101.   Sri Lanka, playing in their first final are unbeaten.

102.   Stark will be playing in his fourth Davis Cup competition and first final.

103.   Steffi Graf, finally free of injuries and doubts, beat Monica Seles at the French Open Thursday to reach her first Grand Slam final in three years.

104.   The Brisbane Lions easily qualified for their first grand final in Australian Rules football while Essendon had a much tougher time advancing to their second consecutive championship match.

105.   The club has enjoyed a revival in recent years culminating in this, its first Euro final.

106.   The first final of the championships is the ballet competition on Friday.

107.   The odds were stacked against Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in her first Wimbledon final as she faced five-time champion Steffi Graf.

108.   The South Africans will play New Zealand in the first final starting Wednesday in Melbourne.

109.   The Russian was in his first final in three appearances in the event.

110.   The Russian was playing his first final in three appearances in the event.