By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, September 11, 2025Photo credit score: Clive Brunskill/Getty
NEW YORK—Should you tuned into ABC see Carlos Alcaraz dethrone defending-champion Jannik Sinner within the US Open ultimate, you had loads of firm.
Alcaraz’s four-set win over Sinner in Sunday’s ultimate was probably the most seen US Open ultimate since Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in 4 units within the 2015 Flushing Meadows ultimate, ESPN introduced.
The 15-day event (the US Open started with a Sunday begin this yr) marked ESPN’s highest-rated tennis telecast of the yr.
The lads’s ultimate on Sunday averaged 3 million viewers on ABC, an 82% improve over 2024. The ladies’s championship, which noticed Aryna Sabalenka cease American Amanda in straight units averaged 2.4 million on ESPN, up 50% vs. 2024 when Sabalenka defeated American Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5.
Quarterfinals drew their largest viewers in 10 years, and early spherical protection by way of the Spherical of 16 posted its finest numbers since 2022.
Listed below are some US Open TV stats from ESPN compiled by Nilsen Huge Information:
Males’s Championship:#1 tennis telecast of the yr with 3.3M viewers on ABC (match solely)ESPN’s Second Most-Seen on Document & Most-Seen in a Decade3M viewers on ABC (together with trophy ceremony), +82% vs. 2024Women’s Championship:2.4M viewers on ESPN+50% vs. 2024Men’s Semifinals:1.8M viewers on ESPN+37% vs. 2024Women’s Semifinals:1.8M viewers on ESPN+62% vs. 2024 Quarterfinals: Most-Seen Quarterfinals in 10 years1.4M viewers on ESPN+55% vs. 2024More Match Highlights:Most-Seen Spherical of 16 since 20191.5M viewers on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2+51% vs. 2024Round of 16 on ABC most-viewed US Open Spherical of 16 telecast since 2015 (2.2M viewers)Most-Seen Protection by way of Third Spherical since 2022873K viewers on ESPN, ESPN2+28% vs. 2024Most-Seen Protection by way of Second Spherical since 2022784K viewers on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2+43% vs. 2024Most-Seen First Spherical Protection Since 2022750K viewers on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2+48% vs. 2024New Sunday Begin Served Up Most-Seen Day 1 Protection on ESPN Since 20221.2M viewers on ABC808K viewers on ABC and ESPN2+83% vs. 2024 Day 1 Telecasts on ESPN and ESPN2New Blended Doubles Championship Format Throughout Fan Week Drove Improve in Viewership343K viewers for Semifinals and Finals on ESPN2+31% vs. 2024 Championship (which aired on Closing Thursday)Supply: Nielsen Huge Information + Panel
