Marat Safin - Game Profile

Posted by Adi on 3:30:00 PM

Date of Birth: 1/27/80

Nation: Russia

Height: 6' 4"

Weight: 195

Turned Pro: 1997

Best Singles Grand Slams: Won Australian Open in 2005 and US Open in 2000.

Plays: Right-handed, with two-handed backhand.

Basic Style: Power baseliner, with good and improving all-court skills.

Greatest Strengths: Extremely powerful and accurate serve and groundstrokes. Backhand especially reliable and capable of creating sharp angles. Unusually fast for his size.

Room for Improvement: Safin is improving his mental toughness, losing fewer matches due to fits of anger or lack of focus and commitment.

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