Ararat finished the season as minor premiers but Elmhurst has built strong form in the back end of the season.

The top-ranked team had an easy win in the semi-final against Buangor while Elmhurst had a tougher workout against Crowlands.

If Elmhurst wins, it will be its first title since the association reformed in 2011-12.

Elmhurst captain Malcolm Boatman said there is plenty of excitement within the group.

"A couple of the younger ones are nervous but I think we are all excited to play in a grand final,” he said.

"We feel a bit more confident of staying with them this time, last time we played them in a grand final, they blew us away early in the match and we could not recover.

"The key will be to just and try and stay with them in the first couple of sets and hope for a narrow victory.”

Elmhurst is likely to make changes to the line-up with at least one player unavailable for the decider.

"We will probably have one change due to availability but overall we will be fairly similar to the last time we played Ararat,” Boatman said.

"We will look at the combinations again to see who we think match up well with Ararat’s same numbered player and I think that will make a bit of difference.”

It is not just Elmhurst trying to create its own history, with Ararat within reach of its fourth consecutive title.

Ararat has dominated the past three seasons but Alex Drosg said the team know they are in for a tough final against Elmhurst.

"It will be our most difficult grand final we would have played in the last three years,” he said.

"We were significantly under strength when we played them last time but nevertheless I think it will be closely fought contest.”

While focusing on its own play, Drosg said the team will go into the match wary of the evenness of the Elmhurst squad that will be full of confidence going into the decider.

"I think Elmhurst have put a strong team together both in the men's and ladies sides of the draw,” he said.

"If Linden Murray is calm and relaxed, a lot of his serves will go straight through with the match set to be played on the hard courts which will quicken up the speed of the ground strokes and serves.

"But we are not concerned about the surface.

“I think we play reasonably well on any surface and I think we can win if we focus on ourselves and stick to our plans.”

Drosg said he does not expect any changes to the team after it won all three section in the semi-final.

The first sets will start at an earlier than usual time of 12.30pm at Landsborough Tennis Club.