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Hovey vs Cash

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HoveyWinner
80.6

Hovey wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

Cash
80.6

Cash wins: Peak, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Frederick Hovey
80.6

Hovey leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Beat Robert Wrenn to win the 1895 US national title.

1. Frederick Hovey
80.6
2. Pat Cash
80.6

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. 🇺🇸 Frederick Hovey5 seasons played · career day 1,825375 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Pat Cash5 seasons played · career day 1,825297 titles
-20.8% vs Hovey at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Hovey0055120375490
🇦🇺 Cash003582297635

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.

MetricHoveyRetiredCashRetired
US singles titles1
US doubles titles1
US finals3
Seasons played7
Intercollegiate titles1
Major singles titles1
Davis Cup titles2
ATP titles7
Major finals3
Career-high ranking4
Dominance w25%8076
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%6876
Honours w20%8280
Statistics w15%8480

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Hovey80.6
Cash80.6
The people
Hovey
Cash

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