Previewing the Sharapova-Kvitova Wimbledon final

Statistics

• Sharapova is playing in his fourth Grand Slam final. She won three - Wimbledon, 2004, U.S. Open and 2006 Australian Open, 2008. This is the first major final for Kvitova.

• With a win, Sharapova will move to No. 3 in the world. Kvitova was No. 7 with a win.

• Sharapova has not lost a set en route to the final. She held opponents to three games or less in nine of his 12 games.

• In the Open era, 20 of the 62 women who play in their first Grand Slam final continued to win the game.

• mindblowing stat No. 1: If Sharapova wins, she will become the youngest Wimbledon champion since winning as 17 years in 2004. She is 24.

Mindblowing stats # 2: This is only the fourth final since 1977 that does not include Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf or one of the Williams sisters.

Strengths

Sharapova - the baseline, experience, movement

Kvitova - Serve, returns, aggression

Weaknesses

Sharapova - first serve, second serve

Kvitova - Aggression, inexperience

The performance of Czech as a second Sharapova will be a crucial factor in the game. Sharapova had 13 double faults in his victory over fair play Sabine Lisicki in the semifinals. Lisicki was returning the provisional second serves. Kvitova will not make for such Sharapova. Look for the No. 9 in the world to go to the winners Sharapova off the second service, which makes it even more important for her to land her first serves in the box.

Forecast

Sharapova in straight sets.