HOW THE WOMEN’S WIMBLEDON FINALISTS MATCH UP AHEAD OF SATURDAY’S TITLE SHOWDOWN AT THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB (prefix denotes seeding):

10-VENUS WILLIAMS (USA) leads 14-GARBINE MUGURUZA (ESP) 3-1

2017 Rome Masters, clay, QF, Muguruza 6-2 3-6 6-2

2015 Wuhan, hard, F, Williams 6-3 3-0

2014 Auckland, hard, QF, Williams 6-3 6-3

2013 Florianopolis, hard, R16, Williams 6-4 2-6 7-5

VENUS WILLIAMS

Age: 37

Born: Lynwood, California, USA

Lives: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

Height: 185cm

Ranking: 11

Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Career prize money: $US36,520,636 ($A47 million)

Career titles: 49

Career win-loss record: 746-214

Grand slam titles: 7 (Wimbledon 2000-01, 2005, 2007-08; 2014; US Open 2000-01)

Grand slam win-loss record: 248-64

Wimbledon win-loss record: 87-14

Best Wimbledon results: champion 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008

Coaches: Richard Williams, Oracene Price and David Witt

Road to final

1st rd: bt Elise Mertens (BEL) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4

2nd rd: bt Qiang Wang (CHN) 4-6 6-4 6-1

3rd rd: bt Naomi Asaka (JPN) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4

4th rd: bt 27-Ana Konjuh (CRO) 6-3 6-2

QF: bt 13-Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 6-3 7-5

SF: bt 6-Johanna Konta (GBR) 6-4 6-2

GARBINE MUGURUZA

Age: 23 Born: Caracas, Venezuela

Lives: Geneva, Switzerland

Height: 182cm Ranking: 15

Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Career prize money: $US11,128,219 ($A14 million)

Career titles: 3

Career win-loss record: 163-93

Grand slam titles: 1 (French Open 2016)

Grand slam win-loss record: 41-15 Wimbledon win-loss record: 14-4

Best Wimbledon results: finalist 2015, 2017

Coaches: Sam Sumyk and Conchita Martinez

Road to the final

1st rd: bt Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 6-2 6-4

2nd rd: bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-2 6-4

3rd rd: bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 6-2 6-2

4th rd: bt 1-Angelique Kerber (GER) 4-6 6-4 6-4

QF: bt 7-Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 6-3 6-4

SF: bt Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-1 6-1