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Hewitt vs von Cramm

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HewittWinner
85.9

Hewitt wins: Longevity, Honours

von Cramm
85.9

von Cramm wins: Dominance, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Lleyton Hewitt
85.9

Hewitt leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time major champion and the youngest man to finish a year as world number one.

1. Lleyton Hewitt
85.9
2. Gottfried von Cramm
85.9

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. 🇦🇺 Lleyton Hewitt5 seasons played · career day 1,825327 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Gottfried von Cramm5 seasons played · career day 1,826297 titles
-9.2% vs Hewitt at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Hewitt0045100327686
🇩🇪 von Cramm003582213655

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.

MetricHewittRetiredvon CrammRetired
Major singles titles22
Weeks at world number one80
Career singles titles30
Davis Cup titles2
Tour Finals titles2
Wimbledon finals3
French Championships2
Major doubles titles3
Years in the world top ten8
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8684
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Hewitt85.9
von Cramm85.9
The people
Hewitt
von Cramm

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