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Tilden vs Court

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CourtWinner
92.5

Court wins: Longevity, Statistics

Tilden
91.8

Tilden wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Margaret Court
92.5

Court leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. 24 Grand Slam singles titles — still the all-time record.

1. Margaret Court
92.5
2. Bill Tilden
91.8

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. 🇺🇸 Bill Tilden5 seasons played · career day 1,826258 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Margaret Court5 seasons played · career day 2,19155 titles
-78.7% vs Tilden at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Tilden004086195569
🇦🇺 Court00052481

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.

MetricTildenRetiredCourtRetired
Major singles titles10
US Championships titles7
Wimbledon titles3
Davis Cup titles7
Years ranked world number one6
Grand Slam singles titles24
Grand Slam titles (all)64
Calendar Grand Slams1
Career singles titles192
Year-end No. 17
Match wins1,180
Dominance w25%9493
Peak w20%9693
Longevity w20%8488
Honours w20%9494
Statistics w15%9095

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Court92.5
Tilden91.8
The people
Tilden
Court

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