Post by Annie on Jun 11, 2005 17:53:29 GMT 3
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Special Awards
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We all know Marat is more than just a tennis player: his charisma, humour, generosity and good looks have earned him many 'special' awards from many different fields, and here is a list of just a few.
Most Popular Player
Möet & Chandon sponsored the annual "Most Fashionable" and "Most Popular" player awards for the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon. MARAT SAFIN was voted Most Popular, with PARADORN SRICHAPHAN Most Fashionable. Each player was presented with a magnum of the famous French champagne and toasted the occasion. "I was very proud to be voted most popular," said Marat Safin. "But Paradorn is better than me - he got the most fashionable."
Order of the People's Friendship
Press-release of October 04, 2003
The award ceremony celebrating the tennis players who have been playing for the national team in the Davis Cup was held today after the second ladies' semifinals at the Olimpiysky stadium. The actual trophy - the silver Davis Cup - was placed in the middle of the central court. The heroes of the Davis Cup ties stepped out on the court along with the captains who coached the national team of several generations, including such emeritus players as Sergei Likhachev, Vladimir Korotkov, Tomas Leyus, Alexander Ivanov, Teymuraz Kakuliya, Alexander Metreveli, Konstantin Pugaev, Sergei Leonyuk, Andrei Olkhovsky, Andrei Cherkasov, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Mikhail Yuzhny, Davis Cup captain Vadim Borisov (a former Davis Cup player himself) , and the two last captains - Anatoly Lepeshin and Shamil Tarpischev. The tennis fans could watch on a big screen selected episodes from Davis Cup ties featuring Soviet and then Russian players. The chairman of the Russian Sports Committee Vyacheslav Fetisov awarded the famous Russian player Yevgeny Kafelnikov with the Order of Honor and Marat Safin (who brought his team two winning points in last year's Davis Cup final) was awarded the Order of People's Friendship.
The most emotional moment of the event was the short speech by Russia's first president BorisYeltsin addressed to the veterans and the actual players of the Russian national team. Boris Yeltsin wished all the ceremony participants good health and wished every success to the members of the Russian national men's team whom he wants to win the Davis Cup in 2004 and also to play successfully at the Olympics in Athenes. Boris Yeltsin also wished success to the Russian national women's team in the Federal Cup semifinals vs France to be played in one month and a half in Moscow.
www.kremlincup.ru/press-center/9-e.html
Best Sportsman in Russia
28/12/2002 sporday.ru
Marat Safin, one of heroes of the Davis Cup in tennis is recognized as the BEST SPORTSMAN in Russia.
Winners of the traditional New Year's survey by the ITAR-TASS determining the strongest sportsmen of year in the world and Russia. The opinion in interrogation sports journalists of national news agencies from all continents have stated the planets which have sent to Moscow, in Agency of the sports information of ITAR-TASS, three, in their opinion, the strongest sportsmen of the world and Russia.
www.r9ronaldo.ru/ind_0212a.htm/
Top 100 most beautiful people in Moscow B
01/10/2002
Besides already becoming a traditional display of wedding dresses from Russian designers, the organisers of the Moscow Bridal festival have created a list of the " Top 100 most beautiful people of Moscow ". Representatives of various trades are included in the list of 100 most beautiful people in Moscow: actors from theatre and cinema, ballet dancers, sportsmen, stylists, musicians, businessmen, journalists and models. The list of the most beautiful people in Moscow was published on the site ROL. Judge, whether the choice of the " high jury " was fair...
The list is organised alphabetically!
Find the complete lists and articles in Russian at the following links:
vokruginfo.ru/news/news2316.html (2002)
rol.ru/news/hobby/fashion/02/05/27_009.htm (2002)
www.vokrug.info/news/news3608.html (2003)
Favourite Russian Player
Marat Safin was voted Favourite Russian Tennis Player on Russian internet site 'Rambler.ru' with 41% of the votes. Kafelnikov came second with 36% . Myskina and Dementieva were first and second respectively in the womens poll.
Laureus Award
Laureus World Sports WORLD NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2001:
Marat Safin shrugged off the challenges from the rest of the nominees in the Laureus Newcomer of the Year category to claim the award. Marat could not be there in person to accept the award but World Sports Academy member Alberto Tomba accepted it on his behalf.
Turned professional in 1997 and managed to reach the fourth round of both the French and US Opens the following year. Won his first ATP Tour title in Boston during 1999 and helped Russia to the semi-finals of the Davis Cup by winning the decisive fifth match in both the first round, against Germany, and in the quarter-finals, against Slovakia. Reached the final of the TMS Paris before losing to Andre Agassi in four sets and ended 1999 ranked 25 in the world.
