H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Marat Safin vs Michael Chang H2H: 2-1

Marat Safin holds a 2–1 lead over Michael Chang in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on hard courts, while Marat Safin leads 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Marat Safin won the 2002 ASB Classic round of 32 2-6 6-3 6-4.

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Marat Safin
RUS Age 46 Right-Handed 193 cm / 6'4"
H2H
2 – 1
3 main draw meetings
Michael Chang
USA Age 54 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Marat Safin #11 2-6 6-3 6-4 Michael Chang #94 Match data Jan 10, 2002* R32 ASB Classic ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard
Marat Safin #34 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-3 Michael Chang #72 Match data Nov 7, 1999* SF Paris Masters Masters 1000 Carpet
Michael Chang #58 6-3 6-4 Marat Safin #34 Match data Aug 11, 1999* R64 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
Michael Chang #1,039 #2 4,065 2,113 649 305 68.0% 1 7 0 5 21 34

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 Michael Chang
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 — — — — — — — 1987 4–4 50.0% #163 1,559 0 0
16 — — — — — — — 1988 23–13 63.9% #30 1,842 0 1
17 1997 0–1 0.0% #203 1,490 0 0 1989 45–17 72.6% #5 1,977 1 3
18 1998 16–16 50.0% #49 1,664 0 0 1990 34–19 64.2% #15 1,919 1 4
19 1999 36–29 55.4% #24 1,775 0 1 1991 47–20 70.1% #15 2,003 1 5
20 2000 69–24 74.2% #2 2,045 1 8 1992 58–23 71.6% #6 1,966 1 8
21 2001 43–23 65.2% #11 1,923 1 10 1993 62–21 74.7% #8 1,992 1 13
22 2002 48–23 67.6% #3 1,892 1 11 1994 66–19 77.6% #6 2,006 1 19
23 2003 12–13 48.0% #77 1,753 1 11 1995 65–19 77.4% #5 2,011 1 23
24 2004 51–22 69.9% #4 1,985 1 14 1996 63–19 76.8% #2 1,991 1 26
25 2005 25–11 69.4% #12 1,946 2 15 1997 53–18 74.6% #3 1,911 1 31
26 2006 33–23 58.9% #26 1,861 2 15 1998 35–16 68.6% #29 1,848 1 33
27 2007 21–19 52.5% #56 1,754 2 15 1999 27–22 55.1% #50 1,790 1 33
28 2008 24–23 51.1% #29 1,770 2 15 2000 42–26 61.8% #32 1,807 1 34
29 2009 18–22 45.0% #61 1,776 2 15 2001 16–21 43.2% #94 1,699 1 34
30 — — — — — — — 2002 7–18 28.0% #124 1,624 1 34
31 — — — — — — — 2003 2–10 16.7% #383 1,551 1 34

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 Michael Chang
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 %
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1987 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1988 13 8 21 61.9% 4 3 7 57.1% 1 2 3 33.3% 5 0 5 100.0%
17 1997 — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1989 20 8 28 71.4% 12 2 14 85.7% 3 1 4 75.0% 10 6 16 62.5%
18 1998 9 5 14 64.3% 6 8 14 42.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 1990 19 8 27 70.4% 4 4 8 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 7 5 12 58.3%
19 1999 16 13 29 55.2% 9 10 19 47.4% — — — — 11 6 17 64.7% 1991 24 11 35 68.6% 6 2 8 75.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 15 5 20 75.0%
20 2000 36 15 51 70.6% 22 6 28 78.6% 3 2 5 60.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 1992 40 8 48 83.3% 9 6 15 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 9 8 17 52.9%
21 2001 27 12 39 69.2% 4 5 9 44.4% 5 2 7 71.4% 7 4 11 63.6% 1993 43 10 53 81.1% 5 3 8 62.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 12 6 18 66.7%
22 2002 21 15 36 58.3% 16 5 21 76.2% 1 1 2 50.0% 10 2 12 83.3% 1994 35 10 45 77.8% 8 2 10 80.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 19 6 25 76.0%
23 2003 8 9 17 47.1% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 1995 31 10 41 75.6% 14 2 16 87.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 19 6 25 76.0%
24 2004 27 12 39 69.2% 16 6 22 72.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 1996 48 9 57 84.2% 5 3 8 62.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 10 6 16 62.5%
25 2005 12 4 16 75.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 1997 42 9 51 82.4% 8 3 11 72.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
26 2006 19 12 31 61.3% 5 6 11 45.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 1998 19 9 28 67.9% 10 4 14 71.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4%
27 2007 14 12 26 53.8% 4 5 9 44.4% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 1999 21 17 38 55.3% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 4 1 5 80.0%
28 2008 10 14 24 41.7% 8 7 15 53.3% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2000 27 16 43 62.8% 6 5 11 54.5% 7 3 10 70.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
29 2009 16 15 31 51.6% 2 6 8 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2001 11 13 24 45.8% 4 6 10 40.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 5 13 18 27.8% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2003 2 9 11 18.2% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
Career — 215 138 353 60.9% 103 71 174 59.2% 26 17 43 60.5% 52 23 75 69.3% — 404 172 576 70.1% 98 52 150 65.3% 30 25 55 54.5% 117 56 173 67.6%

