Wimbledon women’s final match-up

HOW SERENA WILLIAMS AND ANGELIQUE KERBER MATCH UP AHEAD OF SATURDAY’S WIMBLEDON FINAL:

1-SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) leads 4-ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER) 5-2

1-1 at grand slams

2016 Australian Open, hard, Final, 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, RR, Williams 6-3 6-1

2012 WTA Championships Istanbul, hard, RR, Williams 6-4 6-1

2012 Cincinnati, hard, QF, Kerber 6-4 6-4

2007 US Open, hard, 1R, Williams 6-3 7-5

SERENA WILLIAMS

Age: 34

Born: 26 Sept 1981, Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Lives: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Height: 175cm. Weight: 70kg

Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Ranking: 1

Career titles: 70

Career prize money: $US77,564,981 ($A103.20 million)

Career win-loss record: 767-127

Grand slam titles: 21 (Australian Open 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2105; French Open 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015; US Open 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-2014)

Wimbledon win-loss record: 85-10

Best Wimbledon results: champion 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015

Road to final

1st rd: bt Amra Sadikovic (SUI) 6-2 6-4

2nd rd: bt Christina McHale (USA) 6-7 (7-9) 6-2 6-4

3rd rd: Annika Beck (GER) 6-3 6-0

4th rd: bt 13-Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 7-5 6-0

QF: bt 23-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-4 6-4

SF: bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-2 6-0

ANGELIQUE KERBER

Age: 28

Born: 18 Jan 1988, Bremen, Germany

Lives: Puszczykowo, Poland

Height: 173cm. Weight: 68kg

Plays: left-handed (two-handed backhand)

Ranking: 4

Career prize money: $US12,406,351 ($A16.51 million)

Career titles: 9

Career win-loss record: 491-260

Grand slam titles: 1 (Australian Open 2016)

Wimbledon win-loss record: 20-8

Best Wimbledon result: finalist 2016

Road to final

1st rd: bt Laura Robson (GBR) 6-2 6-2

2nd rd: bt Vavara Lepchenko (USA) 6-1 6-4

3rd rd: bt-Carina Witthoeft (GER) 7-6 (13-11) 6-1

4th rd: bt Misaki Doi (JPN) 6-3 6-1

QF: bt 5-Simona Halep (ROU) 7-5 7-6 (7-2)

SF: bt 8-Venus Williams (USA) 6-4 6-4

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