Bearing in mind that "it's difficult to make predictions. Starting last year, Nine snatched the Australian Open tennis rights from Seven in a five year deal worth $300 million. Internationally, the men's final had as many as 4.4 million viewers in Australia, double that of a year ago. Working out the viewer numbers for Australian free to air and subscription TV channels is a complex task made much more accurate by advances in technology. By John Berkok. Ratings increased 12% and viewership 20% from last year (2.3, 3.51M), marking the second-straight final round window to increase double-digits. OzTAM figures show the doubles match drew a peak audience of 3.2 million and a national average audience of 2.3 million. Rafael Nadal - lost in the quarter . Nick Kyrgios - 7 He's not just putting bums on seats, we saw a new side to Nick. We'd recommend you download a new browser if you'd like to continue keeping up with all of the latest tennis news! The average viewership for all matches in the five key city markets prior. The Australian Open match between Dominic Thiem and Nick Kyrgios set a new 2021 TV ratings record for a non-news program. Thanks for visiting the Australian Open Website. Alexander Zverev - lost in the fourth round to No 14 Denis Shapovalov 6-3 7-6 (5) 6-3 . Continuing the steady drumbeat of sports ratings declines, Australian Open viewership fell by more than a quarter. See what happened on day one of the 2021 Australian Open below! Just days before the Australian Open officially began, a frustrated Alex de Minaur had a clear message as the ongoing Novak Djokovic . Australian Open 2022 men's seeds. The ratings year excludes the Easter holidays and the Olympic Games. The second official night of the sporting event registered a 31 per cent decline . Novak Djokovic. Andrew Jackson from Fox Sports. Thanks for visiting the Australian Open Website. Novak Djokovic - withdrew before tournament. Third round coverage last Saturday dipped a tick in ratings (to 1.5) and 1% in viewership (to 2.37M). News, results and expert analysis from the weekend of sport sent every Monday. 1-ranked Ashleigh Barty defeated Danielle Collins in the Australian Open women's final Saturday in Melbourne, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), to become the first Australian to win the women's singles title . Withdrawals; Name Seeding Ranking Rk Entry Ranking ER; Alex Bolt: 137: 137: Maxime Cressy: 112: 112: Egor Gerasimov: 113: 113: Thanasi Kokkinakis: 171: 171: Thai-Son . The Swiss has always managed to bring out his best. Published Feb 22, 2021. copy_link. 1. AUSSIE RATINGS Alex de Minaur - 7 His best finish at a home slam but Sinner is someone he will play in years to come and he got manhandled. 21 but fell short. Especially about the future," herewith your men's and women's seed reports for the 2021 Australian Open, an event that's already gone. Today the OzTAM ratings, an acronym for 'Australian Television Audience Measurement', measures actual television viewing in 5,250 homes all around Australia, with an additional 2,120 . Needs to find a couple more weapons if he is going to compete in the latter stages. We can see you're using Internet Explorer, and wanted to let you know that we will no longer be supporting this browser in future. 2. A former champion in Melbourne, Stan Wawrinka will be closely watched by many of the top players ahead of the 2021 edition of the Australian Open. It did however this year include The Australian Open, due to the competition's delay. ( The seed tracker will be updated at the beginning of each night session and at the end of each day's play) 1. Overnight TV Ratings January 24 The Australian Open continues to produce results for Nine as the annual tennis tournament has pushed the broadcaster to its seventh win in a row as it was the #1 primary channel (26.5%) and network (34.9%). Draws This year, the ratings have put Barty and Novak Djokovic ahead of all others in the race for the Australian Open title. In 2021, Djokovic lost to Medvedev. The following is a list of Australian television ratings for the year 2021 . The local attraction yesterday was Alex De Minaur who went down in straight sets in the afternoon. February 10, 2021 - 10:22AM. No. When Home and Away (587,000) is your ratings high point in primetime there's not much to crow about. Some 1.17 million Australians in five city metro markets tuned in to the final match on Sunday night, a drop of 23 per cent from 2020 ratings of 1.52 million viewers. We can see you're using Internet Explorer, and wanted to let you know that we will no longer be supporting this browser in future. The Australian Open averaged 272,000 viewers across the ESPN family of networks, down 27% from last year (371K). Daniil Medvedev. 9 February 2021 The Australian Open will lead most of the ratings for the next two weeks as the reality programs languish. Naomi Osaka's second Australian Open title was watched by just under 850,000 people, compared to the 1.17 million in 2020. 2. According to OzTam data, Seven finished the 2021 ratings year with a 38.6% share of the commercial audience, ahead of Nine on 37.8%, and Ten on 23.6%. Those figures are also the highest for a men's doubles final in OzTAM's history. In primetime Friday, no non-news show apart from the tennis made it to half a million. and the 2021 Australian Open was no different. The early indication is that pushing back the Australian Open has damaged TV ratings. A subscription for discovery+ is now 29.99 for the first year for UK users, down from 59.99 February 22, 2021 7.45pm Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size Nine Entertainment Co will not pursue further compensation from Tennis Australia for a dip in Australian Open television ratings. We'd recommend you download a new browser if you'd like to continue keeping up with all of the latest tennis news! January 31st, 2022 6:00 am. Stream the 2022 Australian Open live and on-demand on discovery+. The ABC was home to the only shows over 400,000 in the TV ratings - a repeat of Vera and an episode of Gardening Australia. The tournament began three weeks later than usual, with the opening night of play airing opposite the Super Bowl. Contents 1 Network shares 2 Most Watched Broadcasts in 2021 3 Weekly ratings 4 Weekly key demographics 5 Key demographics shares 6 See also 7 References Network shares Most Watched Broadcasts in 2021 Weekly ratings From the week beginning, 7 February 2021. Players #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 30, 2022 In 2019, Federer had match points against Djokovic at the Wimbledon final to reach Grand Slam No. Get all the latest WTA Australian Open 2022 Player List, results, and more! Ashleigh Barty's Australian Open final triumph garners huge ratings Down Under . Another 167,000 watched the match on 9Now. The women's final had a 1.7 million average, and the second week of the Australian Open. Men's seeds tracker. 3.