Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 0 |
Data sources
- WTA
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Simona Halep ranks #60 in Tennis
Simona Halep ranks 60th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 783rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 84, Longevity 80, Honours 76, Statistics 80. 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 2006–2024 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam titles 2, weeks at no. 1 64, career titles 24, year-end no. 1 2.
Immediately ahead sits Petra Kvitová on 78.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Jana Novotná on 78.5. 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.
Simona Halep GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Halep stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2013. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- 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 Halep comparisons
Simona Halep — frequently asked
- Is Simona Halep the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Simona Halep ranks 60th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 78.5, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Simona Halep's GOAT Score?
- 78.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Simona Halep rank all time?
- 783rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 60th within Tennis.
- Simona Halep vs Petra Kvitová: who ranks higher?
- Petra Kvitová, on 78.6 against Simona Halep's 78.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.