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Rice vs Bruguera

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RiceWinner
82.1

Rice wins: Longevity

Bruguera
82.0

Bruguera wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Horace Rice
82.1

Rice leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Australasian champion in 1907 and a finalist again at 48.

1. Horace Rice
82.1
2. Sergi Bruguera
82.0

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. 🇦🇺 Horace Rice5 seasons played · career day 5,47721 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇪🇸 Sergi Bruguera5 seasons played · career day 2,55612 titles
-42.9% vs Rice at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
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🇪🇸 Bruguera0000315

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.

MetricRiceRetiredBrugueraRetired
Grand Slam singles titles12
Grand Slam doubles titles1
Grand Slam finals43
Career years36
Age at last Grand Slam final48
ATP titles14
Career-high ranking3
Olympic medals1
Dominance w25%7278
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%9476
Honours w20%7480
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Rice82.1
Bruguera82.0
The people
Rice
Bruguera

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