The big discovery of the men's year, the athletic Russian stunned the tennis world with his straight-sets victory over Pete Sampras in the 2000 US Open final. Apart from claiming his first Grand Slam singles crown, he also won six other ATP titles during the year with triumphs in Barcelona, Mallorca, at the Toronto Masters, the Presidents' Cup, in St Petersburg and at the Paris Masters. Virtually untouchable over the second half of last year, he completed 2000 with a win-loss record of 73-27 and ranked a career-best number two in the world.
Link: www.laureus.com/awards/winners/newcomer01.php
Three ATP awards
In 2001 Marat won 3 Atp awards:
"Most Improved Player"
"New Balls Please Fans' Choice"
"ASAP Most Quotable Player of the Year":
Marat Safin, the US Open champion who won an ATP-best seven titles during the year, collected three awards.The 21-year-old Russian was voted Most Improved Player by his fellow professionals.He also won the New Balls Please Fans' Choice and ASAP Sports Most Quotable Player of the Year by the International Tennis Writers Association. Said Safin: "It's a great honor for me to receive any award, but to receive three at once is very special."
People Magazine '25 most enigmatic'
People magazine Top 25 most 'enigmatic' people:
Marat Safin - Tennis player
He was such a nobody that each time the 20-year-old Moscow-born tennis player called the transportation desk at the U.S. Open to get a ride from his hotel to the stadium, he was asked to spell his name. On Sept. 10, however, Marat Safin made certain everyone knew exactly who he was: He won the U.S. Open by defeating defending champ and 13-time Grand Slam titleholder Pete Sampras in three straight sets. Overnight, Safin became "a star for the new millennium," SPORTS ILLUSTRATED declared. He also went from having to scrape by in Valencia, Spain (where he moved at age 14 to train), to living luxuriously in Monaco and driving a new Mercedes. "And now I can pay for tickets home - in first class!" says Safin, whose parents and younger sister still live in Moscow. He didn't win a medal for Russia at the Olympics, but his U.S. Open win earned him kudos from Boris Yeltsin and Russian President Vladimir Putin, both of whom sent telegrams. He was worthy of the praise, says NBC tennis commentator Bud Collins: "I've never seen a player of quality like Sampras get hog-tied like that. It was astounding." What's also astounding is that it almost didn't happen. At the start of the year Safin, who turned pro in '97, considered leaving tennis for good. "I didn't play so well, and I couldn't win one match," he says. "Then I decided to show people I'm not so bad." Now the No.2 player in the world, Safin is finding that the view near the top can be dizzying. "It's very difficult to be at this level," he says. "I have to work twice as hard."
ATP fans favourite
ATPtennis.com visitors selected Marat Safin as their favorite player of 2001.
Russian superstar Marat Safin tapped the honor as the ATP's Fans' Favorite Player, based on results from fans voting on an ATPtennis.com poll.
The 21-year-old blew away the competition, receiving 22 percent or 50,324 of the 228,746 votes cast on the Web site. He edged out Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten, who came in second place with 38,886 votes or 17 percent of the total tally.American Andre Agassi took third place with 14 percent, while Juan Carlos Ferrero claimed 10 percent and Pete Sampras rounded out the top five with 9 percent of the vote.
The rest of the players came in as follows: Goran Ivanisevic and Sebastien Grosjean with 6 percent; Andy Roddick with 4 percent; Tim Henman with 3 percent; and Lleyton Hewitt, Roger Federer and Tommy Haas tied with 1 percent. The award was among several handed out at the ATP Player Meeting in Melbourne.
ATP fans favourite
For 2002: ATPtennis.com's Fans' Favorite Award
Marat Safin Favorite in a poll of more than 28,000 visitors to the Official Web site of the ATP. Twenty-one percent of the visitors nominated Safin, who also won the 2001 award, as their favorite player.
Most stylish player
02.10.2002 The Party For The Kremlin Cup Players
The traditional “Kremlin Cup Tennis Party” took place in the “Momo” restaurant on the 2nd of October. The jewelry store “Cosmos Zoloto”, an exclusive distributor of the Swiss watch-making company “Van Der Bauwede” in Russia, gave its special gift to “the most stylish” tennis player of the Kremlin Cup 2002.
