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Panatta vs Henkel

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PanattaWinner
76.6

Panatta wins: Longevity

Henkel
76.5

Henkel wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Adriano Panatta
76.6

Panatta leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. French Open champion in 1976 and Davis Cup winner with Italy.

1. Adriano Panatta
76.6
2. Henner Henkel
76.5

Category breakdown

Season form · Titles per season

Career timeline · Titles per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Titles per season
1. 🇮🇹 Adriano Panatta5 seasons played · career day 1,825326 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Henner Henkel5 seasons played · career day 1,82515 titles
-95.4% vs Panatta at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇹 Panatta0050108326672
🇩🇪 Henkel00131520

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricPanattaRetiredHenkelRetired
Major singles titles1
Career singles titles10
Davis Cup titles1
Career-high world ranking4
Seasons on tour14
Grand Slam singles titles1
Grand Slam doubles titles2
World ranking high3
Davis Cup wins27
Career span in years7
Dominance w25%7274
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%7262
Honours w20%7678
Statistics w15%7680

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GOAT Rank · the data
Panatta76.6
Henkel76.5
The people
Panatta
Henkel

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