Who is better, Hewitt or Seixas?
Vic Seixas leads with a GOAT score of 86.5 against 85.9 for Lleyton Hewitt — a gap of 0.6 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Hewitt vs Seixas
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Vic Seixas above Lleyton Hewitt: 86.5 vs 85.9. Vic Seixas leads on Longevity, Honours, Statistics. Lleyton Hewitt leads on Dominance, Peak.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
SeixasWinner
86.5Seixas wins: Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Hewitt
85.9Hewitt wins: Dominance, Peak
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Vic Seixas
86.5
Seixas leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Vic Seixas
2. Lleyton Hewitt
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index 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 · Form index per season1. 🇦🇺 Lleyton Hewitt5 seasons played · career day 1,825327 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Vic Seixas5 seasons played · career day 5,47815 titles
-95.4% vs Hewitt at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Hewitt | 0 | 0 | 45 | 100 | 327 | 686 |
| 🇺🇸 Seixas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | HewittRetired | SeixasRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Major singles titles | 2 | — |
| Weeks at world number one | 80 | — |
| Career singles titles | 30 | — |
| Davis Cup titles | 2 | 1 |
| Tour Finals titles | 2 | — |
| Grand Slam singles titles | — | 2 |
| Grand Slam doubles titles | — | 5 |
| Grand Slam mixed titles | — | 8 |
| Davis Cup ties played | — | 19 |
| Dominance w25% | 82 | 80 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 86 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 86 | 88 |
| Statistics w15% | 84 | 86 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Seixas86.5
Hewitt85.9
FAQ
Where does Hewitt beat Seixas?
Hewitt scores higher on peak, dominance. Seixas leads on honours, statistics, longevity.
How is the Hewitt vs Seixas score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Hewitt: 85.9, Seixas: 86.5.
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