By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, September 11, 2025Photo credit score: Clive Brunskill/Getty
NEW YORK—If you happen to tuned into ABC see Carlos Alcaraz dethrone defending-champion Jannik Sinner within the US Open last, you had loads of firm.
Alcaraz’s four-set win over Sinner in Sunday’s last was probably the most considered US Open last since Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in 4 units within the 2015 Flushing Meadows last, ESPN introduced.
The 15-day match (the US Open started with a Sunday begin this yr) marked ESPN’s highest-rated tennis telecast of the yr.
The boys’s last on Sunday averaged 3 million viewers on ABC, an 82% enhance 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 via the Spherical of 16 posted its greatest numbers since 2022.
Listed below are some US Open TV stats from ESPN compiled by Nilsen Massive Knowledge:
Males’s Championship:#1 tennis telecast of the yr with 3.3M viewers on ABC (match solely)ESPN’s Second Most-Considered on File & Most-Considered 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-Considered Quarterfinals in 10 years1.4M viewers on ESPN+55% vs. 2024More Event Highlights:Most-Considered 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-Considered Protection via Third Spherical since 2022873K viewers on ESPN, ESPN2+28% vs. 2024Most-Considered Protection via Second Spherical since 2022784K viewers on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2+43% vs. 2024Most-Considered First Spherical Protection Since 2022750K viewers on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2+48% vs. 2024New Sunday Begin Served Up Most-Considered 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 Combined Doubles Championship Format Throughout Fan Week Drove Improve in Viewership343K viewers for Semifinals and Finals on ESPN2+31% vs. 2024 Championship (which aired on Last Thursday)Supply: Nielsen Massive Knowledge + Panel
