Wimbledon 2026 / USA: best audience ever for the ladies' final on ESPN (1.9 million viewers)

Linda Noskova (CZE) - Karolina Muchova (CZE) (6-2, 5-7, 6-3), the ladies’ final of the 2026 Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament, drew an average of 1.9 million viewers across the ESPN group’s channels in the United States on Saturday 11 July 2026 (match start at 11:00 Eastern Time), a 48 % increase on the previous year and the most-watched ladies' final ever broadcast by the US group, according to data from the audience measurement institute Nielsen released by ESPN.

The 2026 edition of Wimbledon was the second most-watched in US history with an average of 853,000 viewers across ESPN's channels (+18% vs 2025), behind only the 2019 edition (877,000 viewers).

The men's final, in which Italy's Jannik Sinner defeated Germany's Alexander Zverev (6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-4) on Sunday 12 July (match start…