HOW SERENA WILLIAMS AND ANGELIQUE KERBER MATCH UP AHEAD OF THEIR WIMBLEDON WOMEN’S FINAL ON SATURDAY (PREFIX DENOTES SEEDING):
SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) leads ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER) 6-2 (2-1 at grand slams) 2016 Wimbledon, grass, F, Williams 7-5 6-3 2016 Australian Open, hard, F, Kerber 6-4 3-6 6-4 2014 Stanford, hard, F, Williams 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 2014 Miami, hard, QF, Williams 6-2 6-2 2013 WTA Championships, Istanbul, hard, R1, Williams 6-3 6-1 2012 WTA Championships, Istanbul, hard, R1, Williams 6-4 6-1 2012 Cincinatti, hard, QF, Kerber 6-4 6-4 2007 US Open, hard, R128, Williams 6-3 7-5
SERENA WILLIAMS Age: 36 Born: Saginaw, Michigan, USA Lives: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Height: 175cm Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand) Ranking: 181 Career prize money: $US84,811,149 ($A115.53 million) Career titles: 72 Career win-loss record: 795-132 Grand slam titles: 23 (Australian Open 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017; French Open 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016; US Open 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014) Grand slam win-loss record: 325-44 Wimbledon win-loss record: 92-10 Best Wimbledon results: Champion 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016 Coaches: Patrick Mouratoglou, Richard Williams and Oracene Price
ROAD TO FINAL 1st rd: bt Arantxa Rus (NED) 7-5 6-3 2nd rd: bt Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 6-1 6-4 3rd rd: bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 7-5 7-6 (7-2) 4th rd: bt Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 6-2 6-2 QF: bt Camila Giorgi (ITA) 3-6 6-3 6-4 SF: bt 13-Julia Goerges (GER) 6-2 6-4
ANGELIQUE KERBER
Age: 30 Born: Bremen, Germany Lives: Puszczykowo, Poland Height: 173cm Plays: left-handed (two-handed backhand) Ranking: 10 Career prize money: $US23,438,602 ($A31.39 million) Career titles: 11 Career win-loss record: 587-304 Grand slam titles: 2 (Australian Open 2016; US Open 2016) Grand slam win-loss record: 95-40 Wimbledon win-loss record: 29-10 Best Wimbledon results: finalist 2016, 2018 Coach: Wim Fissette
ROAD TO FINAL 1st rd: bt Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 7-5 6-3 2nd rd: bt Claire Lui (USA) 3-6 6-2 6-4 3rd rd: bt Naomi Osaka (JPN) 6-2 6-4 4th rd: bt Belinda Bencic (SUI) 6-3 7-6 (7-5) QF: bt 14-Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 6-3 7-5 SF: bt 12-Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 6-3 6-3
