The pupil at Cranmer Primary School in Mitcham represents SHINE Merton, a Saturday school programme supported by the Wimbledon Foundation, the charity of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. SHINE Merton offers tuition to 60 students aged 9 to 11 years old who need extra support at school.

“I am so excited. It’s so rare that someone gets chosen and I can’t believe it’s me,” he said. “I hope my family and friends at school will see me because they have encourage me to go to SHINE and since I’ve gone, I’ve loved it so much.”

Michael and his parents will enjoy a tour of the Clubhouse and sit down for lunch in the Competitors’ Restaurant before the match. Like Kaci Finch, 10, who on Saturday performed the coin toss at the Ladies’ Singles Final, Michael was assisted in his on-court duties by Andrew Jarrett, Championships’ Referee.

Kaci, who attends Hatfeild Primary School in Morden, was thrilled to take part in the pre-Final ceremony with Serena Williams and Garbine Muguruza. She represented the Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative, the All England Club’s community tennis programme, lead by Head Coach Dan Bloxham. The WTJI coaching team visit 60 state primary schools in the London Boroughs of Merton and Wandsworth every year and more than 300 children like Kaci go on to receive free tennis coaching at the All England Club every weekend until the age of 16.

“My nan got an email saying the WJTI had been asked to choose a player and they’d like to recommend me because they liked my attitude and because I have really progressed in tennis over the last year,” Kaci said. “I was bouncing up and down in my chair. It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”

In the umpire's chair on Sunday will be 37-year-old Ali Nili, an ATP Full Time Gold Badge Umpire who was born in Tehran, Iran, and became a naturalized US Citizen in 2011.

It will be Ali’s first Grand Slam singles final.