Marat Safin career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of Russian former professional tennis player Marat Safin.

Career finals
DisciplineTypeWonLostTotalWR1
SinglesGrand Slam tournaments2240.5
Year-End Championships––––
ATP Masters 100025380.63
Olympic Games––––
ATP Tour 5001340.25
ATP Tour 25074110.64
Total1512270.56
DoublesGrand Slam tournaments––––
Year-End Championships––––
ATP Masters 10002––––
Olympic Games––––
ATP Tour 500––––
ATP Tour 2502460.33
Total2460.33
Total1716330.52
1) WR = Winning Rate
2) Formerly known as "Super 9" (1996–1999), "Tennis Masters Series" (2000–2003) or "ATP Masters Series" (2004–2008).

Historic records and career achievements

At the 1998 French Open, Safin shook the tennis world by defeating defending champion Gustavo Kuerten in the second round in 5 sets, becoming one of the only players to take out the defending champion in their first Grand Slam appearance. He was named ATP Newcomer of the Year by the end of the season. The following year he reached the finals of Paris Masters on his first attempt, losing in the final to reigning world No. 1 Andre Agassi.

He set several records in 2000, including some that still stands today. In August, Safin defeated qualifier Harel Levy to win his first Masters Series title at the 2000 Canada Masters, becoming one of the few players in the Open Era to win a Masters tournament on their first attempt. In September, Safin defeated 4-time champion and 4th seed Pete Sampras in the final in straight sets to win his first Grand Slam title at the 2000 US Open. By winning the US Open at the age of 20 years and 228 days, Safin became the 3rd youngest winner in the history of the tournament at the time and the first, and to date, the only Russian to win the title in men's singles. He also became the youngest Russian to win a Grand Slam. After winning his second Masters title of the year at the Paris Masters in November, Marat Safin became the youngest player in the Open Era at the time to reach the World No. 1 ranking at the age of 20 years and 299 days, a record since broken by Lleyton Hewitt in 2001. Safin's total number of titles (7) and finals (9) was the most on the 2000 ATP Tour, and he is also named ATP Most Improved Player.

In 2002, Safin reached his first Australian Open final, but was upset by Thomas Johansson, who has never previously progressed beyond the quarterfinals of a Slam prior to this tournament, in 4 sets after winning the first set. He reached the final at the Hamburg Masters for the second time in 3 years (first being in 2000). Later, he also reached his first French Open semifinal, and almost regained the No. 1 ranking (he was ranked world No. 2 for 13 weeks after the French Open). In November, he won the Paris Masters for a second time, defeating reigning world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets. In December, Safin lead Russia to her first Davis Cup title. The team made Davis Cup history by being the second to win the event after losing the doubles tie-breaker, and being the first team to win a (live-televised) five-set finals match by coming back from a two-set deficit. He won the ATP Fan's Favorite for the record second consecutive time after winning it in 2001, which was later broken by Roger Federer in 2005.

After a series of injuries that sidelined him for the majority of the 2003 season, Safin reached his second Australian Open final in 2004, with a win over 1st seed Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals and Andre Agassi in the semifinals, ending Agassi's 26-match win-streak at the Australian Open, however both matches has gone to five sets and Safin was physically drained for the final, as none of his matches during the tournament went under 4 sets. He was defeated by Roger Federer in straight sets, and as a result, Federer became world No. 1 for the first time in his career, and would go on to hold it for a record 237 weeks. In October, he won a Masters title in Madrid, defeating world No. 10 David Nalbandian in straight sets in the final. In November, he won the Paris Masters for a record-tying 3rd time, defeating Radek Štěpánek in straight sets in the final. The record was later broken by Novak Djokovic in 2015. Safin became the first man to win Paris Masters twice in 2 attempts. By winning the Madrid Masters and Paris Masters in the same year, Safin became the first man in Open Era to win the last two Masters title at the same year.

In 2005, Safin reached his 3rd Australian Open final in 4 years, after a memorable win over Roger Federer in the semifinals in 5 sets that lasted 4 hours and 28 minutes as a rematch of last year's final, saving a match point in the 4th set and ending Federer's 26-match win streak over Top 10 players, to set up a clash with home favorite Lleyton Hewitt. Safin prevailed in 4 sets after losing the first set to win his first Australian Open title, becoming the first man since Stefan Edberg in 1985 to win Australian Open after saving a match point, and remains the last man to do so. He became the first Russian since Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 1999 to win the Australian Open. However, injuries kept him off court for the remainder of the season since August, and he was forced to miss significant tournaments including Madrid Masters, Paris Masters (both of which he was the defending champion), US Open, and Tennis Masters Cup.

