H2H data updated: 2026-09-11 00:00 UTC

Marat Safin vs Ivo Karlovic H2H: 1-2

Ivo Karlovic holds a 2–1 lead over Marat Safin in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on hard courts, while Ivo Karlovic leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Ivo Karlovic won the 2007 Madrid Open first round 6-3 6-4.

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Marat Safin
RUS Age 46 Right-Handed 193 cm / 6'4"
H2H
1 – 2
3 main-draw meetings
Ivo Karlovic
CRO Age 47 Right-Handed 211 cm / 6'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Ivo Karlovic #24 6-3 6-4 Marat Safin #36 Match data Oct 17, 2007* R64 Madrid Open Masters 1000 Hard
Ivo Karlovic #78 7-6(3) 7-6(4) Marat Safin #24 Match data Jun 15, 2007* R16 Queen's Club Championships International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Grass
Marat Safin #14 7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-4 Ivo Karlovic #58 Match data Aug 7, 2004* R16 Cincinnati Open Masters 1000 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Marat Safin #61 #1 4,300 2,098 396 249 61.4% 2 5 0 1 7 15
Ivo Karlovic #1,066 #14 2,295 1,999 363 335 52.0% 0 0 0 0 8 8

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Marat Safin Ivo Karlovic
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 1997 0–1 0.0% #203 1,490 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 1998 16–16 50.0% #49 1,664 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 1999 36–29 55.4% #24 1,775 0 1 — — — — — — —
20 2000 69–24 74.2% #2 2,045 1 8 — — — — — — —
21 2001 43–23 65.2% #11 1,923 1 10 — — — — — — —
22 2002 48–23 67.6% #3 1,892 1 11 2001 0–1 0.0% #193 1,500 0 0
23 2003 12–13 48.0% #77 1,753 1 11 2002 1–2 33.3% #201 1,454 0 0
24 2004 51–22 69.9% #4 1,985 1 14 2003 9–7 56.2% #73 1,665 0 0
25 2005 25–11 69.4% #12 1,946 2 15 2004 18–25 41.9% #61 1,685 0 0
26 2006 33–23 58.9% #26 1,861 2 15 2005 17–22 43.6% #70 1,745 0 0
27 2007 21–19 52.5% #56 1,754 2 15 2006 16–18 47.1% #98 1,633 0 0
28 2008 24–23 51.1% #29 1,770 2 15 2007 45–21 68.2% #22 1,931 0 3
29 2009 18–22 45.0% #61 1,776 2 15 2008 29–25 53.7% #26 1,814 0 4
30 — — — — — — — 2009 21–22 48.8% #37 1,797 0 4
31 — — — — — — — 2010 16–9 64.0% #73 1,866 0 4
32 — — — — — — — 2011 16–20 44.4% #56 1,821 0 4
33 — — — — — — — 2012 14–16 46.7% #100 1,769 0 4
34 — — — — — — — 2013 15–13 53.6% #78 1,774 0 5
35 — — — — — — — 2014 36–28 56.2% #27 1,856 0 5
36 — — — — — — — 2015 38–25 60.3% #23 1,917 0 6
37 — — — — — — — 2016 32–22 59.3% #20 1,972 0 8
38 — — — — — — — 2017 15–20 42.9% #80 1,771 0 8
39 — — — — — — — 2018 11–16 40.7% #100 1,645 0 8
40 — — — — — — — 2019 11–15 42.3% #95 1,675 0 8
41 — — — — — — — 2020 1–4 20.0% #147 1,620 0 8
42 — — — — — — — 2021 2–4 33.3% #279 1,625 0 8

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Marat Safin Ivo Karlovic
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
17 1997 — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1998 9 5 14 64.3% 6 8 14 42.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1999 16 13 29 55.2% 9 10 19 47.4% — — — — 11 6 17 64.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2000 36 15 51 70.6% 22 6 28 78.6% 3 2 5 60.0% 8 1 9 88.9% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2001 27 12 39 69.2% 4 5 9 44.4% 5 2 7 71.4% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2002 21 15 36 58.3% 16 5 21 76.2% 1 1 2 50.0% 10 2 12 83.3% 2001 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2003 8 9 17 47.1% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 2002 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
