Wimbledon Finals Rating Viewers Development for ESPN

By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow |Wednesday, July 17, 2024Photo credit score: Rob Newell/CameraSport

Carlos Alcaraz’s Wimbledon title protection was a rankings winner for ESPN.

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The third-seeded Alcaraz wanted solely 2 hrs 27 minutes to defeat Novak Djokovic in comparison with the five-set, 4 hour, 42-minute closing they staged within the 2023 closing.

But Sunday’s shorter closing averaged 2.2 million viewers for ESPN.

On the women facet, Barbora Krejčíková’s 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 win over French Open finalist Jasmine Paolini averaged 1.4 million viewers on ESPN. That represents a rise of 9% in comparison with final 12 months when Markéta Vondroušová defeated Ons Jabeur in two units.

By the semifinals, Wimbledon protection throughout ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 recorded at a five-year excessive, up 9% year-over-year.

The Wimbledon males’s semifinals scored a ten% improve over 2023 and averaged 977,000 viewers, making it most-watched  Wimbledon closing 4 since 2019.

For your entire match, 2024 Wimbledon protection throughout ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 averaged 677,000 viewers total, up 5% from 2022, up 32% from 2021, and down 2% 12 months over 12 months due partially to a shorter size of the match in comparison with the five-set closing in 2023 and four-set closing in 2022.