In 2006, Safin led Russia to a second Davis Cup title, after winning the decisive final rubber against José Acasuso in 4 sets. In 2007 Safin again helped Russia reach the Davis Cup final, winning a decisive rubber against Paul-Henri Mathieu in straight sets in the quarterfinals. However, Safin did not play in the final, and Russia lost 1–4 to United States. In 2008, Safin became the first Russian male to reach the Wimbledon semifinals, defeating 3rd seed Djokovic in straight sets in the second round which would follow a run of 28 consecutive quarterfinals appearances at Grand Slam tournaments and become the Serb's earliest loss at a Grand Slam event until the 2017 Australian Open. He also became the fourth of five active players at the time to reach the semifinals in all four Grand Slams, joining Federer, Nalbandian, and Djokovic, and the only Russian in the history to do so.

In 2016, Safin became the first Russian to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2000 US Open Hard Pete Sampras 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2002 Australian Open Hard Thomas Johansson 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 2004 Australian Open Hard Roger Federer 6–7(3–7), 4–6, 2–6
Win 2005 Australian Open Hard Lleyton Hewitt 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

Masters Series tournaments

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runners-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1999 Paris Masters Carpet (i) Andre Agassi 6–7(1–7), 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 2000 Hamburg Masters Clay Gustavo Kuerten 4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)
Win 2000 Canada Masters Hard Harel Levy 6–2, 6–3
Win 2000 Paris Masters Carpet (i) Mark Philippoussis 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(10–8)
Loss 2002 Hamburg Masters (2) Clay Roger Federer 1–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win 2002 Paris Masters (2) Carpet (i) Lleyton Hewitt 7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–4
Win 2004 Madrid Masters Hard (i) David Nalbandian 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Win 2004 Paris Masters (3) Carpet (i) Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–3

Career finals

ATP career finals

Singles: 27 (15 titles, 12 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (2–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (5–3)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–3)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (10–5)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (3–2)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (9–9)
Indoor (6–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1999 Boston, USA Hard Greg Rusedski 6–4, 7–6(13–11)
Loss 1–1 Nov 1999 Paris, France Carpet (i) Andre Agassi 6–7(1–7), 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 2–1 April 2000 Barcelona, Spain Clay Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–1 May 2000 Majorca, Spain Clay Mikael Tillström 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–2 May 2000 Hamburg, Germany Clay Gustavo Kuerten 4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)
Win 4–2 Jul 2000 Toronto, Canada Hard Harel Levy 6–2, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Aug 2000 Indianapolis, USA Hard Gustavo Kuerten 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)
Win 5–3 Aug 2000 US Open, New York City, USA Hard Pete Sampras 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Win 6–3 Sep 2000 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Davide Sanguinetti 6–3, 6–4
Win 7–3 Nov 2000 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Dominik Hrbatý 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 8–3 Nov 2000 Paris, France Carpet (i) Mark Philippoussis 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(10–8)
Loss 8–4 Feb 2001 Dubai, UAE Hard Juan Carlos Ferrero 2–6, 3–6
Win 9–4 Sep 2001 Tashkent, Uzbekistan (2) Hard Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 6–2
Win 10–4 Oct 2001 St. Petersburg, Russia (2) Hard (i) Rainer Schüttler 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 10–5 Jan 2002 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Thomas Johansson 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 10–6 May 2002 Hamburg, Germany Clay Roger Federer 1–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win 11–6 Oct 2002 Paris, France (2) Carpet (i) Lleyton Hewitt 7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–4
Loss 11–7 Apr 2003 Barcelona, Spain Clay Carlos Moyá 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 0–3, ret.
Loss 11–8 Feb 2004 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Roger Federer 6–7(3–7), 4–6, 2–6
Loss 11–9 Apr 2004 Estoril, Portugal Clay Juan Ignacio Chela 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 3–6
Win 12–9 Sep 2004 Beijing, China Hard Mikhail Youzhny 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win 13–9 Oct 2004 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) David Nalbandian 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Win 14–9 Nov 2004 Paris, France (3) Carpet (i) Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 15–9 Jan 2005 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Lleyton Hewitt 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 15–10 Jun 2005 Halle, Germany Grass Roger Federer 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6
Loss 15–11 Oct 2006 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Nikolay Davydenko 4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 15–12 Oct 2008 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Igor Kunitsyn 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), 3–6

