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Ivanišević vs Falkenburg

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
IvaniševićWinner
82.2

Ivanišević wins: Longevity

Falkenburg
82.1

Falkenburg wins: Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇭🇷 Goran Ivanišević
82.2

Ivanišević leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Wimbledon champion in 2001 as a wildcard after three lost finals.

1. Goran Ivanišević
82.2
2. Bob Falkenburg
82.1

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.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Titles per season
1. 🇺🇸 Bob Falkenburg5 seasons played · career day 1,826366 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇭🇷 Goran Ivanišević5 seasons played · career day 1,826306 titles
-16.4% vs Falkenburg at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇭🇷 Ivanišević0055113238608
🇺🇸 Falkenburg0050112270670

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.

MetricIvaniševićRetiredFalkenburgRetired
Major singles titles1
Wimbledon finals4
Career singles titles22
Olympic medals3
Career-high world ranking2
Grand Slam singles titles1
Wimbledon doubles titles1
Match points saved in the 1948 final3
Seasons played12
US doubles titles1
Dominance w25%7878
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8076
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%8284

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ivanišević82.2
Falkenburg82.1
The people
Ivanišević
Falkenburg

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