French Open: Rain-Delayed Men’s Final Down From Last Year; Women’s Final Flat

Posted by | 06/12/2012 at 12:28 am

Despite being interrupted due to rain, Sunday’s French Open Men’s Final earned solid numbers for NBC.

Before being rained out, the Rafael Nadal/Novak Djokovic French Open Men’s Final drew a 2.4 overnight rating on NBC Sunday morning — down 8% from Nadal/Federer last year (2.6), but up 50% from Nadal/Soderling in 2010 (1.6).

The complete telecast window on NBC earned a 2.0 overnight rating.

The 2.4 for Sunday’s match is tied as the second-highest for the French Open Men’s Final since Agassi/Medvedev in 1999 (4.0).

On Saturday, the Maria Sharapova/Sara Errani Women’s Final drew a 1.7 overnight, equaling both Na/Schiavone last year (1.7) and Schiavone/Stosur in 2010 (1.7).

The 1.7 is tied as the second-lowest for the French Open Women’s Final since at least 1998. Only the ’09 Kuzentsova/Safina final (1.4) drew lower numbers.

Overnight Ratings For French Open Singles Finals
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(Saturday/Sunday overnights from Sports Business Daily)

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  • Cjcollick

    Why doesn’t Sharapova’s popularity translate to better t.v ratings?

  • Guest

    I’m not surprised. There are a lot of tennis fans (myself included) who won’t watch Sharapova because of her screeching when she hits the ball.

  • Joe

    “Guest” a few hours ago nailed it.  I watched the finals as I enjoy tennis enough to tolerate the screeching, but my Mom told me she turned it off as soon as she heard the noise.