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Petrova vs Rice

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PetrovaWinner
82.2

Petrova wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

Rice
82.1

Rice wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova
82.2

Petrova leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Former world number three with 13 WTA singles titles.

1. Nadia Petrova
82.2
2. Horace Rice
82.1

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. 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova5 seasons played · career day 2,92199 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Horace Rice5 seasons played · career day 5,47721 titles
-78.8% vs Petrova at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
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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.

MetricPetrovaRetiredRiceRetired
WTA singles titles13
WTA doubles titles24
Career high ranking3
Grand Slam semi-finals3
Olympic medals1
Grand Slam singles titles1
Grand Slam doubles titles1
Grand Slam finals4
Career years36
Age at last Grand Slam final48
Dominance w25%7672
Peak w20%8888
Longevity w20%8694
Honours w20%7674
Statistics w15%8886

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Petrova82.2
Rice82.1
The people
Petrova
Rice

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