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Santana vs Čilić

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SantanaWinner
84.2

Santana wins: Dominance, Honours

Čilić
83.9

Čilić wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇪🇸 Manuel Santana
84.2

Santana leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Four Grand Slam titles including Wimbledon 1966, Spain's first.

1. Manuel Santana
84.2
2. Marin Čilić
83.9

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. 🇪🇸 Manuel Santana5 seasons played · career day 2,55617 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇭🇷 Marin Čilić5 seasons played · career day 2,9217 titles
-58.8% vs Santana at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇪🇸 Santana0000927
🇭🇷 Čilić000038

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.

MetricSantanaRetiredČilićActive
Grand Slam singles titles41
Roland-Garros titles2
Wimbledon titles1
Davis Cup finals2
Career titles72
ATP titles21
Davis Cup titles1
Grand Slam finals3
Career-high ranking3
Dominance w25%8076
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8086
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%8486

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Santana84.2
Čilić83.9
The people
Santana
Čilić

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