11.   Patrick Rafter reached his second consecutive Wimbledon final, fighting from the brink of defeat to shock Andre Agassi on Friday.

12.   Philippoussis, who downed fifth seed and former champion Stefan Edberg, as well as seeds Richard Krajicek and Brett Steven, was in his second consecutive final.

13.   Agassi was coming off two consecutive finals appearances and a win last weekend in Arizona.

14.   American fighters had dropped four consecutive Goodwill finals, including three Friday night.

15.   Before joining Inter last year, Cuper lost consecutive Champions League finals while at the helm of the Spanish club Valencia.

16.   Brazilian captain Cafu will make a little bit of history on Sunday, becoming the first player to appear in three consecutive World Cup finals.

17.   By contrast, Belgium, going into its fifth consecutive World Cup finals, is looking better with every game.

18.   Despite a disastrous start to its qualifying campaign, Belgium is one of only a half-dozen nations to reach its fifth consecutive World Cup finals.

19.   Hewitt is a win away from putting Australia into its third consecutive final.

20.   It will be the sixth consecutive Australian finals appearance for Hingis.