Garbiñe Muguruza, the third seed in the women's singles draw at the Rio Olympics, will be representing Spain at the Olympic Games for the first time in her career, and she will be hoping to leave Rio with a medal in her cabinet following an up and down season.
Jelena Jankovic, Serbia's former world number one, will be representing her country at the Rio Olympics for the fourth time in her career, and Jankovic has struggled with form this year.
Muguruza won her first Grand Slam singles title at the French Open this year by defeating defending Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams in straight sets.
Jankovic is currently ranked at 29 in the world, and the Serb is not a pushover on hard courts as she reached the US Open final back in 2008.
Muguruza's notable results to date
The world number four began her 2016 WTA campaign at the Brisbane International, however, she was unable to compete at 100% as she withdrew from her first round match with Varvara Lepchenko because of severe pain in her heel.
Following this disappointment, the French Open champion travelled to the Australian Open where she previously made the fourth round in 2014 and 2015, however, she lost to Barbora Strycova in the third round in routine fashion.
The Spaniard competed at the North American Premier Mandatory hard events in Indian Wells and at the Miami Open, and despite receiving a bye in the first round in both events, she lost to Christina McHale in straight sets in the Californian Desert.
Muguruza slightly improved at the Miami Open, and she had a tough second round encounter with 2014 Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova in the second round, and she thrashed Nicole Gibbs with a loss of one game in the third round.
In the fourth round, Muguruza competed with two-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one, Victoria Azarenka and the Spaniard lost to Azarenka in two tight tiebreak sets.
The third seed in Rio suffered a second round defeat to Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu in her hometown event at the Mutua Madrid Open on clay, and she reached her first semifinal of the year, but the following week in Rome but lost to Madison Keys.
Following an average clay court campaign for her standards, Muguruza returned to Paris at the French Open as a two-time quarterfinalist in 2014 and 2015.
The Spaniard finally won her first Grand Slam singles title by recording some good wins over Svetlana Kuznetsova and Sam Stosur in the fourth round and semifinal respectively.
Muguruza went on to defeat Serena Williams in straight sets to capture the title.
Muguruza usually struggled to backup her results and so it proved at Wimbledon as last year's finalist suffered a shock second round exit at the hands of Jana Cepelova.
Jankovic's Olympic history
Jankovic made her debut at the Olympics in Athens back in 2004 as a 19-year-old, and she suffered a first round exit at the hands of Colombia's Fabiola Zuluaga.
Four years later in Beijing, the Serb was seeded second and she recorded three straight sets victories over Cara Black, Alona Bondarenko and Dominika Cibulkova but she lost in three sets to eventual silver medalist Dinara Safina in the quarterfinals.
In 2012 at the London Olympics held at Wimbledon on grass, the Serb was unseeded and was unfortunate as she faced eventual Olympic gold medalist, Serena Williams, in the first round and was beaten in straight sets.
Their history
Muguruza and Jankovic have faced each other four times, once on clay and three times on hard courts. The Spaniard leads their head-to-head 3-1, and 3-0 on hard, and Jankovic leads 1-0 on clay.
The duo's first meeting was in the second round of the French Open in 2013, and Jankovic thrashed Muguruza in straight sets. The Spaniard would win their next three meetings, with the first one being a straight sets victory in Tokyo.
The former world number two defeated Jankovic again in Dubai and won their most recent encounter in a Fed Cup tie between Spain and Serbia, and Muguruza was once again victorious in straight sets.
Who wins?
Both Muguruza and Jankovic are emotional players on the court, and they both have a history of smashing racquets on the court when things are not going their way.
Muguruza will be competing in the singles event, doubles with former regular partner, Carla Suarez Navarro and mixed doubles with 2008 Olympic gold medalist, Rafael Nadal.
Jankovic has struggled with her tennis this year but the Serb is an established player on hard courts, and she possesses a good forehand on this surface, however, she is prone to serving double faults.
The Spaniard is a good server and she fires a lot of aces, but she also can serve plenty of double faults. Muguruza is a good returner, and she will punish Jankovic's weak serve.
The Serb possesses a backhand which works well on hard courts and she is very good for exchanging in long rallies, and she has the ability to put Muguruza in uncomfortable positions on the court.
Muguruza will need to keep the points short and dictate play from the baseline by using her powerful groundstrokes and needs to mentally stay focused when facing adversity.
The duo is drawn in the top half of the draw, and with Venus Williams and Timea Bacsinszky exiting this quarter of the draw, there is an opportunity for both players to make the semifinals.
This match will be the first match to kickoff the night session and it will not start before 6:45pm local time on Centre Court.
The winner of this match will play Japan's Nao Hibino or Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu who won the title in Florianopolis this past week.
Prediction: Muguruza in three sets.