H2H data updated: 2026-09-06 00:00 UTC

Marat Safin vs Sjeng Schalken H2H: 2-1

Marat Safin holds a 2–1 lead over Sjeng Schalken 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 Paris Masters round of 16 7-5 7-5.

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Marat Safin
RUS Age 46 Right-Handed 193 cm / 6'4"
H2H
2 – 1
3 main-draw meetings
Sjeng Schalken
NED Age 49 Right-Handed 193 cm / 6'4"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Marat Safin #5 7-5 7-5 Sjeng Schalken #19 Match data Nov 2, 2002* R16 Paris Masters Masters 1000 Carpet
Marat Safin #33 5-7 6-3 6-1 Sjeng Schalken #51 Match data Aug 28, 1999* SF U.S. Pro Tennis Championships ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard
Sjeng Schalken #55 6-2 4-6 7-6(1) Marat Safin #184 Match data Feb 27, 1998* R16 Philadelphia ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 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
Sjeng Schalken #677 #11 1,790 1,928 280 254 52.4% 0 0 0 1 8 9

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 Sjeng Schalken
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 1997 0–1 0.0% #203 1,490 0 0 1994 1–2 33.3% #148 1,501 0 0
18 1998 16–16 50.0% #49 1,664 0 0 1995 17–14 54.8% #69 1,645 0 1
19 1999 36–29 55.4% #24 1,775 0 1 1996 26–26 50.0% #65 1,687 0 2
20 2000 69–24 74.2% #2 2,045 1 8 1997 16–25 39.0% #59 1,633 0 3
21 2001 43–23 65.2% #11 1,923 1 10 1998 22–30 42.3% #66 1,598 0 3
22 2002 48–23 67.6% #3 1,892 1 11 1999 28–26 51.9% #44 1,744 0 4
23 2003 12–13 48.0% #77 1,753 1 11 2000 35–26 57.4% #22 1,823 0 5
24 2004 51–22 69.9% #4 1,985 1 14 2001 36–27 57.1% #26 1,837 0 6
25 2005 25–11 69.4% #12 1,946 2 15 2002 36–27 57.1% #20 1,839 0 7
26 2006 33–23 58.9% #26 1,861 2 15 2003 39–23 62.9% #18 1,822 0 9
27 2007 21–19 52.5% #56 1,754 2 15 2004 17–18 48.6% #57 1,698 0 9
28 2008 24–23 51.1% #29 1,770 2 15 2005 7–10 41.2% #230 1,663 0 9
29 2009 18–22 45.0% #61 1,776 2 15 — — — — — — —

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 Sjeng Schalken
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% 1994 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
18 1998 9 5 14 64.3% 6 8 14 42.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 1995 0 2 2 0.0% 14 8 22 63.6% 1 3 4 25.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
19 1999 16 13 29 55.2% 9 10 19 47.4% — — — — 11 6 17 64.7% 1996 10 10 20 50.0% 10 10 20 50.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
20 2000 36 15 51 70.6% 22 6 28 78.6% 3 2 5 60.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 1997 11 11 22 50.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 5 5 0.0%
21 2001 27 12 39 69.2% 4 5 9 44.4% 5 2 7 71.4% 7 4 11 63.6% 1998 11 15 26 42.3% 5 8 13 38.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 4 4 8 50.0%
22 2002 21 15 36 58.3% 16 5 21 76.2% 1 1 2 50.0% 10 2 12 83.3% 1999 17 16 33 51.5% 3 5 8 37.5% 5 3 8 62.5% 3 2 5 60.0%
23 2003 8 9 17 47.1% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 2000 28 17 45 62.2% 4 6 10 40.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
24 2004 27 12 39 69.2% 16 6 22 72.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 2001 21 15 36 58.3% 8 6 14 57.1% 4 3 7 57.1% 3 3 6 50.0%
25 2005 12 4 16 75.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2002 12 16 28 42.9% 5 6 11 45.5% 12 2 14 85.7% 7 3 10 70.0%
26 2006 19 12 31 61.3% 5 6 11 45.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 2003 23 13 36 63.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 10 2 12 83.3% 0 3 3 0.0%
27 2007 14 12 26 53.8% 4 5 9 44.4% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2004 11 12 23 47.8% 1 3 4 25.0% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
28 2008 10 14 24 41.7% 8 7 15 53.3% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2005 3 6 9 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
29 2009 16 15 31 51.6% 2 6 8 25.0% 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% — 147 133 280 52.5% 61 66 127 48.0% 47 30 77 61.0% 25 25 50 50.0%

