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Rosewall vs Sampras

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SamprasWinner
91.0

Sampras wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Rosewall
88.7

Rosewall wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Pete Sampras
91.0

Sampras leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Six straight year-end No. 1 finishes and seven Wimbledon crowns.

1. Pete Sampras
91.0
2. Ken Rosewall
88.7

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. 🇦🇺 Ken Rosewall5 seasons played · career day 2,55630 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras5 seasons played · career day 2,55626 titles
-13.3% vs Rosewall at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Rosewall00001547
🇺🇸 Sampras0000639

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.

MetricRosewallRetiredSamprasRetired
Grand Slam titles814
Pro major titles15
Career titles13364
Davis Cups42
Grand Slam finals16
Years between first and last major19
Wimbledon titles7
Weeks at No. 1286
Year-end No. 16
Dominance w25%8692
Peak w20%8893
Longevity w20%9486
Honours w20%8892
Statistics w15%8892

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Sampras91.0
Rosewall88.7
The people
Rosewall
Sampras

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