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Janković vs Pennetta

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PennettaWinner
81.2

Pennetta wins: Peak, Honours

Janković
80.8

Janković wins: Dominance, Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta
81.2

Pennetta leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Won the 2015 US Open and retired as champion at the top of her game.

1. Flavia Pennetta
81.2
2. Jelena Janković
80.8

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. 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković5 seasons played · career day 3,28715 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta5 seasons played · career day 3,2878 titles
-46.7% vs Janković at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇸 Janković0000015
🇮🇹 Pennetta000008

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.

MetricJankovićRetiredPennettaRetired
Weeks at No. 118
WTA titles1511
Grand Slam finals1
Masters titles4
Career match wins600
Grand Slam singles titles1
Fed Cup titles4
Doubles world No. 1 weeks4
Career-high singles ranking6
Dominance w25%7674
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%8482
Honours w20%7682
Statistics w15%8482

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GOAT Rank · the data
Pennetta81.2
Janković80.8
The people
Janković
Pennetta

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