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Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Championship Overnight Rating up More than Double, Best in Seven Years

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Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Championship Overnight Rating up More than Double, Best in Seven Years

• Djokovic-Federer Marathon Masterpiece Scores ESPN’s Third-Highest Rated Tennis Telecast Ever

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The historic and drama-filled Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Championship – won by Novak Djokovic over Roger Federer 7-6, 1-6, 7-6, 4-6, 13-12 – earned an overnight rating of 3.0 for its more than five hours, up more than double (114%) compared to the championship match a year ago (1.4) for Djokovic vs. Kevin Anderson.  The match peaked at its conclusion with a 4.6 rating.

The entire seven-hour telecast (it also included the Ladies’ Doubles Championship) averaged a 2.6 overnight rating, up nearly triple (189%) from 2018 (0.9).  It is the third highest-rated tennis telecast in ESPN history based on overnights, behind only ESPN’s first telecast of the Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Championship, Federer over Andy Murray in 2012 (3.2), and the 2015 US Open Quarterfinals (2.7) which included a match between the Williams Sisters.

For the entire fortnight of coverage – nearly 150 hours – ESPN averaged a 0.9, up 29% from 0.7 last year.  The top 10 markets:

Washington DC             1.4

Norfolk                         1.2

West Palm Beach          1.1

New Orleans                 1.1

Tampa                          1.0

Jacksonville                  0.9

Atlanta                          0.9

Richmond                     0.9

Ft. Myers                      0.8

Louisville                       0.8

The Djokovic-Federer duel – at 4:57 the longest of the Gentlemen’s Singles tournament this year and the longest Gentlemen’s Singles final in Wimbledon history – was the first singles match to utilize Wimbledon’s new tie break in the ultimate set, employed at 12-all.  It also is the first men’s singles Major championship to be decided by a tie break.

 

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As I write this on 11-11-21, it's now 35 years for me at ESPN, the only real job I’ve ever had. I joined merely to help with the upcoming America’s Cup in Australia. I was told it would be for three months at all of $5.50 per hour. I like to say I simply kept showing up. I’ve worked on almost every sport, plus answered viewer calls and letters (people used to write!), given tours, written the company newsletter and once drove NASCAR’s Jeff Gordon to the local airport. My travels have been varied…I’ve been to Martinsville, Darlington, Indy and Super Bowls; the America’s Cup (all 3) in San Diego and College GameDay in the sport’s meccas such as Eugene, Auburn, Lubbock, Stillwater and more; the NBA Finals, Wimbledon (16 times and counting) and the “other Bristol,” the one with a race track in Tennessee. These days, my main areas are tennis, UFC, boxing, network-wide ratings (by month/quarter/year), and corporate communications documents, including fact sheets, chronologies, lists and nearly 35 of the Year in Review press releases. UPDATE EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER: Today, November 11, 2022, I am retiring from ESPN -- 36 years to the day I began. As I ride off into the sunset – top down and E Street Radio blaring – I do so with so many wonderful memories, proud of my contributions and a heart full of gratitude for the opportunity. 
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