French Open women's final pointers

Saturday's French Open women's final pointers

Final

Serena Williams (USA x1) v Lucie Safarova (CZE x13)

If she wins WILLIAMS will:

-  record her 20th Grand Slam victory and third at Roland Garros. The Open-era record since 1968 is 22 held by Steffi Graf and the all-time record is 24 held by Margaret Court.

-  stand halfway to the calendar-year Grand Slam, having won the Australian Open in January. Only three other women have won all four Grand Slam titles in the same year - Maureen Connolly 1953), Margaret Court (1970) and Steffi Graf (1988)

- extend her margin as the oldest woman to have won the French Open title in the Open-era. She already set that two years ago when she won at 31.

- make it three Grand Slam wins in a row, having won he US Open to close last year. The last player to pull off that treble was Monica Seles in 1991-92

If she wins SAFAROVA will:

- win her first Grand Slam title in her first final at the age of 28. This is the 40th time she has played in a Grand Slam tournament.

- be the first Czech woman to win the women's titles at Roland Garros since Hana Mandlikova in 1991. Compatriot Petra Kvitova won Wimbledon last year.

- be the lowest ranking seed at 13 to win the French Open title since Francesca Schiavone, who was ranked 17th when she won in 2010.

- be the 11th left-hander to win the women's singles at Roland Garros, the last being Monica Seles in 1992.
Source: AFP