Novak Djokovic and Matteo Berrettini set up the men's singles final at Wimbledon, while the women's draw saw Ashleigh Barty and Karolina Pliskova advance to the title.
Here are the best stats from the semifinals:
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With his 7–6(3), 7–5, 7–5 victory over Denis Shapovalov, Djokovic has reached his seventh Wimbledon final, making him the only player in the Open Era (since 1968) with Pete Sampras as the second highest among men. And Boris Becker was tied for the second most of the kind finals. Only Roger Federer (12) has more appearances in the Wimbledon finals.
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Djokovic has also reached his 30th Grand Slam final, the second highest in men's tennis history behind Federer (31) and ahead of Rafael Nadal (28).
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Djokovic has now won 20 matches in a row in the Major, making it the fourth time he has won 20 Grand Slam matches, breaking the tie with Federer for the most 20-match wins in the Major among men in the Open Era. Swedish great Björn Borg has two such stripes.
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Djokovic has won 20 consecutive matches on grass as of 2018, becoming the sixth man in the Open Era to win 20 or more straight matches on the surface, alongside Federer (twice), Sampras (twice), Borg, John McEnroe and Jimmy have been joined. Connors.
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With her 6-3, 7-6(3) win over Angelique Kerber, Barty is the first female top seed to reach a Grand Slam final since Simona Halep at the 2018 French Open. Barty is the first No. 1 seed to do so at Wimbledon since Serena Williams in 2016.
Barty is also the first Australian woman to reach the final of Wimbledon since Ivonne Gulagong in 1980.
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With a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 win over Arya Sabalenka, Pliskova Vera Zvonareven is the first woman since 2010 to win a Wimbledon semi-final after skipping the opening set.
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With his 6–3, 6–0, 6–7(3), 6–4 victory over Hubert Hárcaz, Berrettini became the first Italian player, male or female, to reach the Wimbledon singles final. He is the first Italian since Adriano Panetta at the 1976 French Open to reach a Grand Slam singles final.
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This is Barty's second career Grand Slam final, his first coming at the 2019 French Open, which he won.
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Pliskova's win over Sabalenka is her second career win against a WTA top-5 player at a Grand Slam. The first was in the 2016 US Open semi-final against No. 1 Serena. That win propelled her to her first major final and she is now in her second Grand Slam final.
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Pliskova has now won 59 Grand Slam matches since the start of the 2016 US Open. This is the second biggest win among women in that period, behind Serena's 61.
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Berrettini has now won 23 of his last 25 grass court matches at the start of 2019, his 23 wins on grass being the most among men at Tour level in that period.