By Chris Oddo | Saturday July 9, 2016

The scene is set for a blockbuster Wimbledon women’s final between Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber on Saturday at the All England Club. The pair met in the Australian Open final this January with Kerber coming away with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory. It was Kerber’s first Grand Slam title and her second win over Williams. Williams also lost in the Roland Garros final, and has not won a major since claiming the Wimbledon title last July. She is bidding to tie Steffi Graf on the all-time Open Era title list by winning her 22nd major on Saturday.

Here’s a quick preview of today’s final:

What Serena is saying:

On her state of mind: “I feel a little different. I just feel more relaxed and more at peace than I may have been in the past.”

On conquering her nerves in a colossally important final: “I think I've been training my mind for years and years, and I've been preparing for these moments for decades. I feel like it's been experience and it's been success, it's been failure, it's been everything that created the opportunity for me to be able to be ready in those situations.”

What Anqelique is saying:

On facing Serena on grass for the first time: “I expect, for sure, a really tough match. I know that she will go out and try to beat me, especially because she lost against me in Australia. But, yeah, on grass she is always dangerous. I think she won here so many times, she will go for it. I know this. I know I have to play one of my best [matches] tomorrow. Yeah, but I'm excited and I'm really looking forward to play against her again.”

On not waiting for Serena to miss: “I think that I should play my game, being aggressive, just going for it, trying to win the match, not hoping that she will miss. She will not be missing the ball. She will go out there trying to win. I think this for me will be very important to take the match in my hands.”

By the Numbers:

2006 -- The last time that two women have met in multiple Grand Slam finals in the same year. Justine Henin and Amelie Mauresmo met in the Australian Open and Wimbledon finals that year, with Mauresmo winning both.

5 -- Kerber is the fifth left-handed player to have reached the Wimbledon final in the Open Era. The other four are Petra Kvitova, Monica Seles, Martina Navratilova and Ann Jones.

3 -- Only three times in history has a player defeated both Venus and Serena Williams at a Grand Slam. Angelique Kerber will try and follow in the footsteps of Martina Hingis (2001 Australian Open), Justine Henin (2007 U.S. Open) and Kim Clijsters (2009 U.S. Open).

54 -- Percentage of unreturned first serves (122/226) off the racquet of Serena Williams thus far this fortnight. Kerber has managed 27 percent of unreturned first serves (59/221)

2 -- Number of women to have bounced back from an opening-round loss at Roland Garros to have won the Wimbledon title in the same season (Venus Williams, 2001 and Serena Williams, 2012) in the Open Era.

8 -- Number of Grand Slam titles that Serena has won with Patrick Mouratoglou as her coach, in 16 majors played (.500). Prior to hooking up with the Frenchman, Williams had won 13 major titles in 47 appearances (.277). Williams has a .889 winning percentage against the Top 10 with Mouratoglou at the helm, compared to a .653 winning percentage against the Top 10 before he became her coach.

21-6 -- Williams record in Grand Slam finals, which gives her the second-best winning percentage in major finals in the Open Era. Margaret Court went 11-1 in Open Era Grand Slam finals.

8 -- Williams has won eight majors since turning 30. No other player has won more than three after turning 30. Williams is already the oldest woman to win a major title as well as the oldest woman to ever hold the No. 1 ranking. At 34 years and 287 days, Williams is bidding to break both of her own records in that category on Saturday.

51 -- Percentage of return games that Kerber has won this fortnight. The German has broken in 28 of 55 return games and has put 85 percent of her returns in play.

2 -- Only two German women have reached more than one Grand Slam final—Angelique Kerber and Steffi Graf.