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Evert vs Sampras

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EvertWinner
91.5

Evert wins: Longevity, Statistics

Sampras
91.0

Sampras wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Chris Evert
91.5

Evert leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. A .900 career win rate and at least one major every year for 13 years.

1. Chris Evert
91.5
2. Pete Sampras
91.0

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. 🇺🇸 Chris Evert5 seasons played · career day 2,19166 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras5 seasons played · career day 2,55626 titles
-60.6% vs Evert at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Evert000114392
🇺🇸 Sampras0000639

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.

MetricEvertRetiredSamprasRetired
Grand Slam titles1814
French Open titles7
Career titles15764
Weeks at No. 1260286
Match wins1,309
Grand Slam semi-finals52
Wimbledon titles7
Year-end No. 16
Davis Cups2
Dominance w25%9192
Peak w20%9193
Longevity w20%9286
Honours w20%9192
Statistics w15%9392

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Evert91.5
Sampras91.0
The people
Evert
Sampras

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