Dominika Cibulkova, the 19th seed, is working her way back up the rankings as an Achilles injury ruled her out of action for a few months last year but with a low ranking, it was hard for the Slovak to get soft draws.
Eugenie Bouchard, a finalist at Wimbledon two years ago, had a torrid 2015 season as she failed to defend her points from a stellar 2014 campaign but the Canadian has shown vintage form at Wimbledon this week.
Cibulkova won her first grass court singles title at the Aegon International in Eastbourne and she is unbeaten on grass. The "pocket rocket" will be a tough cookie to crack at Wimbledon.
How they got here
The unseeded Canadian's passage through to the third round hasn't been straightforward. The former world number five's match with Cibulkova's compatriot Magdalena Rybarikova was on an outside court but rain intervened and it concluded on Centre Court, with Bouchard being victorious 6-3, 6-4.
In the second round, Bouchard had another match on Centre Court and it was a topsy-turvy encounter, against Britain's 16th seed Johanna Konta and Bouchard won their match in three sets 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.
Cibulkova's carrying off where she left off in Eastbourne and she hasn't dropped a set en route to the third round. She defeated 1999 semifinalist Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 7-5, 6-3 and another victory on Court 18 over Daria Gavrilova 6-3, 6-2.
Their history
Cibulkova and Bouchard have played each other twice and both of their previous meetings have come on hard courts which Bouchard leads 2-0.
Their first meeting was in the third round of the US Open last year, which Bouchard won 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 and unfortunately for Bouchard her progress further in the tournament came to a premature end as, she had to withdraw from her fourth round match, because she slipped in the locker room and suffered a concussion.
The duo's second meeting was in the semifinals of Hobart earlier this year which Bouchard won in three sets again, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Bouchard on her ups and downs
The 2014 Wimbledon finalist said after her match with Johanna Konta, "Everyone has ups and downs, (in) tennis and in life, I have experienced both of those to the extreme probably in tennis. I have learned a lot from it. You know, I have been able to experience feeling those expectations and pressure and all that kind of stuff, weighed down on me a little bit."
Bouchard: Enjoy tennis more
The unseeded Canadian has learned from that experience, "I have learned from that, and now I really find the joy in tennis and kind of only want to look forward and just try to become the best player I can be."
Who wins?
Cibulkova is the form player coming into this match as she's showing vintage form, that took her to the Australian Open final in 2014. Cibulkova's groundstrokes and crushing the ball on her returns against Lucic-Baroni and Gavrilova have been exceptional.
Bouchard's serve worked well against Rybarikova and Konta but she is prone to serving a few double faults and she can get tight when she is getting a big lead.
The winner of this match will face Agnieszka Radwanska or Katerina Siniakova in the fourth round of Wimbledon and they would fancy their chances on reaching the quarterfinals.
The Slovak may have never beaten Bouchard before but she is more than capable of defeating her for the first time on a grass court.
This match will take place third on No.2 Court.
Prediction: Cibulkova in three sets