Andy Murray and Milos Raonic will contest their second grass-court final on British lawns in three weeks, however, this meeting is a far bigger prize, the chance to win the most prestigious Grand Slam event, Wimbledon.
Murray, the second seed has been billed as the favourite to his second Wimbledon title for a week now since the world number one and two-time defending champion, Novak Djokovic who bested Murray in the Australian Open and French Open finals this year, was bundled out in the third round in four sets by the big-serving, 28th-seeded American Sam Querrey.
Djokovic's result has had significant implications on Raonic progressing through the draw as Djokovic was his projected quarterfinal opponent and he has taken advantage of that by reaching the final.
Murray is competing in his 11th Grand Slam final and this will be the first slam final for the two-time Grand Slam winner that Djokovic or Roger Federer will not be on the other side of the net.
Before his breakthrough, Murray lost to Federer in three Grand Slam finals at the 2008 US Open and 2010 Australian Open finals in straight sets and he won his first ever set in a Grand Slam final at Wimbledon in 2012 but he eventually went down to the Swiss maestro in four sets.
Despite losing his first four Slam finals, Murray won his first Grand Slam title at the US Open in 2012 and lost to Djokovic for the second time in an Australian Open final in 2013 but he won Wimbledon in straight sets later that summer.
Since then Murray is in a three-match losing streak in Slam finals as he has suffered defeats to Djokovic at the Australian Open in 2015, 2016 and the French Open final last month.
This is a golden opportunity for both players to win Wimbledon as this will be the first Wimbledon final since 2002 not to feature Djokovic, Federer or former two-time champion Rafael Nadal.
Raonic has the honour of becoming the first Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam singles final.
Both Raonic and Murray have survived five set battles and certainly have earned the right to be competing in Sunday's showpiece final.
Murray's route to the final
The 2013 champion's progression through to the final has been routine as he has dropped only two sets throughout the except for his five-set battle with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals.
Murray will have been pleased with his progress through to the final as his chances of winning the French Open were scuppered as he had to endure two long five-set matches which lasted over three days and he was physically spent in the final against Djokovic, despite taking the opening set.
There was no drama in Murray's first round match on Centre Court against his compatriot, Liam Broady and the more experienced Brit won 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.
In the second round, Murray dispatched Yen-Hsun Lu 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 despite being an early break down in the first set.
Murray played a pair of Australians in the third and fourth rounds, the British number one defeated John Millman 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 and 15th seed Nick Kyrgios 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 in which completed their meetings at all four Grand Slam tournaments.
In the quarterfinals, Murray was paired up with 12th seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and in the opening set tiebreak, Murray saved multiple set points and took the opening sets 7-6, 6-1.
It was looking increasingly likely that Murray would record a straight sets victory over Tsonga but the inspired Frenchman fought back and took advantage of an error-strewn Murray, therefore he was able to take the next two sets 3-6, 4-6.
Murray didn't panic and he took the final set 6-1 to record a 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1 to advance to his seventh Wimbledon semifinals.
In the semifinals, Murray played 2010 finalist, the 10th seed Tomas Berdych and the Czech moved quietly through the draw, taking advantage of Stan Wawrinka and Juan Martin del Potro's early exits.
The two-time Slam winner displayed good attacking and defensive tennis to get Berdych in uncomfortable positions and Murray defeated Berdych 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 to reach his 11th Slam final.
Raonic's route to the final
The Australian Open semifinalist began his campaign for his first Grand Slam singles title against Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta and the sixth seed won his match without a little trouble, recording a 7-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory.
The Canadian's second round match was against Italy's Andreas Seppi and it was another straightforward win for Raonic as he won 7-6, 6-4, 6-2. The match could have been potentially difficult as Seppi has recorded a win over Roger Federer at the Australian Open last year.
Raonic won his third round match in straight sets again, and this time, it 27th seed Jack Sock who was his victim and the match was a rematch of their second-round encounter at Wimbledon in 2014, and the Canadian won this match 7-6, 6-4, 7-6.
On Manic Monday, Raonic came back from two sets to love down for the first time in his career as he took on 11th seed David Goffin, the Belgian was a quarterfinalist at the French Open last month.
The Canadian knew it was a good chance for him to make a good run at Wimbledon as Djokovic was out of the tournament, and Raonic was tight in his fourth round match but he rebounded well and won the match 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Raonic played his Gentlemen's quarterfinal match on No.1 Court against Sam Querrey and he won the match in four sets 6-4, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 to make his second Wimbledon semifinal in three years and third Grand Slam semifinal appearance overall.
