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Sedgman vs Zvonareva

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SedgmanWinner
84.5

Sedgman wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Zvonareva
84.3

Zvonareva 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. Vera Zvonareva
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. 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva5 seasons played · career day 2,556118 titles
-62.1% vs Sedgman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Sedgman004599311670
🇷🇺 Zvonareva000072161

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.

MetricSedgmanRetiredZvonarevaActive
Major singles titles5
Major doubles titles9
Wimbledon titles1
Davis Cup titles4
Major finals9
Grand Slam finals2
Grand Slam doubles titles3
WTA singles titles12
Career high ranking2
Olympic medals2
Dominance w25%8478
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%7888
Honours w20%8680
Statistics w15%8288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Sedgman84.5
Zvonareva84.3
The people
Sedgman
Zvonareva

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