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Pierce vs Davenport

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PierceWinner
81.3

Pierce wins: Peak

Davenport
81.1

Davenport wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Mary Pierce
81.3

Pierce leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Australian Open and Roland-Garros champion and a Fed Cup winner.

1. Mary Pierce
81.3
2. Lindsay Davenport
81.1

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. 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport5 seasons played · career day 2,19020 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Mary Pierce5 seasons played · career day 2,55511 titles
-45.0% vs Davenport at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Pierce0000614
🇺🇸 Davenport00011335

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.

MetricPierceRetiredDavenportRetired
Grand Slam singles titles2
WTA titles18
Grand Slam finals6
Fed Cup titles2
Career-high ranking3
Grand Slam titles3
Olympic golds1
Career titles55
Weeks at No. 198
Year-end No. 14
Grand Slam doubles titles3
Dominance w25%7676
Peak w20%8885
Longevity w20%8284
Honours w20%8080
Statistics w15%8282

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Pierce81.3
Davenport81.1
The people
Pierce
Davenport

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