Wimbledon 2023: Jabeur vs. Vondrousova in the women's final, and Djokovic vs. Alcaraz in the men's
Jabeur and Marketa Vondrousova are a combined 0-3 in Grand Slam finals. That will change Saturday, when they will face each other for the Wimbledon championship. The No.
6-seeded Jabeur, a 28-year-old from Tunisia, left Wimbledon a year ago as the runner-up to Elena Rybakina, then was the runner-up to Iga Swiatek at the U.S. Open in September. Jabeur is the only Arab woman and only North African woman to get to the singles final at a major tournament.
Vondrousova, a 24-year-old from the Czech Republic, made it to the title match at the French Open four years ago as a teenager. After losing that one to Ash Barty, Vondrousova is back at that stage at a Slam as the first unseeded women's finalist at Wimbledon since Billie Jean King in 1963. Vondrousova wasn't able to compete at the All England Club in 2022, because she had a cast on her left wrist after two operations.
Her ranking fell after she missed about six months last season. Both Jabeur and Vondrousova made it through difficult paths to get to Saturday. Jabeur's journey through the bracket was undoubtedly tougher.
She beat four past Grand Slam champions along the way: Rybakina, Aryna Sabalenka, Petra Kvitova and Bianca Andreescu. Only two women in the 55-year history of the sport's professional era have won a major tournament after needing to get past that many previous Slam champs along the way: Serena Williams at the 1999 U.S. Open and Justine Henin at the 2005 French Open.
Vondrousova, who beat Jabeur twice earlier this year, defeated four seeded opponents: No. 4 Jessica Pegula, No. 12 Veronika Kudermetova, No.
20 Donna Vekic and No. 32 Marie Bouzkova. WHEN IS THE WOMEN'S FINAL SATURDAY? Jabeur and Vondrousova are scheduled to walk out on Centre Court at 2 p.m.
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