Marat Safin career statistics

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Career finals
DisciplineTypeWonLostTotalWR1
SinglesGrand Slam tournaments22450%
Year-end championships
ATP Masters 1000253863%
Olympic Games
ATP Tour 50013425%
ATP Tour 250741164%
Total15122756%
DoublesGrand Slam tournaments
Year-end championships
ATP Masters 10002
Olympic Games
ATP Tour 500
ATP Tour 25024633%
Total24633%
Total17163352%
1) WR = Winning Rate
2) Formerly known as "Super 9" (1996–1999), "Tennis Masters Series" (2000–2003) or "ATP Masters Series" (2004–2008).

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

At the 1998 French Open, Safin shook the tennis world by defeating defending champion Gustavo Kuerten in the second round in 5 sets, taking out the defending champion in his 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 was the only Russian to win the title in men's singles until his country man Danil Medvedev won the US open title in 2021 by defeating Novak Djokovic. 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, 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 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 United States Pete Sampras 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2002 Australian Open Hard Sweden Thomas Johansson 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 2004 Australian Open Hard Switzerland Roger Federer 6–7(3–7), 4–6, 2–6
Win 2005 Australian Open Hard Australia 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) United States Andre Agassi 6–7(1–7), 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 2000 Hamburg Masters Clay Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)
Win 2000 Canada Masters Hard Israel Harel Levy 6–2, 6–3
Win 2000 Paris Masters Carpet (i) Australia Mark Philippoussis 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(10–8)
Loss 2002 Hamburg Masters Clay Switzerland Roger Federer 1–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win 2002 Paris Masters (2) Carpet (i) Australia Lleyton Hewitt 7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–4
Win 2004 Madrid Masters Hard (i) Argentina David Nalbandian 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Win 2004 Paris Masters (3) Carpet (i) Czech Republic 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 United Kingdom Greg Rusedski 6–4, 7–6(13–11)
Loss 1–1 Nov 1999 Paris, France Carpet (i) United States Andre Agassi 6–7(1–7), 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 2–1 April 2000 Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–1 May 2000 Majorca, Spain Clay Sweden Mikael Tillström 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–2 May 2000 Hamburg, Germany Clay Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)
Win 4–2 Jul 2000 Toronto, Canada Hard Israel Harel Levy 6–2, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Aug 2000 Indianapolis, USA Hard Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)
Win 5–3 Aug 2000 US Open, New York City, USA Hard United States Pete Sampras 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Win 6–3 Sep 2000 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Italy Davide Sanguinetti 6–3, 6–4
Win 7–3 Nov 2000 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 8–3 Nov 2000 Paris, France Carpet (i) Australia Mark Philippoussis 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(10–8)
Loss 8–4 Feb 2001 Dubai, UAE Hard Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero 2–6, 3–6
Win 9–4 Sep 2001 Tashkent, Uzbekistan (2) Hard Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 6–2
Win 10–4 Oct 2001 St. Petersburg, Russia (2) Hard (i) Germany Rainer Schüttler 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 10–5 Jan 2002 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Sweden Thomas Johansson 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 10–6 May 2002 Hamburg, Germany Clay Switzerland Roger Federer 1–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win 11–6 Oct 2002 Paris, France (2) Carpet (i) Australia Lleyton Hewitt 7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–4
Loss 11–7 Apr 2003 Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Carlos Moyá 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 0–3, ret.
Loss 11–8 Feb 2004 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Switzerland Roger Federer 6–7(3–7), 4–6, 2–6
Loss 11–9 Apr 2004 Estoril, Portugal Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 3–6
Win 12–9 Sep 2004 Beijing, China Hard Russia Mikhail Youzhny 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win 13–9 Oct 2004 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) Argentina David Nalbandian 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Win 14–9 Nov 2004 Paris, France (3) Carpet (i) Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 15–9 Jan 2005 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Australia Lleyton Hewitt 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 15–10 Jun 2005 Halle, Germany Grass Switzerland Roger Federer 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6
Loss 15–11 Oct 2006 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Russia Nikolay Davydenko 4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 15–12 Oct 2008 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Russia 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) Ukraine Andrei Medvedev United States Justin Gimelstob
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
2–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2001 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Switzerland Roger Federer Australia Michael Hill
United States Jeff Tarango
0–1, retired
Loss 1–2 Oct 2001 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze Russia Denis Golovanov
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
5–7, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 2002 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze South Africa David Adams
United States Jared Palmer
6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss 1–4 Jun 2005 Halle, Germany Grass Sweden Joachim Johansson Switzerland Yves Allegro
Switzerland Roger Federer
5–7, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2007 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Russia Dmitry Tursunov Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Croatia Lovro Zovko
6–4, 6–2

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