Ratings for each Grand Slam final Venus or Serena Williams has participated in. Ratings for matches on cable (the 2003, 2005 and 2007 Australian Opens) are national ratings; cable ratings, which measure the amount of people watching out of the amount of people with access to the network, are larger. Additionally, the 2005 and 2007 Australian Open finals aired on ESPN2, as opposed to the 2003 match, which aired on ESPN.
1999 U.S. Open
6.3/16: S. Williams def. Hingis (no year-to-year comparison available)
2000 Wimbledon
3.7/13: V. Williams def. Davenport (down 21% from Davenport/Graf Wimbledon final in 1999)
2000 U.S. Open
5.8/13: V. Williams def. Davenport (down 8% from S. Williams/Hingis U.S. Open final in 1999, which aired in an earlier timeslot)
2001 Wimbledon
3.0/10: V. Williams def. Henin (down 19% from V.Williams/Davenport Wimbledon final in 2000)
2001 U.S. Open
6.8/13: V. Williams def. S. Williams (up 17% from V. Williams/Davenport U.S. Open final in 2000)
2002 French Open
2.8/10: S. Williams def. V. Williams (down 7% from Capriati/Clijsters French Open final in 2001, which aired in a later timeslot)
2002 Wimbledon
3.4/12: S. Williams def. V. Williams (up 13% from V.Williams/Henin Wimbledon final in 2001)
2002 U.S. Open
5.2/10: S. Williams def. V. Williams (down 24% from V. Williams/S. Williams U.S. Open final in 2001)
2003 Australian Open
1.7: S. Williams def. V. Williams (down 11% from Capriati/Hingis Australian Open final in 2002)
2003 Wimbledon
2.9/10: S. Williams def. V. Williams (down 15% from S. Williams/V. Williams Wimbledon final in 2002)
2004 Wimbledon
3.1/11: Sharapova def. S. Williams (up 7% from S. Williams/V. Williams Wimbledon final in 2003)
2005 Australian Open
1.2: S. Williams def. Davenport (no year-to-year comparison available)
2005 Wimbledon
3.4/11: V. Williams def. Davenport (up 10% from Sharapova/S. Williams Wimbledon final in 2004)
2007 Australian Open
1.5: S. Williams def. Sharapova (no year-to-year comparison available)