24 2004 27 12 39 69.2% 16 6 22 72.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 2003 5 4 9 55.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
25 2005 12 4 16 75.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2004 6 12 18 33.3% 5 7 12 41.7% 5 3 8 62.5% 2 3 5 40.0%
26 2006 19 12 31 61.3% 5 6 11 45.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 2005 9 11 20 45.0% 0 6 6 0.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
27 2007 14 12 26 53.8% 4 5 9 44.4% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2006 8 11 19 42.1% 6 4 10 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
28 2008 10 14 24 41.7% 8 7 15 53.3% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2007 30 16 46 65.2% 6 2 8 75.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
29 2009 16 15 31 51.6% 2 6 8 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2008 17 14 31 54.8% 5 8 13 38.5% 7 2 9 77.8% 0 1 1 0.0%
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 9 15 24 37.5% 5 5 10 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 14 7 21 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 12 13 25 48.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2012 12 11 23 52.2% 0 3 3 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 13 11 24 54.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2014 24 18 42 57.1% 7 6 13 53.8% 5 4 9 55.6% — — — —
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 26 18 44 59.1% 1 3 4 25.0% 11 4 15 73.3% — — — —
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 20 13 33 60.6% 4 6 10 40.0% 8 3 11 72.7% — — — —
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 8 12 20 40.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — —
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 4 7 11 36.4% 5 6 11 45.5% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 9 11 20 45.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
41 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
42 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
Career — 215 138 353 60.9% 103 71 174 59.2% 26 17 43 60.5% 52 23 75 69.3% — 229 213 442 51.8% 54 70 124 43.5% 74 44 118 62.7% 6 8 14 42.9%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 587/645 of Marat Safin's and 692/698 of Ivo Karlovic's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Marat Safin Ivo Karlovic
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
17 1997 1/1 12.0 3.0 57.7% 83.1% 46.2% 66.7% 16.7% 67.5% 26.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 1998 30/32 9.6 3.9 50.3% 78.5% 47.8% 60.0% 40.1% 63.4% 37.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 1999 55/65 9.1 3.0 49.4% 77.1% 52.1% 55.3% 39.4% 64.1% 36.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2000 76/93 9.7 2.1 51.8% 78.4% 52.8% 59.3% 41.7% 65.9% 38.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2001 57/66 8.5 2.1 55.5% 76.1% 54.5% 59.8% 41.5% 66.5% 37.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2002 62/71 8.6 2.2 57.9% 76.9% 52.9% 61.5% 40.6% 66.9% 39.8% 2001 1/1 16.0 2.0 76.6% 71.4% 46.7% 60.0% 50.0% 65.6% 32.4%
23 2003 22/25 7.1 1.7 57.9% 71.5% 53.0% 59.3% 42.6% 63.6% 39.4% 2002 2/3 15.0 8.5 53.7% 75.3% 40.4% 71.7% 75.0% 59.2% 28.6%
24 2004 69/73 9.9 2.2 56.4% 77.2% 56.3% 63.4% 40.3% 68.1% 38.1% 2003 16/16 17.6 6.3 61.1% 83.8% 53.3% 73.0% 28.3% 71.9% 29.0%
