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Lenglen vs Clijsters

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LenglenWinner
85.8

Lenglen wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Clijsters
80.7

Clijsters wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Suzanne Lenglen
85.8

Lenglen leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The first female tennis superstar: 8 majors and an era of near-total dominance.

1. Suzanne Lenglen
85.8
2. Kim Clijsters
80.7

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. 🇧🇪 Kim Clijsters5 seasons played · career day 2,55520 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Suzanne Lenglen5 seasons played · career day 1,82516 titles
-20.0% vs Clijsters at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Lenglen00251625
🇧🇪 Clijsters0000631

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.

MetricLenglenRetiredClijstersRetired
Grand Slam singles titles8
Olympic golds2
Career singles titles83
Career match losses7
Wimbledon titles6
Grand Slam titles4
US Open titles3
Career titles41
Weeks at No. 120
Tour Finals titles3
Grand Slam doubles titles2
Dominance w25%9476
Peak w20%9487
Longevity w20%6280
Honours w20%8880
Statistics w15%9082

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GOAT Rank · the data
Lenglen85.8
Clijsters80.7
The people
Lenglen
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