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Marat Safin vs Thomas Muster H2H: 1-0

Marat Safin holds a 1–0 lead over Thomas Muster in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Marat Safin leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Marat Safin won the 1998 US Open round of 32 6-4 6-4 1-6 6-3.

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Marat Safin
RUS Age 46 Right-Handed 193 cm / 6'4"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main draw meetings
Thomas Muster
AUT Age 58 Left-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Marat Safin #60 6-4 6-4 1-6 6-3 Thomas Muster #23 Match data Sep 6, 1998* R32 US Open Grand Slam 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
Thomas Muster #1,092 #1 4,474 2,165 590 268 68.8% 1 8 0 4 31 44

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 Thomas Muster
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 — — — — — — — 1984 2–2 50.0% — 1,533 0 0
17 1997 0–1 0.0% #203 1,490 0 0 1985 9–8 52.9% #98 1,612 0 0
18 1998 16–16 50.0% #49 1,664 0 0 1986 18–16 52.9% #47 1,741 0 1
19 1999 36–29 55.4% #24 1,775 0 1 1987 22–16 57.9% #56 1,753 0 1
20 2000 69–24 74.2% #2 2,045 1 8 1988 47–16 74.6% #16 1,915 0 5
21 2001 43–23 65.2% #11 1,923 1 10 1989 18–10 64.3% #21 1,867 0 5
22 2002 48–23 67.6% #3 1,892 1 11 1990 45–17 72.6% #7 1,861 0 8
23 2003 12–13 48.0% #77 1,753 1 11 1991 30–18 62.5% #35 1,835 0 10
24 2004 51–22 69.9% #4 1,985 1 14 1992 39–23 62.9% #18 1,783 0 13
25 2005 25–11 69.4% #12 1,946 2 15 1993 77–21 78.6% #9 1,953 0 20
26 2006 33–23 58.9% #26 1,861 2 15 1994 54–26 67.5% #16 1,832 0 23
27 2007 21–19 52.5% #56 1,754 2 15 1995 84–17 83.2% #3 2,005 1 35
28 2008 24–23 51.1% #29 1,770 2 15 1996 65–21 75.6% #5 1,927 1 42
29 2009 18–22 45.0% #61 1,776 2 15 1997 43–23 65.2% #9 1,823 1 44
30 — — — — — — — 1998 32–20 61.5% #25 1,801 1 44
31 — — — — — — — 1999 5–11 31.2% #189 1,675 1 44
42 — — — — — — — 2010 0–1 0.0% #980 1,656 1 44
43 — — — — — — — 2011 0–2 0.0% #1075 1,608 1 44

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 Thomas Muster
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 %
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
17 1997 — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1985 1 1 2 50.0% 8 7 15 53.3% — — — — — — — —
18 1998 9 5 14 64.3% 6 8 14 42.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 1986 1 5 6 16.7% 17 10 27 63.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
19 1999 16 13 29 55.2% 9 10 19 47.4% — — — — 11 6 17 64.7% 1987 9 5 14 64.3% 13 10 23 56.5% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 2000 36 15 51 70.6% 22 6 28 78.6% 3 2 5 60.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 1988 3 5 8 37.5% 39 9 48 81.3% — — — — 5 2 7 71.4%
21 2001 27 12 39 69.2% 4 5 9 44.4% 5 2 7 71.4% 7 4 11 63.6% 1989 12 5 17 70.6% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 4 3 7 57.1%
22 2002 21 15 36 58.3% 16 5 21 76.2% 1 1 2 50.0% 10 2 12 83.3% 1990 10 2 12 83.3% 31 10 41 75.6% — — — — 4 5 9 44.4%
23 2003 8 9 17 47.1% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 1991 2 3 5 40.0% 28 13 41 68.3% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0%
24 2004 27 12 39 69.2% 16 6 22 72.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 1992 7 5 12 58.3% 30 13 43 69.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3%
25 2005 12 4 16 75.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 1993 18 7 25 72.0% 55 10 65 84.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1%
26 2006 19 12 31 61.3% 5 6 11 45.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 1994 18 10 28 64.3% 33 10 43 76.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 3 5 8 37.5%
27 2007 14 12 26 53.8% 4 5 9 44.4% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 1995 9 6 15 60.0% 65 3 68 95.6% — — — — 10 8 18 55.6%
28 2008 10 14 24 41.7% 8 7 15 53.3% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 1996 13 8 21 61.9% 46 4 50 92.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 7 9 22.2%
29 2009 16 15 31 51.6% 2 6 8 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1997 27 8 35 77.1% 8 8 16 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 6 5 11 54.5%
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1998 11 7 18 61.1% 20 11 31 64.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1999 4 5 9 44.4% 1 6 7 14.3% — — — — — — — —
42 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
43 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 0 1 1 0.0% 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% — 146 85 231 63.2% 397 128 525 75.6% 6 9 15 40.0% 41 46 87 47.1%

