The two Czechs have only met once on the WTA Tour, with Karolina Muchova winning in three sets at last year's US Open en route to the quarter-finals.

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Linda Noskova, speaking after her semi-final win over Marta Kostyuk, on playing fellow Czech Karolina Muchova in the final: "Karolina is such a great fighter, such an incredible player, but mainly and mostly, she is such a great person.

"I'm happy I get to play my first final against her."

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport tennis news reporter at Wimbledon

The serve is going to be a key battleground today.

Noskova's powerful game on the grass revolves around her opening shot, having prioritised this as an area where she feels she can swamp opponents.

This was demonstrated in her semi-final against Marta Kostyuk, where she won 89% of first-serve points in the first set and did not face a break point until midway through the second.

Muchova is known for her variety. But, actually, her serve has been a serious weapon this fortnight.

Muchova has hit more aces (39), won more service games (90%) and won more serve plus one points (83) than anyone else in the women's draw.

World number 12 Linda Noskova leads a crop of Czech youngsters - she is one of five players from the country aged under 25 ranked inside the top 100.

Making her debut on the ITF Tour as a 14-year-old in 2019, she made her Grand Slam debut three years later at the French Open, stunned then-world number one Iga Swiatek at the 2024 Australian Open, and finished 2025 ranked inside the top 20.

After a slow start to 2026, she reached the semi-final in Indian Wells and back-to-back quarter-finals in Stuttgart and Madrid before a disappointing first-round exit at the French Open.

However, she roared back into form on the grass, winning the singles and doubles title in Berlin (and briefly entering into the top-10 in the process) and has carried that form into Wimbledon.

The 21-year-old ninth seed had to battle to reach the second week, winning a deciding-set tie-break 11-9 against Sorana Cirstea in round three, but has since topped seeded trio Madison Keys, Elise Mertens, and Marta Kostyuk in straight sets.

Noskova is playing in her second singles final of 2026 and eyeing her third career title.

This is the first time two players representing the same nation will face each other in the women’s singles final at Wimbledon for 17 years, when American pair - and sisters - Serena and Venus Williams contested the 2009 showpiece.

Martina Navratilova
Nine-time Wimbledon singles champion on BBC One

There are clubs everywhere [in the Czech Republic], every small town has two, three or four clay courts and there is so much more good coaching now.

And competition - they have lots of tournaments and they play sets when they go to the club, they don't just hit balls, they play sets and learn how to compete in singles and doubles, which teaches you to be a better tennis player.

That's why you see the Czechs all have a complete game. Even the baseliners can still volley.

Karolina Muchova is in her second Grand Slam singles final, having lost in the French Open final in 2023 to Iga Swiatek.

Martina Navratilova
Nine-time Wimbledon singles champion on BBC One

Muchova has got a little bit more variety and has a more complete game with more weapons, Noskova hits the ball a little bit harder.

Muchova is 29 so she might be a little bit more nervous because Noskova still has her career in front of her, but game wise, Muchova has the better game.

When you look at the stats, Muchova has quite an edge over Noskova.

BBC Sport's Naomi Broady steps on court at Wimbledon to take a unique look at whether Karolina Muchova or her Czech compatriot Linda Noskova will take the women's singles title at Wimbledon.

Anne Keothavong
Former British number one on BBC One

It's new ground for both women. Who handles this final best? Who can hold their nerve? There are still so many unknowns because they haven't been in this space before.

It will be a tough battle - it's the Czech number one against the Czech number two.

We did a real data crunch and looked at everything on the analysis side, we looked at the numbers and compared the two. There was so much that was so similar.

It's really difficult to pick one over the other in this final.

There have plenty of big stories in this year's women's singles at Wimbledon: the return of Serena Williams, Alexandra Eala's record-breaking run, big seeds falling before the quarter-finals and two Czech players reaching today's final.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport tennis news reporter at Wimbledon

Linda Noskova, who is 21 years and 237 days old, is the youngest woman to reach the Wimbledon final since 20-year-old Genie Bouchard - who lost to Noskova's idol Petra Kvitova in the 2014 final.

Bouchard has been working as an analyst for BBC Sport this fortnight and, when I spoke to her earlier this week, described how nervous she felt on finals day at the All England Club.

"The routine is different and there are less people in the players' area - basically there is nobody in the locker room," Bouchard said.

"Wimbledon also give you flowers to carry onto the court and someone takes your bags.

"All these little differences send a signal to your brain that 'woah, this is important'.

"I remember feeling so much more nervous before the final than even the semi-final. It's a bigger moment to handle and in my experience I didn't handle it well."

Two of the past three Wimbledon women's singles champions have been from the Czech Republic.

Another one will be crowned in the next few hours as ninth seed Linda Noskova is up against 10th seed Karolina Muchova.

What a day at Wimbledon it has been already and next up is the women's singles final, featuring two players from the Czech Republic, both aiming for their first Wimbledon singles title.

BBC Sport reported last week about the proposed changes to doubles events on the ATP Tour that Henry Patten was referring to in his post-match on-court interview.

Proposed changes could include halving the size of doubles draws from 2028.

That would mean only 16 teams being able to compete at ATP 1000 events and just eight at the smaller tournaments on tour.

The percentage of prize money devoted to doubles players could fall from 20% to 10% - with the money redistributed to singles players.

More from Great Britain's Henry Patten on possible cuts to the doubles tour in future: "It would be remiss of me here not to mention that the ATP Tour submitted proposals to cut some of the doubles, and I'm a strong believer we are here to grow the game.

"This is a fantastic example of the joy that doubles can bring. The crowd - I hope you enjoyed it. I believe we should be growing opportunities in tennis for kids, whether they are doubles players, singles players, British, Finnish, from El Salvador or Croatia, wherever they are from, we should be growing the support instead of taking opportunities away.

"Thank you to Wimbledon for giving this platform to us for the two weeks, you are the best tournament in the world."

Great Britain's Henry Patten, on if Harri is also the best partner in the world: "One of them, he is up there, I think!

"No, I owe Harri my career really. When I started, he took a chance on me, and it turned out to be the best decision he ever made I think.

"Like Harri said, it is our whole team who travel with us, week in and week out, our families, our friends, everyone who supports us from afar. And also my fiancee, who couldn't be here today, she is worth a special mention. She has a proper job so she can't be here today.

"It is surreal. When we won the first time, we didn't know if we would have chance to do it again, and we feel so lucky to be here again."

On why his fiancee wasn't able to be present: "She is a doctor, she has been on call all weekend. I hit a yellow ball and she saves lives, so like I said, she has a proper job and I'm so proud of her for what she does - she works way harder than me and I can't wait to see her."