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Goolagong vs Becker

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BeckerWinner
83.2

Becker wins: Peak, Statistics

Goolagong
83.1

Goolagong wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Boris Becker
83.2

Becker leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won Wimbledon at 17 — still the youngest men's champion there.

1. Boris Becker
83.2
2. Evonne Goolagong Cawley
83.1

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Titles per season
1. 🇦🇺 Evonne Goolagong Cawley5 seasons played · career day 2,55642 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Boris Becker5 seasons played · career day 2,19120 titles
-52.4% vs Goolagong at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Goolagong00001158
🇩🇪 Becker00021235

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.

MetricGoolagongRetiredBeckerRetired
Grand Slam singles titles7
Australian Open titles4
Career titles8649
Grand Slam finals18
Fed Cups3
Wimbledon titles23
Grand Slam titles6
Weeks at No. 112
Davis Cups2
Olympic golds1
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%8889
Longevity w20%8282
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8284

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GOAT Rank · the data
Becker83.2
Goolagong83.1
The people
Goolagong
Becker

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