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Patty vs Connolly

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PattyWinner
82.4

Patty wins: Longevity

Connolly
82.4

Connolly wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Budge Patty
82.4

Patty leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Won Wimbledon and Roland-Garros in the same summer of 1950.

1. Budge Patty
82.4
2. Maureen Connolly
82.4

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. 🇺🇸 Maureen Connolly5 seasons played · career day 1,82529 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Budge Patty5 seasons played · career day 2,19019 titles
-34.5% vs Connolly at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
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🇺🇸 Connolly00262932

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.

MetricPattyRetiredConnollyRetired
Grand Slam singles titles2
Grand Slam doubles titles1
Career titles4040
Career-high ranking1
Career span in years15
Grand Slam titles9
Calendar Grand Slams1
Wimbledon titles3
Grand Slam finals10
Major matches lost4
Dominance w25%7686
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8260
Honours w20%8086
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Patty82.4
Connolly82.4
The people
Patty
Connolly

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