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 666/795 of Michael Chang'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 Michael Chang
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% 1991 52/67 1.9 1.4 56.2% 68.0% 54.6% 55.2% 47.7% 61.8% 43.2%
20 2000 76/93 9.7 2.1 51.8% 78.4% 52.8% 59.3% 41.7% 65.9% 38.5% 1992 66/81 2.0 1.4 63.8% 68.8% 54.8% 55.7% 47.9% 63.5% 45.0%
21 2001 57/66 8.5 2.1 55.5% 76.1% 54.5% 59.8% 41.5% 66.5% 37.0% 1993 67/83 3.1 2.0 58.4% 69.7% 56.4% 64.2% 45.7% 64.3% 43.1%
22 2002 62/71 8.6 2.2 57.9% 76.9% 52.9% 61.5% 40.6% 66.9% 39.8% 1994 71/85 4.3 2.0 56.1% 73.8% 56.4% 58.8% 46.7% 66.1% 43.7%
23 2003 22/25 7.1 1.7 57.9% 71.5% 53.0% 59.3% 42.6% 63.6% 39.4% 1995 72/84 5.8 2.1 54.7% 76.9% 55.3% 60.0% 43.9% 66.9% 43.1%
24 2004 69/73 9.9 2.2 56.4% 77.2% 56.3% 63.4% 40.3% 68.1% 38.1% 1996 72/82 6.4 2.5 50.2% 77.2% 53.5% 61.0% 49.3% 65.3% 44.5%
25 2005 36/36 8.8 1.9 58.3% 75.8% 52.5% 57.0% 40.8% 66.0% 40.1% 1997 59/71 5.9 2.7 52.1% 74.6% 53.9% 63.7% 46.3% 64.7% 43.2%
26 2006 55/56 8.3 1.8 61.0% 73.8% 53.9% 62.5% 41.9% 66.1% 36.9% 1998 43/51 6.2 2.0 54.3% 74.8% 52.5% 61.7% 47.0% 64.6% 41.1%
27 2007 40/40 8.2 3.2 56.8% 71.2% 53.1% 56.2% 40.6% 63.7% 35.3% 1999 41/49 4.2 1.5 56.0% 72.0% 51.8% 56.3% 45.2% 63.0% 40.3%
28 2008 44/47 8.2 3.2 54.5% 73.3% 50.5% 61.9% 46.0% 63.0% 36.3% 2000 56/68 3.4 1.9 55.8% 70.2% 51.0% 59.6% 49.8% 61.7% 41.4%
29 2009 40/40 9.9 2.7 55.6% 75.4% 51.9% 57.3% 38.8% 65.0% 35.4% 2001 34/37 3.7 1.6 57.9% 69.7% 47.4% 57.7% 39.3% 60.1% 40.1%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2002 21/25 4.1 1.8 55.0% 70.1% 48.0% 55.0% 42.2% 60.2% 35.1%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2003 12/12 4.6 1.6 56.2% 69.1% 46.1% 31.4% 34.7% 59.2% 32.6%
Career — 587/645 8.9 2.4 55.4% 75.9% 52.9% 59.7% 41.1% 65.5% 37.6% — 666/954 4.3 1.9 55.9% 72.4% 53.6% 59.0% 46.2% 63.9% 42.5%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. 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 Michael Chang
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
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1987 1559 121.3 — — — — +34 — — 52.2% +0.09 1–2 (33%) 1–2 (33%) — +0.24
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1988 1842 146.2 — — — — +2 -249 -283 59.2% +0.61 8–5 (62%) 2–4 (33%) — -1.45
17 1997 1491 103.5 -1.55 +0.97 0.822 47.7% — — — 33.3% -0.67 0–1 1–1 — +0.01 1989 1978 162.9 — — — — -29 -75 -313 68.9% +1.37 8–6 (57%) 8–5 (62%) — -2.14
