US Open: Dominic Thiem ensures record rates, Alexander Zverev also attracts fans in front of the TV
While Dominic Thiem in Austria was responsible for a real audience boom in the final of the US Open 2020 on ServusTV, Alexander Zverev ensured good ratings on Eurosport.
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last edit: Sep 17, 2020, 02:56 pm
In absolute terms, there were even more fans in Germany for the final of the US Open 2020 between Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem than in Austria: an average of 800,000 spectators watched the slightly more than four-hour game on Eurosport.
In relation to the size of the population, Thiem's attractiveness in its home country was many times higher. Over the entire duration of the game, there were an average of 400,000 fans who followed the 27-year-old Lower Austrian's first Grand Slam success on ServusTV. Which means a market share of almost 30 percent among viewers aged twelve and over.
The exact process during the broadcast on ServusTV was as follows:
10:17 p.m. - 417,000 spectators attended the start of the match.
10:57 p.m. - The absolute top is reached with 526,000 spectators.
11:21 p.m. - 497,000 spectators - although it doesn't go well for Dominic Thiem in the second set.
11:36 p.m. - Thiem loses the second set - crash to 394,000
12:00 AM - 373,000 are still there at midnight.
12:27 AM - An increase to 404,000 as Dominic wins the third set.
01:09 am - 320,000 are there when Thiem manages the sentence adjustment
1:15 a.m. - The lowest level: 290,000 when Alexander Zverev sets 1: 1 in the 5th set.
02:08 am - Another increase to 354,000 spectators when the tiebreak begins!
02:19 am - An unbelievable 334,000 spectators are still there live at the match ball!