I would like to get tennis viewership data.  I am specifically
interested in how many people watched the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, French
Open, and Australian Open (the 4 major tennis grand slam tournaments)
over the last 7-10 years if possible.  So, if 1 million people watched
on the U.S. Open on Thursday, and 2 million on Friday, and 4 million
on Saturday, and 7 million on Sunday - that would count as 14 million
viewers of that tournament for that year.  I'm looking for an
aggregate number.

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 03 Feb 2003 19:24 PST

Hello -

Are you looking for international viewership?

jbf777-ga
GA Researcher

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Clarification of Question by lwc123-ga on 03 Feb 2003 19:36 PST

I'm just looking for US viewership.

Larry

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Clarification of Question by lwc123-ga on 04 Feb 2003 04:27 PST

Yes, but that site doesn't give enough historical data.  I'd like to
track those types of stats over time. Preferably around 10 years..

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 11 Feb 2003 10:31 PST

I've contacted some prominent organizations...  and a fee-based
service is pretty much the only source I can see right now.

jbf777-ga

Hello Lwc123,

The following site should be a good start:

Zap2it TV Ratings
http://tv.zap2it.com/news/ratings/sports/010909sport.html

E.g. of the "estimated 102.2 million television households in the
USA", the last number indicates the viewers tuning into the US Open in
2001 (figures based on Nielsen Media Research):

US OPEN TENNIS-SAT-2(S)-09/08/2001 CBS Sat - 7,134,000
US OPEN TENNIS-SUNDAY(S)-09/09/2001 CBS Sun - 5,542,000
US OPEN DAY-WK 2-MON 2(S)-09/03/2001 CBS Mon - 3,564,000 
US OPEN DAY-WK 2-FRI 2(S)-09/07/2001 CBS Fri - 3,156,000 
US OPEN TENNIS-SAT-1(S)-09/08/2001 CBS Sat - 2,951,000 
US OPEN DAY-WK 2-MON 1(S)-09/03/2001 CBS Mon - 2,785,000 
US OPEN DAY-WK 2-FRI 1(S)-09/07/2001 CBS Fri - 2,347,000 
US OPEN DAY-WK 2-MON 2A(S)-09/03/2001 CBS Mon - 2,186,000 
US OPEN TENNIS BONUS-FRI(S)-09/07/2001 CBS Fri - 798,000
US OPEN TENNIS-SUN(S)-09/02/2001 CBS Sun - 2,509,000 
US OPEN TENNIS-SAT(S)-09/01/2001 CBS Sat - 2,327,000

This is a total of 35,299,000 viewers.

I have discovered a potential source for this information.  I'll let
you know tomorrow if it pans out.

jbf777-ga
GA Researcher