Who is the tallest-ever world tennis number 1, Marat Safin or Melanie Oudin?
Marat Safin Marat Mubinovich Safin (Russian: Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин ; ] , Tatar: Марат Мөбин улы Сафин "Marat Möbin uğlı Safin" ; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian politician and retired professional tennis player. He achieved the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 1 singles ranking on November 20, 2000. Nobody taller than Safin has ever reached his world number-one ranking. Safin is the older brother of former world No. 1 WTA player, Dinara Safina. They are the first and only brother–sister tandem in tennis history who have both achieved No. 1 rankings. On court, Safin was famous for his emotional outbursts and sometimes fiery temper.
Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova (Russian: Екатери́на Вале́рьевна Мака́рова ; ] ; born on 7 June 1988) is a Russian professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of number 8 on 6 April 2015. Her best Grand Slam singles results have come at the 2014 US Open and the 2015 Australian Open where she reached the semifinals on both occasions. Makarova is a four-time Grand Slam champion in doubles competition, having won the 2012 US Open mixed doubles tournament with Bruno Soares, and the 2013 French Open, the 2014 US Open and 2017 Wimbledon Championships with Elena Vesnina.