Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 45 | |
| 1947 | 54 | |
| 1948 | 62 | |
| 1949 | 71 | |
| 1950 | 79 | |
| 1951 | 88 | |
| 1952 | 96 | |
| 1953 | 90 | |
| 1954 | 85 | |
| 1955 | 79 | |
| 1956 | 74 | |
| 1957 | 68 | |
| 1958 | 62 | |
| 1959 | 57 | |
| 1960 | 51 | |
| 1961 | 46 | |
| 1962 | 40 |
Data sources
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- ATP Tour records
- Wimbledon / Roland-Garros / US Open / Australian Open archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Frank Sedgman ranks #63 in Tennis
Frank Sedgman ranks 63rd among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1536th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 86, Statistics 82. Those categories are normalised against the full Tennis reference universe of 250 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1946–1962 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1952, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major singles titles 5, major doubles titles 9, wimbledon titles 1, davis cup titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Anders Järryd on 84.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Roberta Vinci on 84.3. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Frank Sedgman GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sedgman stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1952. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
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Frank Sedgman — frequently asked
- Is Frank Sedgman the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Frank Sedgman ranks 63rd in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 84.5, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Frank Sedgman's GOAT Score?
- 84.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Frank Sedgman rank all time?
- 1536th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 63rd within Tennis.
- Frank Sedgman vs Anders Järryd: who ranks higher?
- Frank Sedgman, on 84.5 against Anders Järryd's 84.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.