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Vilas vs Seles

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SelesWinner
84.7

Seles wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Vilas
82.7

Vilas wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Monica Seles
84.7

Seles leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Eight majors before turning 20, in the most dominant stretch of the 1990s.

1. Monica Seles
84.7
2. Guillermo Vilas
82.7

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. 🇦🇷 Guillermo Vilas5 seasons played · career day 3,28641 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Monica Seles5 seasons played · career day 2,19132 titles
-22.0% vs Vilas at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇷 Vilas0000441
🇺🇸 Seles00021639

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.

MetricVilasRetiredSelesRetired
Grand Slam titles49
Career titles6253
Match wins929595
Win streak46
Tournament wins in 197716
Grand Slam finals8
Weeks at No. 1178
Year-end No. 13
Olympic medals1
Dominance w25%7884
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%8478
Honours w20%7884
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Seles84.7
Vilas82.7
The people
Vilas
Seles

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