Marat Safin career statistics

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

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 amount 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 in 4 sets after winning the first set; Johansson has never previously progressed beyond the quarterfinals of a Slam. 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, as Russia lost 1–4 to United States. In 2008, Safin became the first Russian to reach the Wimbledon semifinals, defeating 3rd seed Novak 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)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2000	US Open	Hard	Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2002	Australian Open	Hard	Thomas Johansson	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Roger Federer	6–7(3–7), 4–6, 2–6
Winner	2005	Australian Open	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

Masters Series tournaments

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1999	Paris Masters	Carpet (i)	Andre Agassi	6–7(1–7), 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	2000	Hamburg Masters	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	2000	Canada (Toronto) Masters	Hard	Harel Levy	6–2, 6–3
Winner	2000	Paris Masters	Carpet (i)	Mark Philippoussis	3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(10–8)
Runner-up	2002	Hamburg Masters	Clay	Roger Federer	1–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	2002	Paris Masters	Carpet (i)	Lleyton Hewitt	7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–4
Winner	2004	Madrid Masters	Hard (i)	David Nalbandian	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	2004	Paris Masters	Carpet (i)	Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–3

ATP career finals

Singles: 27 (15 titles, 12 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	23 August 1999	Boston, USA	Hard	Greg Rusedski	6–4, 7–6(13–11)
Runner-up	1.	7 November 1999	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Andre Agassi	6–7(1–7), 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	2.	24 April 2000	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	1 May 2000	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Mikael Tillström	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	21 May 2000	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	4.	31 July 2000	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Harel Levy	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	20 August 2000	Indianapolis, USA	Hard	Gustavo Kuerten	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)
Winner	5.	28 August 2000	US Open, New York City, USA	Hard	Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	6.	11 September 2000	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Davide Sanguinetti	6–3, 6–4
Winner	7.	6 November 2000	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Dominik Hrbatý	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	13 November 2000	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Mark Philippoussis	3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(10–8)
Runner-up	4.	4 February 2001	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Juan Carlos Ferrero	2–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	10 September 2001	Tashkent, Uzbekistan (2)	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–2, 6–2
Winner	10.	22 October 2001	St. Petersburg, Russia (2)	Hard (i)	Rainer Schüttler	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	27 January 2002	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Thomas Johansson	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	6.	19 May 2002	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Roger Federer	1–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	28 October 2002	Paris, France (2)	Carpet (i)	Lleyton Hewitt	7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	27 April 2003	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Carlos Moyá	7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 0–3, ret.
Runner-up	8.	1 February 2004	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Roger Federer	6–7(3–7), 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	18 April 2004	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 3–6
Winner	12.	13 September 2004	Beijing, China	Hard	Mikhail Youzhny	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Winner	13.	18 October 2004	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	David Nalbandian	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	14.	1 November 2004	Paris, France (2)	Carpet (i)	Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Winner	15.	17 January 2005	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	12 June 2005	Halle, Germany	Grass	Roger Federer	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6
Runner-up	11.	9 October 2006	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Nikolay Davydenko	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	4 October 2008	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Igor Kunitsyn	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), 3–6

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1999	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Andrei Medvedev	Justin Gimelstob Daniel Vacek	2–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	2001	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Roger Federer	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	0–1, retired
Runner-up	2.	2001	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Irakli Labadze	Denis Golovanov Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	2002	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Irakli Labadze	David Adams Jared Palmer	6–7(6–8), 3–6
Runner-up	4.	2005	Halle, Germany	Grass	Joachim Johansson	Yves Allegro Roger Federer	5–7, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Winner	2.	2007	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Dmitry Tursunov	Tomáš Cibulec Lovro Zovko	6–4, 6–2

Performance timelines

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

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

²Carpet surface not used since 2009.

Record against other players

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

Top 10 Wins

#	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	Hard (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

External links

• Marat Safin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Marat Safin at the International Tennis Federation
• Marat Safin at the Davis Cup