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.
