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 |