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 466/534 of Sjeng Schalken'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 Sjeng Schalken
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% 1994 3/3 3.0 3.7 61.3% 70.8% 53.2% 74.5% 29.2% 64.2% 32.7%
18 1998 30/32 9.6 3.9 50.3% 78.5% 47.8% 60.0% 40.1% 63.4% 37.6% 1995 29/31 4.6 4.3 60.7% 70.0% 46.7% 57.7% 43.2% 60.7% 38.9%
19 1999 55/65 9.1 3.0 49.4% 77.1% 52.1% 55.3% 39.4% 64.1% 36.5% 1996 44/52 4.6 4.8 56.9% 70.5% 48.1% 62.4% 44.7% 60.7% 36.5%
20 2000 76/93 9.7 2.1 51.8% 78.4% 52.8% 59.3% 41.7% 65.9% 38.5% 1997 33/41 4.2 4.4 58.4% 67.0% 50.3% 56.9% 42.2% 59.7% 35.9%
21 2001 57/66 8.5 2.1 55.5% 76.1% 54.5% 59.8% 41.5% 66.5% 37.0% 1998 41/52 4.3 3.3 59.6% 69.6% 49.3% 59.2% 45.2% 61.2% 37.9%
22 2002 62/71 8.6 2.2 57.9% 76.9% 52.9% 61.5% 40.6% 66.9% 39.8% 1999 46/54 3.5 3.6 62.0% 69.6% 46.4% 53.6% 48.0% 60.6% 40.0%
23 2003 22/25 7.1 1.7 57.9% 71.5% 53.0% 59.3% 42.6% 63.6% 39.4% 2000 53/61 5.3 4.5 56.0% 72.1% 51.2% 57.8% 41.9% 62.7% 38.7%
24 2004 69/73 9.9 2.2 56.4% 77.2% 56.3% 63.4% 40.3% 68.1% 38.1% 2001 53/63 4.0 3.5 60.9% 70.2% 53.1% 54.8% 45.9% 63.4% 40.6%
25 2005 36/36 8.8 1.9 58.3% 75.8% 52.5% 57.0% 40.8% 66.0% 40.1% 2002 52/63 3.1 2.8 66.8% 69.0% 52.9% 53.7% 39.0% 63.6% 38.3%
26 2006 55/56 8.3 1.8 61.0% 73.8% 53.9% 62.5% 41.9% 66.1% 36.9% 2003 60/62 2.7 2.0 67.1% 69.2% 56.7% 56.1% 51.7% 64.7% 40.7%
27 2007 40/40 8.2 3.2 56.8% 71.2% 53.1% 56.2% 40.6% 63.7% 35.3% 2004 35/35 2.6 1.6 73.8% 65.8% 54.7% 55.7% 37.5% 62.8% 36.1%
28 2008 44/47 8.2 3.2 54.5% 73.3% 50.5% 61.9% 46.0% 63.0% 36.3% 2005 17/17 1.5 1.6 71.1% 61.8% 51.4% 55.1% 41.2% 58.8% 38.4%
29 2009 40/40 9.9 2.7 55.6% 75.4% 51.9% 57.3% 38.8% 65.0% 35.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 587/645 8.9 2.4 55.4% 75.9% 52.9% 59.7% 41.1% 65.5% 37.6% — 466/534 3.8 3.4 62.5% 69.2% 51.3% 56.7% 44.1% 62.1% 38.5%

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 Sjeng Schalken
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 1994 1502 103.3 +0.17 -1.45 0.912 48.2% — — — 42.9% -0.57 0–1 — — +0.03
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 1995 1646 131.2 +0.48 -0.33 0.990 49.8% -114 +64 -77 50.0% -0.04 9–4 (69%) 6–3 (67%) 108.9 +0.54
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%) 111.4 -0.61 1996 1688 137.5 -0.72 -1.26 0.929 49.0% -25 +3 -110 50.4% -0.08 10–8 (56%) 6–13 (32%) 100.0 +0.30
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 1997 1634 136.5 -1.45 -0.70 0.889 47.9% +9 +9 -55 43.8% -0.37 5–7 (42%) 8–10 (44%) 99.7 -1.14
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 1998 1598 132.0 -0.55 +0.75 0.978 50.0% +23 +20 -38 44.9% -0.20 8–13 (38%) 12–11 (52%) 93.5 +1.65
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 1999 1745 148.3 -0.52 +2.39 1.015 50.3% -3 -76 -122 51.7% +0.08 8–12 (40%) 9–8 (53%) 98.1 -2.44
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 2000 1823 145.8 +1.00 +1.26 1.036 50.5% +28 -171 -172 55.8% +0.34 12–9 (57%) 9–6 (60%) 105.1 +0.15
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 2001 1838 142.0 +0.82 +2.43 1.108 51.7% -14 -117 -151 53.6% +0.32 14–11 (56%) 7–13 (35%) 99.3 +1.67
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 2002 1839 143.2 +1.06 +1.20 1.052 50.5% -32 -125 +41 55.2% +0.36 11–7 (61%) 17–18 (49%) 102.6 +0.32
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 2003 1822 140.9 +2.08 +3.20 1.152 52.4% -22 -111 +167 61.2% +0.65 6–6 (50%) 13–4 (76%) 102.4 +1.00
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 2004 1698 129.8 -0.34 -0.21 0.972 49.3% -14 -22 +251 53.7% +0.41 4–3 (57%) 5–5 (50%) 97.3 +1.66
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 2005 1664 127.0 -2.29 +0.67 0.930 48.5% +5 +11 — 41.5% -0.51 3–3 (50%) 1–3 (25%) 99.0 -1.00
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — 1928 144.9 +0.24 +1.08 1.018 50.3% -6 -38 +4 52.2% +0.15 90–84 (52%) 93–94 (50%) 100.6 +0.52

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.