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Sears vs Sabatini

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SabatiniWinner
80.5

Sabatini wins: Longevity, Statistics

Sears
80.4

Sears wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇷 Gabriela Sabatini
80.5

Sabatini leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. US Open champion in 1990 and a WTA Finals winner twice.

1. Gabriela Sabatini
80.5
2. Richard Sears
80.4

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. 🇺🇸 Richard Sears5 seasons played · career day 1,825419 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇷 Gabriela Sabatini5 seasons played · career day 1,82518 titles
-95.7% vs Sears at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Sears0070149419568
🇦🇷 Sabatini00251835

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.

MetricSearsRetiredSabatiniRetired
US Championships titles7
US doubles titles6
Consecutive national titles7
Singles finals lost0
Seasons on tour7
Grand Slam singles titles1
WTA titles27
WTA Finals titles2
Olympic medals1
Career-high ranking3
Dominance w25%9078
Peak w20%9286
Longevity w20%5576
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%7884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Sabatini80.5
Sears80.4
The people
Sears
Sabatini

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