Who is better, Dementieva or Gerulaitis?
Elena Dementieva leads with a GOAT score of 80.8 against 80.7 for Vitas Gerulaitis — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Dementieva vs Gerulaitis
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GOAT Rank currently ranks Elena Dementieva above Vitas Gerulaitis: 80.8 vs 80.7. Elena Dementieva leads on Dominance, Honours. Vitas Gerulaitis leads on Peak, Longevity.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
DementievaWinner
80.8Dementieva wins: Dominance, Honours
Gerulaitis
80.7Gerulaitis wins: Peak, Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Elena Dementieva
80.8
Dementieva leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Elena Dementieva
2. Vitas Gerulaitis
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index 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 · Form index per season1. 🇺🇸 Vitas Gerulaitis5 seasons played · career day 3,28617 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇺 Elena Dementieva5 seasons played · career day 2,1908 titles
-52.9% vs Gerulaitis at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇷🇺 Dementieva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 🇺🇸 Gerulaitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | DementievaRetired | GerulaitisRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 1 | — |
| WTA titles | 16 | — |
| Grand Slam finals | 2 | 3 |
| Fed Cup titles | 3 | — |
| Career-high ranking | 3 | 3 |
| Grand Slam singles titles | — | 1 |
| ATP titles | — | 25 |
| Grand Slam doubles titles | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 76 | 74 |
| Peak w20% | 88 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 78 | 80 |
| Honours w20% | 80 | 78 |
| Statistics w15% | 84 | 84 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Dementieva80.8
Gerulaitis80.7
The people
Dementieva
Gerulaitis
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Where does Gerulaitis beat Dementieva?
Gerulaitis scores higher on peak, longevity. Dementieva leads on dominance, honours.
How is the Dementieva vs Gerulaitis score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Dementieva: 80.8, Gerulaitis: 80.7.
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