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Safin vs Marble

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SafinWinner
83.7

Safin wins: Peak, Longevity

Marble
83.7

Marble wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Marat Safin
83.7

Safin leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Beat Sampras to win the 2000 US Open and added the 2005 Australian Open.

1. Marat Safin
83.7
2. Alice Marble
83.7

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. 🇷🇺 Marat Safin5 seasons played · career day 1,825366 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Alice Marble5 seasons played · career day 2,55610 titles
-97.3% vs Safin at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Safin004099366645
🇺🇸 Marble0000321

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.

MetricSafinRetiredMarbleRetired
Major singles titles2
ATP titles15
Weeks at world number one9
Davis Cup titles2
Masters titles5
Grand Slam singles titles5
Grand Slam doubles titles6
Grand Slam mixed titles8
World No. 1 years4
Wightman Cup wins4
Dominance w25%8088
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%7466
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Safin83.7
Marble83.7
The people
Safin
Marble

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