Talk About Tennis 2.0

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 12:00 am

3.45 million viewers watched the match on Channel 9, including a record 905,000 live streaming on 9Now.

More than 6 million tuned-in.

This does not include live streaming via Nine's premium paid, ad-free and 4K Stan Sport nor at bars/pubs/clubs etc.

Huge stuff!

Notes:

2017 was 3.6m on Channel 7 plus 190k live streaming on 7Tennis app and reached over 7m.

You then have to go back to 2009, 2007, 2006 for equivalent rating finals, also all involving Roger Federer and again with Rafa Nadal for '09.

Australian record remains 2005 (Australian Lleyton Hewitt's loss to Marat Safin) with nearly 5.7m, a TV record that lasted all the way until the Matildas WWC in 2023. Women's record is 2022 with Aussie Ash Barty winning at 4.4m (albeit still coming out of the pandemic).

Data copyright: OzTAM / Nielsen TAM.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 12:23 am I gather that at the very least, and barring unforeseen circumstances, Sampras will be as low as fifth in slams' count before too long.
And Carlitos' chances of being the one that gets to 25 are over 50%.