Record hauls
History will be on Serena Williams' side when she plays Angelique Kerber in the Wimbledon ladies' singles final. Here are some of Williams' most astonishing numbers.
Victory would give Williams 24 Grand Slam singles titles, matching Margaret Court's all-time record, set in 1973. With 23 majors, the American is already the most successful woman of the Open era, and has also won more Grand Slams than Roger Federer, who is at the top of the gentlemen's leaderboard with 20
Beating Kerber would give Williams her eighth Wimbledon singles title, just behind Martina Navratilova's record of nine. She would also draw level with Helen Wills-Moody, the ladies’ singles champion eight times in the 1920s and 1930s
Williams is attempting to become the first mother to win the Venus Rosewater Dish for 38 years, and only the second in the Open era, after Australia's Evonne Goolagong in 1980. Court won three of her majors as a mother, with victories at the 1973 Australian Open, Roland-Garros and US Open, ie every Slam that year apart from Wimbledon
The months since Williams became a mother when she gave birth to her daughter, Olympia
Williams has not lost in a Wimbledon final for 10 years, her last defeat coming against Venus in 2008. Since then, she has gathered five Wimbledon titles, going through the draw in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2016
She will be playing in her 10th Wimbledon final (it will be Kerber's second)
Williams has won her last 20 matches at the All England Club, landing the title in 2015 and 2016 and missing the 2017 Championships while pregnant, before reaching this year’s final
If the World No.181 beats Kerber, she would become the lowest-ranked champion in Wimbledon's history. She is already the lowest-ranked player to have reached the final, as well as the semi-finals
With a 122mph serve in her quarter-final, Williams almost hit the quickest in the ladies' singles this summer. The only faster serve of the Fortnight came from the strings of her older sister, Venus, in the first round, at 123mph. Kerber's top speed at The Championships so far is 106mph, in the opening round
This is Williams' 18th Wimbledon. Among active players, only her sister Venus has played in more (21)
At the age of 36, Williams could extend her record for being the oldest ladies’ Grand Slam singles champion of the Open era. She already holds the record after winning the 2017 Australian Open title when she was 35 years old (and two months pregnant with Olympia)
Williams has won 92 singles matches at the All England Club - more than any other active player. In the Open era, she trails only Martina Navratilova, who won 120 matches on the grass, and Chris Evert, with 96 wins
Just nine months ago, Williams could barely walk to her mailbox. Williams has spoken of how she almost died after a difficult labour, and how she had four operations
If Williams beats Kerber, there will be a 19-year spread from her first Grand Slam, at the 1999 US Open, to her 24th. By contrast, Court accumulated her majors during a 13-year period from 1960-73
Williams has not lost to someone outside her family in a Wimbledon final for 14 years. That goes back to her defeat by Maria Sharapova in 2004
Williams has won 89 per cent of her service games at the All England Club this summer, which is more than anyone else in the ladies' singles
With 44 aces, Williams is second only to Germany's Julia Goerges, who has 47
Williams has won 80 per cent of the points on her first serve, which puts her at the top of the leaderboard
