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On this day: Safein Caps Mid-2000s Turnaround with a remarkable rise to No. 1

The mercurial star has won seven titles in eight months of hitting the top spot for the first time

November 20, 2025

If Marat Safin’s career often appears to be defined by the best moments of Genius, the ATP tour period is where everything always comes together for a powerful right holder.

SafeIn won seven Career Tour-Level titles from April to November of that year. Such a burst of success for a long time was not expected from a 20-year-old who had started his third full year when he went well, but the saffin form was reflected in the history of 20 November.

After character 2000 with 11 defeats in his first 16 matches, Safain heading to Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell as World Now. 35.

SAFIM entered the top 20 for the first time after lifting the trophy in Catalonia. Perhaps most importantly, success also seemed to flip a switch in his head. He added another court – court medal to his collection one week later in Mallorca and then reached his ATP Masters ATP 1000 Final in Hamburg, before lifting his maiden medal at that level in Toronto at the beginning of that level in Toronto at the beginning of that level in Toronto at the beginning of that level in Toronto at the beginning of that level in Toronto at the beginning of it.

In New York in September, Safayini dispatched Pete Sampras in straight sets in a stunning display to claim his maiden open crown. Subjects of the hard court in Tashkent and St. Since the start of Barcelona in April, Safaini has a record of 68-16 throughout the year.

As we have climbed to No. 2 After the US Open, it was a victory in Paris that proved Safer’s boundary. At 20 years and 10 months, he was on the verge of reaching the top of the PIF ATP rankings, although that record was quickly beaten by Lkletton Hewitt (in 2022).

Entering the Nitto AtPOT ATP Finals (and then the Tennis Masters Cup), Safen Masters Cup), Safen needed in three matches to win to end that the ATP year and Agassi was not presented by the ATP year, empowering Gustavo Despite the disappointing end, SafIn’s charge at No. 1 remains one of the most remarkable times of the year in the history of the ATP, one that was later allowed to be surprising.

“For me it was the most surprising thing in my experience to reach No. 1,” For Safen, who returned twice to the top in 2001 and spent nine weeks there. “I wasn’t right because I couldn’t have imagined just a few months ago that I would have the opportunity to be a Con.