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Pails vs Ruzici

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PailsWinner
80.2

Pails wins: Longevity, Statistics

Ruzici
79.9

Ruzici wins: Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Dinny Pails
80.2

Pails leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Australian champion in 1947 and a leading professional tour player.

1. Dinny Pails
80.2
2. Virginia Ruzici
79.9

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. 🇦🇺 Dinny Pails5 seasons played · career day 2,19049 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇴 Virginia Ruzici5 seasons played · career day 2,19112 titles
-75.5% vs Pails at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Pails000164457
🇷🇴 Ruzici00011017

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.

MetricPailsRetiredRuziciRetired
Grand Slam singles titles11
Grand Slam finals22
Davis Cup ties played6
Professional tour years8
Career years20
Grand Slam doubles titles1
WTA titles12
Career-high ranking8
Dominance w25%7474
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%8278
Honours w20%7476
Statistics w15%8684

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Pails80.2
Ruzici79.9
The people
Pails
Ruzici

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