Marat Safin (Tatar: Marat Mubin ulı Safin; Russian: Марат Михайлович Сафин; b. January 27, 1980) is a Russian former World No. 1 tennis player of Tatar ethnicity.
Safin began his professional career in 1997 and held the No. 1 world ranking for 9 weeks in November and December of 2000. He is known for his large physical size, athleticism, controversial antics, and aggressive "power" style of play. He is fluent in Russian, English and Spanish.
Safin's greatest accomplishments are winning the 2000 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open. He helped lead