The fashion magazine GQ and “Van Der Bauwede” which is the watch sponsor of the Kremlin Cup, chose the tennis star, Marat Safin as the winner of the special prize – the sports watch “Magnum GT1”. The watch is named after the racing cars of GT category with tachometer drawn on its dial, and its case is made of steel. Racers of Ferrari recognized “Magnum GT1” as the best watch due to the fact that the chronometer of GT1 has the ability to count the tenth shares of a second. The company “Van Der Bauwede” made the inscription “Kremlin Cup 2002” on the case of the “Magnum GT1” model, specially, for the tournament."
Sexiest male player
Ace magazine: 3rd sexiest man 2003
Safin's hot temper and racket-smashing have far fromput off his hoardes of female admirers. Once voted the worlds most beautiful man, the Russian exudes sex appeal with his sultry bedroom eyes, captivating smile and overwhelming self-confidence. "Everything's going to depend on me - every match, every point, every set," he says, "I'm not depending on anybody, any player. I depend on myself. If I play good, I mean, the other guy has no chance." And Safin, twice voted Most Populat Player on the ATP's website, has had his fair share of on court success, winning the US Open in 2000 and becoming - at the time - the youngest man to be ranked No.1 in the world.
World's Most Beautiful Man
SAFIN THE BEAUTIFUL
MARAT SAFIN may have missed out on Tennis Masters Cup qualification this year, but at least the mighty Russian can console himself with the fact that he is considered the world’s most beautiful man, at least for this month. Hot on the heels of Andy Roddick’s award in September, Safin received 3,715 votes from fans of the web-site www.mostbeautifulman.com to become ‘Mr November’. One of the voters, Sybil, wrote: “He has a great blend of athletic talent, good looks, and charisma. Whenever you see him play, you just can't take your eyes off him".
www.mostbeautifulman.com/mrNovember2001/maratsafin.shtml
Most Talented & Most Handsome
Marat won the titles of both 'Most Talented Player' and 'Most Beautiful' as voted for by fans at Tennisrulz.com in May 2003.
Sexiest Player
The SEXY-BOYS of the tour
We asked the 'tennis magazin' readers on our homepage (www.tennismagazin.de): Who is the player with the biggest amount of sex-appeal? Who is the Brad Pitt among the tennis pros? The echo was big as everyone has his own opinion to express about this subject. And you can always argue about different tastes because the beautiful blonde with the six-pack is not automatically the number one in the sex ranking. It's also about charm, aura and charisma.
First : Marat Safin
And the winner is...yes, Marat Safin. Actually nobody should be surprised. The Russian looks fantastic and has a body that makes teens drool. And not only they. Even Madonna, the Queen of Pop expressed her opinion. Marat Safin is in a top ten of men she could imagine as the father of her next child. Wow! Probably because the model-athlete from Moscow is also a real rebel, a kind of tennis-James Dean of the new millenium. One who is noticeable: he changes his coaches like underwear. He smashes rackets like Aerosmith-boss Steven Tyler guitars. And he appears on parties with a quantity of blonde-mices. Very sexy.
2. Andy Roddick
3. Juan-Carlos Ferrero
4. Tommy Haas
5. Gustavo Kuerten
6. Andre Agassi
7. Roger Federer
8. Lleyton Hewitt
9. Alex Corretja
10. Jan-Michael Gambill
2004 ATP Awards
'Best Comeback'
2004 saw the resurgence of various players returning to top form at ATP events. The unpredictable and always exciting Marat Safin went from No. 77 in 2003 to No. 4 in 2004 to earn the first place among fans.
'Best Match'
After some great matches in 2004 and a very close race for first place in this category, the best match went to Marat Safin vs. Andre Agassi in the Australian Open semifinal. It was closely followed by Coria vs. Gaudio (French Open final) and Safin vs. Federer (Masters Cup semifinal).
link: www.atptennis.com/en/newsandscores/news/2004/best_2004_results.asp
2004 Russian Tennis Player Award
French Open champion Anastasia Myskina has been voted Russia's female player of the year by the panel of tennis journalists, coaches and officials.
Australian Open runner-up Marat Safin won the men's award.
The Russian Tennis Federation announced the winners at its annual gala ceremony on Saturday.
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complete article: sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/tennis/12/04/myskina.safin/
Hottest tennis player in the 'Ace 2005 Hotlist'
(...)Marat Safin have been voted the world’s hottest tennis players in the 2005 Hot List, presented by the famous British tennis magazine ACE.
More than 50,000 votes were cast online to determine the list of the 10 sexiest players.
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Being named sexiest player, he said: “I am very happy that ACE makes me their No. 1 Hot Man! But for now, it is important that I work hard on my game so they can also make me No.1 for my tennis.”
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complete article: www.mosnews.com/news/2005/05/17/sharapovasafin.shtml