In the semifinals, Raonic played Roger Federer in a rematch of their semifinal encounter from 2014 and it was a humbling experience for Raonic in that match but Raonic had improved since then and his former coach Ivan Ljubicic was in the former world number's coaching team.
Raonic only needed one break in the first set to take the first set 6-3 but with a few double faults and struggling on his serve, he dropped the next two sets 6-7, 4-6.
The sixth seed had the crowd against him throughout the match as they admire Federer and with his back against the wall, Raonic showed his maturity and took the next two sets 7-5, 6-3 to record an impressive five-set victory over Federer 6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 to advance to his first Grand Slam final.
Raonic on Murray
The Canadian praises Murray, "Does a lot of things well, I think the biggest challenge for me, which I felt was the thing I want to happen the least or repeat itself the least from Queen's, is I got sucked into his game, I didn't play on my terms, That's going to be the most important thing for me."
"I don't know if it's necessarily the villain, you face what you have to face, first and foremost, I got to face myself, then I got to face Andy, the rest, if I don't have control over, I try to make it as irrelevant to me as possible." Raonic on potentially being viewed as the villain but not worrying too much about that.
Murray on Raonic and not playing Djokovic or Federer
"You never know how anyone's going to deal with the pressures of a slam final, so I just have to go out there and concentrate on my side, do what I can to prepare well for it and see what happens." Murray's not taking anything lightly.
"Obviously (it's) the first time I'll play a Slam final against someone that isn't Roger or Novak, so yeah, that's different."
The second seed on their meetings, "I think it can help, I mean, we played a few times this year, we played on all of the surfaces, you know, there are things that all players will do differently depending on whether they're playing on clay than grass."
"It helps to have played a match against him on the grass, you know, see some of the things he's doing on this surface a little bit differently." Murray talks about their recent meeting.
Breakdown of their rivalry
Murray and Raonic have played each other nine times and they have met on all three surfaces and the Brit leads their head-to-head 6-3 and has overturned a 3-1 deficit in this rivalry by winning the last five matches consecutively.
Murray leads 1-0 on grass, 3-2 on hard, 2-1 on clay and 2-0 in Grand Slam events.
Raonic won their first meeting on the clay courts of Barcelona in the quarterfinals back in 2012, registering a 6-4, 7-6 victory.
Murray won their second meeting en route to winning his first Grand Slam title at the US Open in 2012, registering a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 victory in the fourth round.
Raonic won their third meeting in 2012 and it was a three set win in Tokyo.
The Canadian came back from a set down to win his fourth round encounter with Murray at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 scoreline.
Murray's five consecutive victories over Raonic have been in straight sets at the ATP World Tour finals in 2014 and the Mutua Madrid Open quarterfinals, en route to winning his second clay court title there.
Their semifinal meeting at the Australian Open was a quality match and Raonic lead by two sets to one but unfortunately in the fourth set, Raonic suffered an adductor injury which hampered his movement and he eventually lost the match 4-6, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2.
Murray thrashed Raonic in the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters 6-2, 6-0 and their most recent and significant meeting was at the Aegon Championships which Murray won 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 despite being a set and a break down.
Who wins the Championship?
Murray is the only man this year to reach all three Grand Slam finals and he has justified his position as being the second best player in the world as if it wasn't for Novak Djokovic, he has played good enough tennis to have won the Australian Open and French Open.
Raonic has played some good tennis this year and he was unfortunate not to reach the Australian Open final because if he was wasn't injured he was certainly on course to reach his first Grand Slam final.
The key objectives in this match is for Raonic to have a good serving day as Murray likes a target and is one of the best returners in the world, Raonic cannot afford to lose his serve.
Murray knows this is a golden opportunity to win Wimbledon and the second seed will want to get the job done in front of his home crowd.
Raonic's one-two serve and forehand can be a deadly combination on grass which we have seen during the Queen's tournament and during this fortnight.
The Canadian returned well against Federer and if he can produce the same against Murray he has a good chance of winning this match.
This match has an added narrative as Raonic has former three-time champion John McEnroe a part of his coaching team and Murray has rejoined with Ivan Lendl.
Lendl and McEnroe have a storied rivalry as they have played each other 36 times and Murray's coach leads their head-to-head 21-15.
Lendl leads their head-to-head 2-1 and they are tied 1-1 overall on grass with both of their meetings ironically taking place at Wimbledon and Queen's.
This should be an entertaining match on Centre Court with the crowd firmly behind Murray and this final will start at 2 PM local time.
Can Murray win his first Grand Slam title in three years or will Raonic rise to the occasion and win his first Grand Slam title?
Prediction: Murray in four sets