25 2005 36/36 8.8 1.9 58.3% 75.8% 52.5% 57.0% 40.8% 66.0% 40.1% 2004 40/43 21.1 5.4 61.9% 81.6% 52.8% 63.7% 25.9% 70.3% 26.8%
26 2006 55/56 8.3 1.8 61.0% 73.8% 53.9% 62.5% 41.9% 66.1% 36.9% 2005 39/39 18.7 4.4 63.3% 82.0% 51.5% 69.3% 31.9% 70.9% 25.5%
27 2007 40/40 8.2 3.2 56.8% 71.2% 53.1% 56.2% 40.6% 63.7% 35.3% 2006 34/34 18.3 3.1 65.0% 82.0% 50.3% 70.9% 34.6% 70.7% 28.1%
28 2008 44/47 8.2 3.2 54.5% 73.3% 50.5% 61.9% 46.0% 63.0% 36.3% 2007 64/66 20.6 1.9 68.7% 84.3% 54.5% 71.9% 34.1% 74.9% 29.5%
29 2009 40/40 9.9 2.7 55.6% 75.4% 51.9% 57.3% 38.8% 65.0% 35.4% 2008 54/54 17.8 1.8 66.2% 81.4% 53.2% 66.2% 31.8% 71.8% 30.1%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2009 43/43 20.7 2.3 66.4% 84.9% 54.8% 62.5% 39.2% 74.8% 29.1%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2010 25/25 18.9 2.1 64.2% 83.5% 51.8% 68.0% 27.1% 72.1% 30.3%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2011 36/36 17.6 2.7 66.4% 80.8% 49.8% 65.5% 37.0% 70.5% 28.4%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2012 30/30 16.9 2.9 64.7% 79.5% 52.3% 61.0% 31.2% 69.7% 30.5%
34 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2013 28/28 17.3 3.4 64.1% 82.1% 55.1% 61.7% 28.7% 72.4% 27.8%
35 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2014 64/64 18.5 2.8 66.3% 82.8% 54.0% 68.7% 34.9% 73.2% 27.5%
36 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2015 63/63 23.0 3.6 66.4% 84.9% 57.0% 73.1% 33.3% 75.5% 29.0%
37 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2016 54/54 20.9 5.2 63.8% 81.7% 56.4% 72.1% 35.7% 72.6% 26.9%
38 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2017 35/35 20.8 5.1 65.1% 81.8% 56.2% 67.0% 29.2% 72.7% 25.9%
39 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 27/27 23.5 5.9 65.1% 83.9% 54.4% 71.8% 28.8% 73.4% 25.9%
40 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 26/26 23.7 4.3 65.0% 83.3% 54.3% 72.4% 24.8% 73.2% 25.6%
41 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 5/5 13.4 3.6 66.8% 75.6% 56.8% 71.8% 21.3% 69.5% 24.7%
42 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 6/6 18.2 5.2 64.8% 79.3% 46.0% 44.2% 29.2% 67.6% 27.1%
Career — 587/645 8.9 2.4 55.4% 75.9% 52.9% 59.7% 41.1% 65.5% 37.6% — 692/698 19.8 3.5 65.3% 82.6% 53.8% 68.2% 32.4% 72.6% 28.1%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Marat Safin Ivo Karlovic
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
17 1997 1491 103.5 -1.55 +0.97 0.822 47.7% — — — 33.3% -0.67 0–1 1–1 — +0.01 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1998 1665 137.5 +1.63 +0.33 1.027 50.5% +6 -80 — 52.7% +0.24 4–9 (31%) 9–8 (53%) 100.2 +0.08 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1999 1775 145.8 +2.04 -0.45 1.018 50.0% +29 -124 — 52.7% +0.07 14–9 (61%) 21–13 (62%) 111.4 -0.61 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2000 2046 156.6 +3.90 +1.35 1.128 51.9% -6 -103 -451 66.0% +0.72 23–10 (70%) 30–20 (60%) 112.7 -1.22 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2001 1923 148.7 +3.09 -0.18 1.104 51.7% +31 -80 -202 61.2% +0.67 15–10 (60%) 20–20 (50%) 99.6 +0.70 2000 1493 98.8 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2002 1893 155.1 +4.57 +2.38 1.203 52.8% +7 +73 — 61.2% +0.77 15–8 (65%) 22–17 (56%) 102.5 -0.68 2001 1501 100.2 -4.08 -1.53 0.943 47.8% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — 0–1 — +0.14
23 2003 1754 131.1 +1.31 +0.99 1.083 51.3% -12 +214 — 58.2% +0.49 3–6 (33%) 2–3 (40%) 92.9 +0.43 2002 1455 101.0 -0.82 -1.26 0.701 45.7% — — — 42.9% -0.57 0–1 1–1 — -0.01
