Tennis/2024 US Open: audience figures down for the men's and women's finals (1.8 million) on ESPN

The men's final of the 2024 US Open Grand Slam, won by Italy's Jannik Sinner over American Taylor Fritz (6-3, 6-4, 7-5), drew an average of 1.8 million viewers on the free-TV channel ABC (1,67 million, part of the ESPN group) and on the streaming platform ESPN+, on Sunday 08/09/2024 (match start at 14:00 ET) according to data from the American institute Nielsen.

The women's final, won by Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka over American Jessica Pegula (7-5, 7-5), drew an average of 1.8 million viewers on the pay-TV channel ESPN (1.62 million) and ESPN+ on Saturday 07/09/2024 (match start at 14:00 ET).

These audience figures are down significantly on those of the 2023 event. The women's final, won by American Coco Gauff against Aryna Sabalenka (2-6, 6-3, 6-2), was watched by an average of 3.4 million viewers on ESPN on Saturday 09/09/2023 (match start at 14:00 ET). The men's final, won by Serbia's Novak Djokovic over Russian Daniil Medvedev (6-3, 7-6, 6-3), drew an average of 2.3 million viewers on ESPN on Sunday 10/09/2023 (match start at 15:00 ET), according to Nielsen.

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