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Goolagong vs Serena

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SerenaWinner
94.6

Serena wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Goolagong
28.4

Goolagong wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Serena Williams
94.6

Serena leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. 23 majors in the Open Era and a 186-week run at the top.

GoolagongInsufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.

1. Serena Williams
94.6
2. Evonne Goolagong
Pending verification

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

Through age 21 · Titles per season
1. 🇺🇸 Serena Williams8 titles
1 season by age 21 · 8 per season

Setting the pace at age 21

No verified birth date for Goolagong — shown in the pro-debut view instead.

Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.

MetricGoolagongRetiredSerenaRetired
Grand Slam titles23
Weeks at No. 1319
Masters 1000 titles23
Career titles73
Match win %85.8%
Year-end No. 1 finishes5
Olympic gold4
Dominance w25%28.396
Peak w20%30.396
Longevity w20%26.393
Honours w20%29.395
Statistics w15%27.392

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GOAT Rank · the data
Serena94.6
Goolagong28.4
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