24 2004 1986 158.0 +4.98 +1.92 1.194 52.6% +30 -45 — 62.4% +0.78 14–7 (67%) 23–25 (48%) 104.1 -0.73 2003 1666 123.8 +5.40 -4.66 1.033 50.5% -35 — +2 54.3% +0.22 2–2 (50%) 9–10 (47%) 100.2 -0.07
25 2005 1946 153.8 +3.26 +2.65 1.178 52.7% +101 -14 -120 63.4% +0.90 6–3 (67%) 12–5 (71%) 106.8 -0.17 2004 1686 136.3 +5.37 -7.05 0.904 48.9% -54 -121 +84 45.1% -0.31 10–14 (42%) 28–28 (50%) 102.1 -0.85
26 2006 1861 146.6 +3.62 +0.23 1.088 51.3% +57 -20 -41 56.8% +0.38 13–13 (50%) 16–14 (53%) 96.4 -0.94 2005 1745 141.3 +6.26 -7.68 0.875 48.7% -20 -269 +91 45.4% -0.26 6–7 (46%) 24–22 (52%) 102.5 -2.07
27 2007 1754 137.0 -0.40 -0.18 0.973 49.4% +37 +5 +108 47.6% -0.01 11–3 (79%) 11–14 (44%) 101.2 +1.29 2006 1633 131.3 +6.13 -7.11 0.960 49.6% +16 -48 — 51.1% +0.03 7–9 (44%) 19–18 (51%) 97.8 +0.32
28 2008 1770 141.2 +0.39 +0.10 0.982 49.9% -75 +32 +225 51.6% +0.11 8–9 (47%) 13–17 (43%) 95.5 -1.12 2007 1931 150.5 +9.95 -5.32 1.173 51.8% -6 -289 -103 60.5% +0.53 17–8 (68%) 37–30 (55%) 109.8 -1.29
29 2009 1776 149.7 +1.34 -0.27 1.009 50.0% +21 -56 — 48.6% 0.00 6–11 (35%) 5–12 (29%) 92.3 +0.59 2008 1815 150.1 +7.57 -4.88 1.069 50.7% +25 -181 +93 53.4% +0.24 7–10 (41%) 26–29 (47%) 93.8 +0.70
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 1798 147.0 +8.98 -4.91 1.158 51.5% -104 -119 +253 51.8% +0.26 4–9 (31%) 14–24 (37%) 89.5 0.00
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 1867 147.8 +6.46 -3.55 1.087 51.1% -26 -171 — 56.7% +0.33 4–0 (100%) 11–9 (55%) 107.1 -0.09
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 1822 147.5 +6.44 -5.95 0.962 49.6% +14 -88 +122 46.5% -0.14 5–5 (50%) 19–19 (50%) 98.0 -1.25
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2012 1769 144.3 +5.38 -4.85 1.007 49.8% +37 -113 +182 48.7% -0.18 2–6 (25%) 17–14 (55%) 95.3 -0.59
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 1774 137.0 +5.97 -5.23 1.007 50.0% +27 — +167 51.6% +0.06 6–4 (60%) 17–11 (61%) 106.8 +0.66
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2014 1857 153.7 +7.97 -6.74 1.029 49.9% +21 -115 +54 55.0% +0.13 11–8 (58%) 34–31 (52%) 102.5 +1.55
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 1917 155.1 +10.01 -5.54 1.186 51.7% -35 -231 +136 57.1% +0.52 15–12 (56%) 32–44 (42%) 99.7 +3.01
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 1973 155.0 +7.27 -7.09 0.983 50.0% -18 -250 +83 56.8% +0.16 12–6 (67%) 41–25 (62%) 110.4 +3.08
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 1771 141.4 +6.85 -7.48 0.952 49.6% +15 -53 +153 44.9% -0.17 6–5 (55%) 17–24 (41%) 95.8 +1.27
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1646 126.4 +5.95 -7.94 0.974 49.6% +41 +26 +201 46.2% -0.10 5–9 (36%) 17–24 (41%) 89.6 +0.79
40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 1675 134.3 +6.12 -7.61 0.954 49.4% +46 -25 +100 49.3% -0.17 2–6 (25%) 20–18 (53%) 99.5 +1.01
41 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1621 114.5 +1.55 -3.38 0.808 46.4% +33 — — 28.6% -1.00 — 1–4 (20%) — -0.32
42 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1626 114.4 +1.80 -4.17 0.837 47.4% +19 — — 31.3% -0.75 2–1 (67%) 0–3 (0%) 98.7 +0.12
Career — 2098 155.0 +2.83 +0.81 1.090 51.3% +19 -32 -66 58.0% +0.47 132–99 (57%) 185–169 (52%) 103.9 -0.37 — 2000 150.3 +7.24 -6.06 1.023 50.2% -4 -133 +101 51.7% +0.09 123–122 (50%) 384–389 (50%) 100.0 +0.88

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.