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–1)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (1–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1999 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Andrei Medvedev Justin Gimelstob
Daniel Vacek		 2–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2001 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Roger Federer Michael Hill
Jeff Tarango		 0–1, retired
Loss 1–2 Oct 2001 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Irakli Labadze Denis Golovanov
Yevgeny Kafelnikov		 5–7, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 2002 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Irakli Labadze David Adams
Jared Palmer		 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss 1–4 Jun 2005 Halle, Germany Grass Joachim Johansson Yves Allegro
Roger Federer		 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2007 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Dmitry Tursunov Tomáš Cibulec
Lovro Zovko		 6–4, 6–2

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. Walkovers or qualifying matches are neither official wins nor losses.

Current as far as 2009 BNP Paribas Masters.

Singles
Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 SR W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A 3R 1R 4R F 3R1 F W A 3R 2R 3R 1 / 10 31–8
French Open A 4R 4R QF 3R SF A 4R 4R 1R 2R 2R 2R 0 / 11 26–11
Wimbledon A 1R A 2R QF 2R A 1R 3R 2R 3R SF 1R 0 / 10 16–10
US Open A 4R 2R W SF 2R A 1R A 4R 2R 2R 1R 1 / 10 22–9
Win–Loss 0–0 6–3 6–3 12–3 14–4 13–4 2–0 9–4 12–2 4–3 6–4 8–4 3–4 2 / 41 95–38
Year-End Championship
ATP World Tour Finals Did Not Qualify SF DNQ RR DNQ SF A Did Not Qualify 0 / 3 4–7
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A 3R 2R 1R 3R 3R 3R 3R 4R 2R 1R 3R 0 / 11 13–11
Miami Masters A A 4R 2R 2R QF 2R 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R 3R 0 / 11 7–11
Monte-Carlo Masters A A 1R 1R 1R QF A SF 3R 1R 2R 2R 2R 0 / 10 12–10
Rome Masters A A 2R 2R 2R 2R A 3R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 10 9–10
Hamburg Masters A A 2R F 2R F A 3R 2R 1R 2R 3R NMS 0 / 9 18–9
Canada Masters A A A W 1R QF A 1R A 1R 2R 2R 1R 1 / 8 11–7
Cincinnati Masters A A 1R 3R 1R 1R A QF QF 1R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 10 9–10
Shanghai Masters Not Masters Series NH NMS Not Held 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Stuttgart Masters A A 2R 3R 2R Not Held 0 / 3 2–3
Madrid Masters Not Held 2R 1R W A QF 1R A 1R 1 / 6 8–5
Paris Masters A A F W 3R W A W A QF A 1R 2R 3 / 8 24–5
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 12–8 21–7 3–9 22–8 2–3 22–7 9–6 9–9 4–8 4–8 6–9 5 / 87 114–82
Career statistics
Finals 0 0 2 9 3 3 1 5 2 1 0 1 0 27
Titles 0 0 1 7 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 15
Hard Win–Loss 0–0 10–7 16–13 36–15 27–14 21–15 8–7 27–12 12–4 19–12 14–12 9–14 16–15 215–140
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 6–8 11–10 25–9 6–7 22–8 4–2 17–6 7–5 6–7 6–6 9–8 2–6 121–82
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 5–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 6–2 2–2 3–2 6–2 0–1 26–19
Carpet Win–Loss 0–1 1–2 12–7 9–1 7–4 12–2 0–2 8–3 2–0 8–4 0–0 0–0 –2 60–26
Overall Win–Loss 0–1 17–18 39–32 73–27 45–27 56–26 12–11 52–23 27–11 35–25 23–20 24–24 19–22 422–267
Win % 0% 49% 55% 73% 63% 68% 52% 69% 71% 58% 53% 50% 46% 61.25%
Year End Ranking 203 49 24 2 11 3 77 4 12 26 56 29 61 $14,373,291

1At the 2003 Australian Open, Safin withdrew prior to the third round.

