After 13 days and 126 matches, top seed Roger Federer and fifth seed Andy Murray will do battle in Sunday night's Australian Open final.
It is a fitting finale to the first Grand Slam tournament of the year with both players a class above over the past two weeks.
Murray has dropped just one set en route to the final and was sensational in his quarter-final victory over world No.2 Rafael Nadal before ending the dream run of 14th seed Marin Cilic in the semis.
Federer has lost just two sets in his six matches and was as equally impressive in his quarter-final win over world No.6 Nikolay Davydenko when he won 13 games in a row to turn a one-set deficit into a two-sets-to-one lead.
He then conceded just seven games in a comfortable defeat of 10th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semis.
Neither player should be feeling tired heading into the match with Federer spending 12 hours and 10 minutes on court and Murray 12 hours and three minutes.
The two have met on 10 previous occasions with Murray holding a 6-4 advantage, but their only meeting in a Grand Slam came in the final of 2008 US Open when Federer cruised to a 6-2 7-5 6-2 victory.
Federer enters the match a warm favourite and the signs point to the Swiss maestro lifting the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup for a fourth time on Sunday night.
He has won 15 Grand Slam titles and has been in 21 finals, while Murray has appeared in just one major final - at the 2008 US Open.
Also in Federer's corner is the fact that the last time a top seed reached the final of the Australian Open and lost was back in 1995 when Pete Sampras lost to world No.2 Andre Agassi.
Not only is Murray inexperienced in major finals, but he also has history against him with no British male tasting Grand Slam success since Fred Perry in 1936.
Usually the underdog heads into a match with nothing to lose, but Federer believes it is Murray who has more pressure on him.
"I don't feel like the pressure's really on me having to do it again, because I did it before," Federer said.
"I think he really needs it more than I do. So I think the pressure's big on him."
Murray knows what is required of him to beat arguably the greatest ever player and he is confident he has the game to trouble the Swiss champion.
"Physically I'm going to be a lot fresher. I have a game that can cause Roger problems. I need to play my best tennis for five sets to beat him," he said.
"If I play my best, I think I got a good chance against anyone. And then, you know, at the top of any sport, it can come down to, you know, a few points here or there, sometimes a little bit of luck."
"You have to wait and see. But if I play my best, I think I got a chance against anyone."
Murray can no doubt match it with the best in the business, but with his all-round class and big-match experience, Federer should have all the answers and secure his 16th Grand Slam title.
Regardless of the result, Federer will keep his No.1 ranking, while Murray has moved up to No.3 in the world and will climb another spot if he wins on Sunday night.