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Marat Safin vs Novak Djokovic Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Marat Safin seasons:20092008200720062005
Novak Djokovic seasons:20262025202420232022
🇷🇺 Marat Safin
🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic
Age: 46y 71d (1980-01-27)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
4,720pts
#4
(1987-05-22) Age: 38y 321d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
2 - 0
Wins: 100.0% - 0.0%
Hard 1–0Clay 0–0Grass 1–0
Slam 2–0
WW
LL

Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
9.4%90.6%
+596-968

H2H Preview

🇷🇺Marat Safin and 🇷🇸Novak Djokovic have met 2 times. Marat Safin currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 2–0.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇷🇺Marat Safin has compiled an overall career record of 422–267 across 689 matches, translating to a win rate of 61.25%. On hard courts his record stands at 215–140 (60.56%), while on clay he holds a 121–82 (59.61%) mark. On grass the numbers read 26–19 (57.78%) , and on carpet 60–26 (69.77%). Throughout his career he has won 15 titles (10 hard, 2 clay, 3 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 49–50 (49.49%).

🇷🇸Novak Djokovic, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1170–234 from 1404 matches (83.33% win rate). His hard-court record is 741–137 (84.40%), on clay he stands at 295–72 (80.38%), and on grass he has gone 125–21 (85.62%) , with a carpet record of 9–4 (69.23%). He has accumulated 101 titles in total (72 hard, 21 clay, 8 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 265–121 (68.65%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with Marat Safin leading 1–0 (100.00%). On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Marat Safin).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2008-06-23WimbledonGrassR6475🇷🇺Marat Safin3🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (3)6-4 7-6(3) 6-251227356.8%79.6%61.0%0/1
2005-01-17Australian OpenHardR1284🇷🇺Marat Safin (4)188🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (Q)6-0 6-2 6-15741152.9%92.6%54.2%0/1

Wins

Marat Safin
Novak Djokovic
2–0Overall
2–0Grand Slam
1–0Hard
1–0Grass

Sets Format

0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo3
100.0%2
0.0%0
Bo5
0.0%0
0.0%0
2 Sets
100.0%2
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Marat Safin
Novak Djokovic

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Marat Safin
Novak Djokovic

Sets

100.0%6
0.0%0
All
100.0%6
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
100.0%3
0.0%0
Hard
100.0%3
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Marat Safin
Novak Djokovic

Games

71.2%37
28.8%15
All
71.2%37
28.8%15
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
85.7%18
14.3%3
Hard
61.3%19
38.7%12
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Marat Safin
Novak Djokovic

Overview

By Surface

Marat Safin
Novak Djokovic

By Tournament Level

Marat Safin
Novak Djokovic

By Round

Marat Safin
Novak Djokovic

By Opponent Ranking

Marat SafinNovak Djokovic
28.6%4-10
vs Top 1
42.1%16-22
42.3%22-30
vs Top 5
60.1%128-85
49.5%49-50
vs Top 10
68.7%265-121
49.7%87-88
vs Top 20
72.8%406-152
58%330-239
vs Top 100
82.3%1016-218
76.5%91-28
vs +100
91%151-15
46.5%93-107
vs Higher
54.5%73-61
67.2%328-160
vs Lower
86.4%1094-172

Opponent Breakdown

Marat SafinNovak Djokovic
55.4%150-121
Vs Younger
86.7%530-81
65.1%272-146
Vs Older
80.7%640-153
61.8%375-232
Vs Right-Handed
84.3%1026-191
57.3%47-35
Vs Left-Handed
77%144-43
57.5%176-130
Vs 2H Backhand
84.2%892-167
59.5%135-92
Vs 1H Backhand
79.9%254-64
61.2%373-236
Vs Shorter
82%593-130
70%28-12
Vs Taller
84.4%410-76

Pressure Situations