2Carpet surface not used since 2009.

Doubles

Record against other players

Singles

Safin's record against players who held a top 10 ranking, with those who reached No. 1 in bold

Wins per season
Season1997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009Total
Wins024937183704149
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
1998
1. Gustavo Kuerten 8 French Open, Paris, France Clay 2R 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
2. Petr Korda 5 Ostrava, Czech Republic Carpet (i) 1R 6–4, 6–2
1999
3. Àlex Corretja 4 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i) 1R 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
4. Greg Rusedski 9 Boston, United States Hard F 6–4, 7–6(13–11)
5. Tim Henman 9 Vienna, Austria Carpet (i) 1R 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
6. Gustavo Kuerten 5 Paris, France Carpet (i) 2R 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
2000
7. Nicolás Lapentti 8 Barcelona, Spain Clay QF 7–6(7–3), 7–5
8. Magnus Norman 4 Barcelona, Spain Clay SF 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
9. Cédric Pioline 5 Hamburg, Germany Clay QF 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
10. Cédric Pioline 6 French Open, Paris, France Clay 4R 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 7–5
11. Pete Sampras 2 Toronto, Canada Hard QF 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(12–10)
12. Pete Sampras 4 US Open, New York, United States Hard F 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
13. Àlex Corretja 8 Paris, France Carpet (i) QF 7–6(7–5), 6–3
14. Àlex Corretja 7 Tennis Masters Cup, Lisbon, Portugal Hard (i) RR 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3
15. Lleyton Hewitt 6 Tennis Masters Cup, Lisbon, Portugal Hard (i) RR 6–4, 6–4
2001
16. Pete Sampras 5 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay RR 7–6(7–0), 7–5
17. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard F 6–2, 6–2
18. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) SF 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–4
2002
19. Pete Sampras 10 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard 4R 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(10–8)
20. Tommy Haas 9 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard SF 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
21. Thomas Johansson 9 Davis Cup, Moscow, Russia Clay (i) RR 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
22. Lleyton Hewitt 1 Hamburg, Germany Clay QF 6–3, 6–1
23. Sébastien Grosjean 10 French Open, Paris, France Clay QF 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
24. Carlos Moyá 10 Paris, France Carpet (i) SF 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
25. Lleyton Hewitt 1 Paris, France Carpet (i) F 7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–4
2003
26. Juan Carlos Ferrero 3 Barcelona, Spain Clay SF 6–4, 6–3
2004
27. Andy Roddick 1 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard QF 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–7(0–7), 6–4
28. Andre Agassi 4 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard SF 7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6), 5–7, 1–6, 6–3
29. Sébastien Grosjean 10 Hamburg, Germany Clay 1R 7–6(8–6), 7–5
30. Andre Agassi 7 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) SF 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
31. David Nalbandian 10 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) F 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
32. Lleyton Hewitt 3 Paris, France Carpet (i) QF 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
33. Guillermo Coria 6 Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, United States Hard RR 6–1, 6–4
34. Tim Henman 7 Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, United States Hard RR 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
2005
35. Roger Federer 1 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard SF 5–7, 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 9–7
36. Lleyton Hewitt 3 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard F 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
37. Guillermo Cañas 8 Halle, Germany Grass SF 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
2006
38. Nikolay Davydenko 5 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard 1R 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
39. Nikolay Davydenko 5 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–4
40. Gastón Gaudio 9 Valencia, Spain Clay QF 6–4, 6–4
41. James Blake 5 Washington D.C., United States Hard 3R 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)
42. David Nalbandian 4 US Open, New York, United States Hard 2R 6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
43. Andy Roddick 6 Davis Cup, Moscow, Russia Clay (i) RR 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
44. Marcos Baghdatis 9 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) 2R 6–4, 6–3
2008
45. Tomáš Berdych 9 Davis Cup, Moscow, Russia Clay (i) RR 6–7(5–7), 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
46. Novak Djokovic 3 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass 2R 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
47. Stan Wawrinka 9 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass 4R 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1
48. Nikolay Davydenko 5 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) QF 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4
2009
49. Nikolay Davydenko 6 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) 1R 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Wins per season
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