Category profile
- Dominance
- 70
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 74
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 45 | |
| 1950 | 51 | |
| 1951 | 57 | |
| 1952 | 63 | |
| 1953 | 70 | |
| 1954 | 76 | |
| 1955 | 82 | |
| 1956 | 88 | |
| 1957 | 94 | |
| 1958 | 83 | |
| 1959 | 72 | |
| 1960 | 62 | |
| 1961 | 51 | |
| 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 Sven Davidson ranks #236 in Tennis
Sven Davidson ranks 236th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3027th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 75.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 70, Peak 86, Longevity 74, Honours 74, Statistics 74. 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 1949–1962 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1957, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major singles titles 1, major singles finals 3, wimbledon doubles titles 1, career-high world ranking 3.
Immediately ahead sits Willoughby Hamilton on 75.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ernie Parker on 75.3. 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.
Sven Davidson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance70/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Davidson stood above the field while competing. Scored 70/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1957. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics74/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 74/100.
Top Davidson comparisons
Sven Davidson — frequently asked
- Is Sven Davidson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sven Davidson ranks 236th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 75.4, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Sven Davidson's GOAT Score?
- 75.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 70 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 74 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sven Davidson rank all time?
- 3027th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 236th within Tennis.
- Sven Davidson vs Willoughby Hamilton: who ranks higher?
- Sven Davidson, on 75.4 against Willoughby Hamilton's 75.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.