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Courier vs Marble

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MarbleWinner
83.7

Marble wins: Dominance, Statistics

Courier
83.6

Courier wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Alice Marble
83.7

Marble leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Five Grand Slam singles titles and a pioneer of the attacking game.

1. Alice Marble
83.7
2. Jim Courier
83.6

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. 🇺🇸 Jim Courier5 seasons played · career day 1,826378 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Alice Marble5 seasons played · career day 2,55610 titles
-97.4% vs Courier at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Courier0055120282686
🇺🇸 Marble0000321

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.

MetricCourierRetiredMarbleRetired
Major singles titles4
Weeks at world number one58
Career singles titles23
Davis Cup titles2
Major finals7
Grand Slam singles titles5
Grand Slam doubles titles6
Grand Slam mixed titles8
World No. 1 years4
Wightman Cup wins4
Dominance w25%8488
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%7266
Honours w20%8686
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Marble83.7
Courier83.6
The people
Courier
Marble

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