Category profile
- Dominance
- 70
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 1 | |
| 1936 | 2 | |
| 1937 | 2 | |
| 1938 | 2 | |
| 1939 | 1 | |
| 1940 | 1 | |
| 1941 | 2 | |
| 1942 | 3 | |
| 1943 | 5 | |
| 1944 | 3 | |
| 1945 | 2 | |
| 1946 | 2 | |
| 1947 | 1 | |
| 1948 | 1 | |
| 1949 | 1 | |
| 1950 | 1 |
Data sources
- ATP
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Wimbledon
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Marcel Bernard ranks #103 in Tennis
Marcel Bernard ranks 103rd among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1428th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 70, Peak 88, Longevity 88, Honours 76, Statistics 80. Those categories are normalised against the full Tennis reference universe of 251 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1932–1956 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1943, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam singles titles 1, grand slam doubles titles 2, french mixed titles 2, davis cup ties 20.
Immediately ahead sits Virginia Ruzici on 79.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Sloane Stephens on 79.8. 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.
Marcel Bernard GOAT Score explained
- Dominance70/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bernard stood above the field while competing. Scored 70/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1943. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Bernard comparisons
Marcel Bernard — frequently asked
- Is Marcel Bernard the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Marcel Bernard ranks 103rd in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 79.9, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Marcel Bernard's GOAT Score?
- 79.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 70 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Marcel Bernard rank all time?
- 1428th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 103rd within Tennis.
- Marcel Bernard vs Virginia Ruzici: who ranks higher?
- Marcel Bernard, on 79.9 against Virginia Ruzici's 79.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.