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Court vs Năstase
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CourtWinner
92.5Court wins: Dominance, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Năstase
88.5Năstase wins: Peak
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Margaret Court
92.5
Court leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Margaret Court
2. Ilie Năstase
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 season1. 🇦🇺 Margaret Court5 seasons played · career day 2,19155 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇴 Ilie Năstase5 seasons played · career day 3,28647 titles
-14.5% vs Court at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Court | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 81 |
| 🇷🇴 Năstase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | CourtRetired | NăstaseRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam singles titles | 24 | 2 |
| Grand Slam titles (all) | 64 | — |
| Calendar Grand Slams | 1 | — |
| Career singles titles | 192 | 64 |
| Year-end No. 1 | 7 | — |
| Match wins | 1,180 | — |
| Weeks at No. 1 | — | 40 |
| Year-end Masters titles | — | 4 |
| Grand Slam doubles titles | — | 3 |
| Dominance w25% | 93 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 93 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 86 |
| Honours w20% | 94 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 95 | 92 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Court92.5
Năstase88.5
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