BBC Nets 11.2m For Wimbledon Final
The dramatic and action-filled Wimbledon final which saw Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick was watched by a peak audience of 11.2m viewers on BBC One.
This peak figure represented a 57% share of the TV audience while an average audience of 7.5m watched Federer win his record-breaking 15th Grand Slam title.
The figure was more than double this year’s Ladies’ Wimbledon Final viewer count, during which Serena Williams beat older sister Venus and won her third Wimbledon title while a peak audience of 4.2m watched.
The championships also saw more users than ever logging on to follow the BBC coverage online. The BBC Sport website received a record breaking 2.1m requests for Centre Court coverage on Friday as users logged on to follow the Murray versus Roddick match, beating the record seen during the 2008 Olympics.
Throughout the entire two weeks, the BBC Sport Website received a total of 19.3m requests for Wimbledon audio visual content (live and on-demand) of which 16.2m was to live coverage – three and a half times more than for live streams across the 2008 tournament.
