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Clijsters vs Plíšková

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ClijstersWinner
80.7

Clijsters wins: Peak, Honours

Plíšková
80.3

Plíšková wins: Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇪 Kim Clijsters
80.7

Clijsters leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won the US Open as an unranked mother in 2009 after two years away.

1. Kim Clijsters
80.7
2. Karolína Plíšková
80.3

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. 🇧🇪 Kim Clijsters5 seasons played · career day 2,55520 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková5 seasons played · career day 2,92115 titles
-25.0% vs Clijsters at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇪 Clijsters0000631
🇨🇿 Plíšková0000319

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.

MetricClijstersRetiredPlíškováActive
Grand Slam titles4
US Open titles3
Career titles41
Weeks at No. 1208
Tour Finals titles3
Grand Slam doubles titles2
WTA titles17
Grand Slam finals2
Fed Cup titles3
Career aces3,500
Dominance w25%7676
Peak w20%8786
Longevity w20%8080
Honours w20%8076
Statistics w15%8286

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Clijsters80.7
Plíšková80.3
The people
Clijsters
Plíšková

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