ESPN Tennis at Wimbledon is Most-Viewed Wimbledon Tournament Ever on WatchESPN

In a similar matchup to last year's action for the women, World No.1-ranked Serena Williams defeated No.2 Angelique Kerber in the Ladies' Championship, tying Steffi Graf's Open Era record of 22 grand slam titles. The telecast - which also includes the Williams sisters winning the Ladies' Doubles Championship - earned a 1.1 U.S. rating, representing an average of 1,604,000 viewers (P2+) according to Nielsen, making it the highest-rated and most-viewed Ladies' Championship telecast since 2012, when ESPN began airing the match. Ratings are up nine percent over last year and viewership is up twelve percent (1.0; 1,428,000). Compared to 2014, ratings are up over 110% and viewership is up over 125% (0.5; 704,000).

The Gentlemen's Championship match telecast of No. 2 Andy Murray and Canadian Milos Raonic came in with a 1.2 rating and 1,791,000 viewers.

Wimbledon on WatchESPN set a record for live and replay minutes viewed in ESPN's Wimbledon coverage history. There were 282,300,000 minutes viewed of the tournament, up 26% over 2015.

In addition, the Men's Quarterfinals coverage on Wednesday had the most minutes viewed for a day of Wimbledon ever on WatchESPN (26,100,000 live minutes) with the Gentlemen's Championship on ESPN as the most-viewed feed of the tournament with 197,000 viewers.

ESPN's biggest Wimbledon audiences:

Date	Wimbledon Event	P2+ Imps	HH US Rating
Sun, July 8, 2012	Gentlemen's Championship	3,925,000	2.5
Sun, July 7, 2013	Gentlemen's Championship	2,456,000	1.7
Sun, July 6, 2014	Gentlemen's Championship	2,375,000	1.6
Sun, July 12, 2015	Gentlemen's Championship	2,028,000	1.4
Sun, July 10, 2016	Gentlemen's Championship	1,791,000	1.2
Sat, July 7, 2012	Ladies' Championship	1,673,000	1.2
Sat, July 9, 2016	Ladies' Championship	1,604,000	1.1

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