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%) — +0.08 1990 1920 158.6 — — — — +10 -23 -163 59.6% +0.75 11–6 (65%) 10–9 (53%) — -1.26
19 1999 1775 145.9 +2.04 -0.45 1.018 50.0% +29 -124 — 52.7% +0.07 14–9 (61%) 21–13 (62%) — -0.61 1991 2003 160.6 +1.22 +4.46 1.132 52.5% +33 -67 -258 61.4% +0.91 18–7 (72%) 9–8 (53%) — -1.51
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%) — -1.22 1992 1966 166.2 +1.99 +7.08 1.233 54.0% +51 -96 — 65.1% +1.24 16–8 (67%) 8–18 (31%) — -1.65
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%) — +0.70 1993 1992 160.0 +2.60 +5.19 1.207 53.4% +28 -138 -270 66.4% +1.22 23–10 (70%) 12–16 (43%) — +1.44
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%) — -0.68 1994 2007 157.5 +3.82 +5.50 1.290 54.5% -9 -130 -197 71.3% +1.45 14–8 (64%) 19–7 (73%) — +0.39
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%) — +0.43 1995 2011 165.8 +4.79 +5.90 1.302 54.6% +1 +38 — 70.0% +1.41 16–5 (76%) 15–11 (58%) — -0.91
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%) — -0.73 1996 1992 167.8 +3.39 +6.79 1.284 54.8% +58 -22 — 70.3% +1.62 16–3 (84%) 11–9 (55%) — -0.94
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%) — -0.17 1997 1911 157.1 +2.72 +5.34 1.224 53.9% +68 +21 -176 66.3% +1.37 17–7 (71%) 13–12 (52%) — +0.71
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%) — -0.94 1998 1849 144.8 +1.95 +2.83 1.163 52.9% +24 +87 — 65.1% +1.02 9–9 (50%) 8–7 (53%) — +2.82
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%) — +1.29 1999 1791 141.4 +0.54 +2.18 1.090 51.5% +20 +46 — 54.0% +0.38 9–9 (50%) 10–14 (42%) — +0.91
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%) — -1.12 2000 1807 140.0 -0.26 +3.59 1.080 51.7% -11 -12 -72 56.2% +0.47 15–9 (63%) 13–10 (57%) — +0.86
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%) — +0.59 2001 1699 128.0 -1.43 +1.98 1.006 49.8% -10 +24 -7 44.9% -0.13 4–4 (50%) 3–9 (25%) — +0.59
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 1624 130.5 -0.88 -0.51 0.882 48.0% +20 +41 +34 35.3% -0.71 3–6 (33%) 5–7 (42%) — -0.72
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2003 1551 127.1 -0.91 -1.10 0.800 46.1% +26 — — 24.1% -1.59 0–2 0–1 — -0.78
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 — 2114 161.6 +2.11 +4.69 1.178 53.1% +21 -33 -160 62.8% +0.99 188–106 (64%) 147–149 (50%) 98.2 -0.36

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.