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 527/612 of Thomas Muster'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 Thomas Muster
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% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 2003 22/25 7.1 1.7 57.9% 71.5% 53.0% 59.3% 42.6% 63.6% 39.4% 1991 42/48 1.0 1.5 73.3% 62.9% 51.5% 61.3% 49.1% 59.6% 44.0%
24 2004 69/73 9.9 2.2 56.4% 77.2% 56.3% 63.4% 40.3% 68.1% 38.1% 1992 52/62 2.0 1.9 66.2% 66.6% 53.3% 60.0% 44.4% 61.5% 40.7%
25 2005 36/36 8.8 1.9 58.3% 75.8% 52.5% 57.0% 40.8% 66.0% 40.1% 1993 92/98 2.8 2.5 61.6% 71.7% 57.7% 62.0% 46.4% 66.1% 43.4%
26 2006 55/56 8.3 1.8 61.0% 73.8% 53.9% 62.5% 41.9% 66.1% 36.9% 1994 68/80 4.0 3.5 58.1% 71.4% 54.0% 56.3% 46.4% 63.9% 41.8%
27 2007 40/40 8.2 3.2 56.8% 71.2% 53.1% 56.2% 40.6% 63.7% 35.3% 1995 86/101 3.1 2.5 59.5% 71.9% 54.7% 56.6% 54.3% 64.8% 45.6%
28 2008 44/47 8.2 3.2 54.5% 73.3% 50.5% 61.9% 46.0% 63.0% 36.3% 1996 71/86 3.2 2.3 59.3% 72.1% 53.3% 67.9% 45.7% 64.4% 43.4%
29 2009 40/40 9.9 2.7 55.6% 75.4% 51.9% 57.3% 38.8% 65.0% 35.4% 1997 57/66 4.2 2.3 56.8% 73.4% 53.1% 65.8% 49.9% 64.4% 38.4%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1998 44/52 3.0 2.1 59.0% 69.3% 52.9% 59.8% 46.5% 62.1% 40.5%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1999 12/16 2.7 2.9 61.9% 62.8% 52.0% 61.2% 27.2% 58.1% 34.2%
42 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2010 1/1 5.0 2.0 60.6% 62.5% 61.5% 66.7% — 62.1% 21.8%
43 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2011 2/2 3.0 3.0 60.5% 55.9% 29.0% 35.3% 29.2% 45.6% 35.9%
Career — 587/645 8.9 2.4 55.4% 75.9% 52.9% 59.7% 41.1% 65.5% 37.6% — 527/858 3.0 2.4 61.2% 70.2% 54.1% 61.0% 47.4% 63.6% 42.3%

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 Thomas Muster
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
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 1533 117.1 — — — — — — — 50.0% +0.50 — — — -0.24
17 1997 1491 103.5 -1.55 +0.97 0.822 47.7% — — — 33.3% -0.67 0–1 1–1 — +0.01 1985 1612 126.8 — — — — — +22 — 50.0% -0.15 3–2 (60%) 2–1 (67%) — +0.07
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 1986 1741 147.7 — — — — -223 +71 — 54.8% +0.44 4–6 (40%) 4–4 (50%) — -1.90
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 1987 1754 137.1 — — — — -95 +27 — 55.2% +0.25 9–5 (64%) 11–6 (65%) — -0.14
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 1988 1916 160.0 — — — — -207 +120 — 67.1% +1.44 12–2 (86%) 6–4 (60%) — -1.96
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 1989 1868 141.2 — — — — -42 +130 — 64.5% +0.91 3–4 (43%) 6–2 (75%) — +0.55
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 1990 1862 152.4 — — — — -32 +106 — 65.8% +0.93 13–4 (76%) 14–5 (74%) — +0.89
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 1991 1836 142.4 -0.24 +3.28 1.088 51.7% -95 +121 — 58.8% +0.61 12–9 (57%) 7–6 (54%) — -0.44
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 1992 1783 142.2 +0.70 +1.68 1.059 50.8% -81 +156 — 56.4% +0.48 16–5 (76%) 9–11 (45%) — +0.43
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 1993 1954 154.4 +4.84 +4.04 1.280 54.2% -117 +137 — 71.5% +1.48 17–7 (71%) 16–17 (48%) — +2.71
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 1994 1832 152.5 +2.55 +2.88 1.158 52.7% +6 +172 — 65.5% +1.10 15–12 (56%) 18–13 (58%) — +0.94
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 1995 2006 162.1 +3.78 +6.50 1.294 54.8% -159 +281 — 75.0% +1.55 20–9 (69%) 27–8 (77%) — -0.55
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 1996 1928 153.9 +2.83 +4.89 1.219 53.6% -136 +345 -340 71.6% +1.36 15–5 (75%) 19–9 (68%) — +1.60
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 1997 1824 152.8 +2.58 +1.22 1.077 51.5% +70 +208 -208 61.7% +0.64 12–9 (57%) 17–10 (63%) — -0.07
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1998 1801 149.6 +0.50 +1.96 1.068 51.4% +43 +123 — 56.8% +0.65 11–3 (79%) 3–8 (27%) — -1.16
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1999 1676 130.2 -0.85 -2.23 0.815 47.0% +114 +110 — 35.0% -0.85 2–2 (50%) 2–3 (40%) — -1.42
42 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 1656 99.5 -1.45 +0.41 0.576 43.8% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — 0–1 — +0.12
43 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 1609 96.4 -3.83 -0.41 0.661 41.0% — — — 0.0% -4.00 — — — +0.06
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 — 2165 156.5 +2.51 +3.47 1.162 52.7% -56 +164 -287 64.1% +0.95 164–84 (66%) 161–108 (60%) 106.5 -0.06

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.