	—	—	—
2004	24	F	R16	R128	R128
2005	25	W	R16	R32	—
2006	26	—	R128	R64	R16
2007	27	R32	R64	R32	R64
2008	28	R64	R64	SF	R64
2009	29	R32	R64	R128	R128

Masters 1000

Season	Age	CAN	CIN	HAM	IW	MAD	MC	MIA	PAR	ROM	SHA	STU
1999	19	—	R64	R32	R16	—	R64	R16	F	R32	—	R32
2000	20	W	R16	F	R32	—	R64	R64	W	R32	—	R16
2001	21	R64	R64	R32	R64	—	R64	R64	R16	R32	—	R32
2002	22	QF	R64	F	R16	R32	QF	QF	W	R32	—	—
2003	23	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—
2004	24	R64	QF	R16	R32	W	SF	R64	W	R16	—	—
2005	25	—	QF	R32	R32	—	R16	R32	—	R32	—	—
2006	26	R64	R64	R64	R16	QF	R64	R128	QF	R32	—	—
2007	27	R32	R64	R32	R64	R64	R32	R64	—	R32	—	—
2008	28	R32	R64	R16	R128	—	R32	R128	R64	R64	—	—
2009	29	R64	R32	—	R32	R64	R32	R32	R32	R64	R32	—

ATP 500

Season	Age	BAR	BEI	DUB	WAS	HSB
2007	27	R64	—	—	QF	R16
2008	28	—	—	—	R32	R32
2009	29	R64	QF	R32	—	—

ATP 250

Season	Age	AUC	BAD	BAR	BAS	BEI	DOH	DUB	EST	GST	HAL	HAM	HKG	HOU	KIT	LYO	MAL	MET	MRS	QUE	ROT	SPB	STU	VIE	WAS	AMS	BAN	BOS	COP	LAS	LON	LON	LOS	MEM	MIL	MOS	NEW	ORL	OST	PHI	PRA	SAN	SAN	SOP	SYD	TAS	TOU	VAL
1997	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	18	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R16	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—
1999	19	R16	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	SF	SF	R64	R16	R16	SF	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—
2000	20	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	W	—	R32	QF	R32	W	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	W	—	—
2001	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R32	—	—	R16	SF	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	R32	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—
2002	22	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—
2003	23	—	—	F	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32
2004	24	—	—	—	—	W	—	R32	F	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—
2005	25	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF
2007	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	28	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	R32	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16
2009	29	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

ATP Finals

Season	Age	MAS
2000	20	SF
2002	22	RR
2004	24	SF

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Nov 20, 2000

First top 100

Jun 8, 1998

First top 50

Oct 26, 1998

First top 20

May 1, 2000

First top 10

Jun 12, 2000

Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1997	17	445	446	423	418	424	430	324	292	196	218	195	203
1998	18	206	184	170	124	116	72	75	60	54	49	48	49
1999	19	47	29	23	29	31	38	37	31	36	36	25	24
2000	20	24	38	34	35	12	9	9	7	2	2	1	2
2001	21	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	7	7	11	11
2002	22	7	7	7	6	2	2	2	2	4	5	3	3
2003	23	7	7	8	7	12	20	21	25	27	38	78	77
2004	24	86	30	33	24	20	15	14	14	9	8	4	4
2005	25	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	13	12
2006	26	50	53	47	49	53	87	92	104	72	37	26	26
2007	27	24	24	27	26	25	24	22	25	27	38	56	56
2008	28	64	65	90	84	73	75	38	44	40	31	29	29
2009	29	27	25	23	20	22	24	55	58	58	77	61	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Grand Slams	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Yevgeny Kafelnikov	RUS	1	2,071	2	25	849	568	281	66.9%	1992-2003	Match log
Nikolay Davydenko	RUS	3	2,213	0	21	791	467	324	59.0%	2000-2014	Match log
Mikhail Youzhny	RUS	8	2,069	0	10	882	477	405	54.1%	1999-2018	Match log
Roger Federer	SUI	1	2,430	20	103	1,473	1,206	267	81.9%	1998-2021	Match log
Novak Djokovic	SRB	1	2,593	24	100	1,339	1,117	222	83.4%	2004-2026	Match log
Rafael Nadal	ESP	1	2,500	22	91	1,270	1,045	225	82.3%	2002-2024	Match log
Andre Agassi	USA	1	2,241	8	59	1,104	836	268	75.7%	1986-2006	Match log
Pete Sampras	USA	1	2,265	14	64	945	737	208	78.0%	1988-2002	Match log
Andy Murray	GBR	1	2,470	3	44	967	703	264	72.7%	2005-2024	Match log
David Ferrer	ESP	3	2,270	0	27	1,068	700	368	65.5%	2002-2019	Match log
Michael Chang	USA	2	2,110	1	34	951	648	303	68.1%	1987-2003	Match log
Tomas Berdych	CZE	4	2,232	0	13	915	594	321	64.9%	2003-2019	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Marat Safin?: Marat Safin is 46 years old, born on January 27, 1980.
Which country is Marat Safin from?: Marat Safin is from Russia.
How tall is Marat Safin?: Marat Safin is 193 cm / 6'4".
Does Marat Safin use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Marat Safin uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Marat Safin left-handed or right-handed?: Marat Safin plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Marat Safin won?: Marat Safin has won 2 Grand Slam titles. The most recent was Australian Open in 2005.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Marat Safin won?: Marat Safin has won 5 Masters 1000 titles. The most recent was Paris Masters in 2004.
How many ATP titles has Marat Safin won?: Marat Safin has won 15 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Beijing in 2004.
What is Marat Safin's highest ATP ranking?: Marat Safin's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 1, first achieved on November 20, 2000.
What is Marat Safin's career win-loss record?: Marat Safin has a career ATP singles record of 395 wins and 247 losses (61.5%).
How much career prize money has Marat Safin earned?: Marat Safin has earned at least $14,373,291 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did Marat Safin play professional tennis?: Marat Safin turned professional in 1997 and was active through 2009.
What is Marat Safin's best surface?: Marat Safin's best surface is carpet court with a 69.3% win rate (52W-23L).
Who is Marat Safin's biggest rival?: Marat Safin's most frequent opponent is Lleyton Hewitt, with a head-to-head record of 7–5 across 12 meetings.