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Connolly vs Wawrinka

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ConnollyWinner
82.4

Connolly wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Wawrinka
77.2

Wawrinka wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Maureen Connolly
82.4

Connolly leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. First woman to win the calendar Grand Slam, aged 19.

1. Maureen Connolly
82.4
2. Stan Wawrinka
77.2

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. 🇺🇸 Maureen Connolly5 seasons played · career day 1,82529 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇭 Stan Wawrinka5 seasons played · career day 3,2863 titles
-89.7% vs Connolly at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Connolly00262932
🇨🇭 Wawrinka000013

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.

MetricConnollyRetiredWawrinkaActive
Grand Slam titles93
Calendar Grand Slams1
Wimbledon titles3
Grand Slam finals104
Career titles4016
Major matches lost4
Olympic golds1
Davis Cups1
Masters 1000 titles1
Dominance w25%8670
Peak w20%9486
Longevity w20%6080
Honours w20%8674
Statistics w15%8678

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GOAT Rank · the data
Connolly82.4
Wawrinka77.2
The people
Connolly
Wawrinka

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