Djokovic v Tsonga - key facts

Sunday 27 January 2008
By Bronwen Largier

This will be the first time Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Novak Djokovic have met on the court.
If Novak Djokovic wins, he will be the fourth youngest person ever to win the Australian Open.
This will be Djokovic's second successive Grand Slam final after coming runner-up to Federer in the US Open final last year. This is Tsonga's first Grand Slam final.
Djokovic has won seven singles titles, while Tsonga has won none.
Djokovic's previous best performance at the Australian Open was when he reached the fourth round last year. Previously Tsonga has never made it past the first round.
Tsonga knocked out three top 10 players on his way to the final, while Djokovic sent two packing, including world No.1 Roger Federer.
Djokovic is seeded No.3 in the tournament, Tsonga, on the other hand is unseeded, ranked No.38 in the world.
If Tsonga wins tonight, he will jump 29 ranking places to No.9 in the world. If he loses his ranking will jump to No.18.
Djokovic has not dropped a set on his way to the final, while Tsonga has only dropped two, one to Andy Murray and one against Richard Gasquet.
Tsonga has spent two hours and 23 minutes longer than Djokovic on the court during Australian Open 2008.
Just by playing in today's match, Tsonga will more than double his total career prizemoney. If he wins, he will nearly triple it.