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Davidson vs Hamilton

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DavidsonWinner
75.4

Davidson wins: Longevity

Hamilton
75.4

Hamilton wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Sven Davidson
75.4

Davidson leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. French Championships winner in 1957 and Sweden's first major champion.

1. Sven Davidson
75.4
2. Willoughby Hamilton
75.4

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. 🇸🇪 Sven Davidson5 seasons played · career day 1,825286 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇪 Willoughby Hamilton5 seasons played · career day 1,8254 titles
-98.6% vs Davidson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Davidson004596286626
🇮🇪 Hamilton000044

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.

MetricDavidsonRetiredHamiltonRetired
Major singles titles1
Major singles finals3
Wimbledon doubles titles1
Career-high world ranking3
Seasons on tour14
Wimbledon titles1
Irish Championships titles2
Grand Slam titles1
Career span in years10
Wimbledon finals1
Dominance w25%7074
Peak w20%8692
Longevity w20%7458
Honours w20%7476
Statistics w15%7478

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GOAT Rank · the data
Davidson75.4
Hamilton75.4
The people
Davidson
Hamilton

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