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Sampras vs Rosewall

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SamprasWinner
91.0

Sampras wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Rosewall
88.7

Rosewall wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Pete Sampras
91.0

Sampras leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Six straight year-end No. 1 finishes and seven Wimbledon crowns.

1. Pete Sampras
91.0
2. Ken Rosewall
88.7

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. 🇦🇺 Ken Rosewall5 seasons played · career day 2,55630 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras5 seasons played · career day 2,55626 titles
-13.3% vs Rosewall at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Sampras0000639
🇦🇺 Rosewall00001547

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.

MetricSamprasRetiredRosewallRetired
Grand Slam titles148
Wimbledon titles7
Career titles64133
Weeks at No. 1286
Year-end No. 16
Davis Cups24
Pro major titles15
Grand Slam finals16
Years between first and last major19
Dominance w25%9286
Peak w20%9388
Longevity w20%8694
Honours w20%9288
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Sampras91.0
Rosewall88.7
The people
Sampras
Rosewall

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