1.   Each will be playing its seventh final.

2.   Although both Brazil and Germany were each playing in a record-tying seventh final, this was the first time they had met in the World Cup.

3.   But, like Germany, it has now qualified for a record seventh final, to be played Sunday in Yokohama, Japan.

4.   In a classic match between a traditional power and an unlikely up-and-comer, Germany is bidding for a berth in its seventh World Cup final.

5.   It will be the seventh Grand Slam final between Graf and Sanchez Vicario.

6.   Ronaldo fired Brazil to a record-tying seventh World Cup final with Germany on Wednesday by scoring a mesmerizing winner against Turkey in the semifinal.

7.   She was in her seventh final of the year and seeking her sixth title.

8.   Sunday Sampras will be in his seventh final of the year.

9.   This was his seventh final.

10.   This was the seventh Grand Slam final between Graf and Sanchez Vicario.