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Sedgman vs Vinci

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SedgmanWinner
84.5

Sedgman wins: Dominance, Honours

Vinci
84.3

Vinci wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Frank Sedgman
84.5

Sedgman leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Five-time major singles champion and a Davis Cup cornerstone for Australia.

1. Frank Sedgman
84.5
2. Roberta Vinci
84.3

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. 🇦🇺 Frank Sedgman5 seasons played · career day 1,825311 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci5 seasons played · career day 2,9218 titles
-97.4% vs Sedgman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Sedgman004599311670
🇮🇹 Vinci0000211

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.

MetricSedgmanRetiredVinciRetired
Major singles titles5
Major doubles titles9
Wimbledon titles1
Davis Cup titles4
Major finals9
Grand Slam doubles titles5
Grand Slam singles finals1
WTA singles titles10
Fed Cup titles4
Career-high singles ranking7
Dominance w25%8476
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%7888
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%8286

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GOAT Rank · the data
Sedgman84.5
Vinci84.3
The people
Sedgman
Vinci

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