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Falkenburg vs Ivanišević

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
IvaniševićWinner
82.2

Ivanišević wins: Longevity

Falkenburg
82.1

Falkenburg wins: Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇭🇷 Goran Ivanišević
82.2

Ivanišević leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Wimbledon champion in 2001 as a wildcard after three lost finals.

1. Goran Ivanišević
82.2
2. Bob Falkenburg
82.1

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. 🇺🇸 Bob Falkenburg5 seasons played · career day 1,826366 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇭🇷 Goran Ivanišević5 seasons played · career day 1,826306 titles
-16.4% vs Falkenburg at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Falkenburg0050112270670
🇭🇷 Ivanišević0055113238608

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.

MetricFalkenburgRetiredIvaniševićRetired
Grand Slam singles titles1
Wimbledon doubles titles1
Match points saved in the 1948 final3
Seasons played12
US doubles titles1
Major singles titles1
Wimbledon finals4
Career singles titles22
Olympic medals3
Career-high world ranking2
Dominance w25%7878
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%7680
Honours w20%8280
Statistics w15%8482

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ivanišević82.2
Falkenburg82.1
The people
Falkenburg
Ivanišević

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