Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 2 | |
| 1990 | 4 | |
| 1991 | 10 | |
| 1992 | 10 | |
| 1993 | 6 | |
| 1994 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 0 |
Data sources
- WTA
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Monica Seles ranks #28 in Tennis
Monica Seles ranks 28th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 549th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 84, Statistics 86. 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 1988–2003 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1991, 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 grand slam titles 9, career titles 53, weeks at no. 1 178, year-end no. 1 3.
Immediately ahead sits Martina Hingis on 83.8, a gap of -0.9 points. Directly behind is Boris Becker on 83.2. 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.
Monica Seles GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Seles 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 1991. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Seles comparisons
Monica Seles — frequently asked
- Is Monica Seles the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Monica Seles ranks 28th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 84.7, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Monica Seles's GOAT Score?
- 84.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Monica Seles rank all time?
- 549th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 28th within Tennis.
- Monica Seles vs Martina Hingis: who ranks higher?
- Monica Seles, on 84.7 against Martina Hingis's 83.8 — a margin of 0.9 points.