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Petrova vs Kuznetsova

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
KuznetsovaWinner
82.3

Kuznetsova wins: Longevity, Honours

Petrova
82.2

Petrova wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova
82.3

Kuznetsova leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. US Open and Roland-Garros champion with a 22-year career.

1. Svetlana Kuznetsova
82.3
2. Nadia Petrova
82.2

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. 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova5 seasons played · career day 2,92199 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova5 seasons played · career day 2,92110 titles
-89.9% vs Petrova at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Petrova000070102
🇷🇺 Kuznetsova0000111

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.

MetricPetrovaRetiredKuznetsovaRetired
WTA singles titles13
WTA doubles titles24
Career high ranking3
Grand Slam semi-finals3
Olympic medals1
Grand Slam singles titles2
WTA titles18
Fed Cup titles3
Career-high ranking2
Career match wins700
Dominance w25%7674
Peak w20%8884
Longevity w20%8692
Honours w20%7680
Statistics w15%8884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Kuznetsova82.3
Petrova82.2
The people
Petrova
Kuznetsova

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