The 2023 Wimbledon men's final was a match for the ages as Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic in a near five-hour marathon to win the title.
Alcaraz defeated Djokovic 1-6, 7-6, 6-1 3-6, 6-4 in four hours and 43 minutes to win his second Grand Slam and a maiden Wimbledon. The victory also cemented his status as the world no. 1 and is the first player to qualify for the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin.
According to the BBC's confirmed viewership number, Alcaraz's stunning success had a peak audience of 11.3 million viewers on BBC One and trumped the 9.6 million who tuned in to watch the 2019 final between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
Sunday's final is now the second most-watched Wimbledon final in the UK since Andy Murray's win over Milos Raonic in 2016 - which drew a whopping 13.3 million TV viewers. The 2023 men's final was also streamed 4.1 million times on BBC's two streaming platforms - the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport Online.
The digital viewing numbers in 2023 set a new all-time high. Wimbledon was streamed 54.3 million times in the UK during the fortnight, which is a record. TV viewership across the two weeks stood at 25.6 million.
But the benchmark in tennis TV viewership in the UK remains the 2013 historic final between Murray and Djokovic, which was watched by 17 million people in the UK - the highest such number since modern ratings records were invented over two decades ago.
The women's final featuring Marketa Vondrousova and Ons Jabeur had a peak audience of 4.5 million TV viewers on BBC One - an increment of 1.4 million from last year's viewership figure when Elena Rybakina defeated Jabeur for the title.
Vondrousova completed a straight-sets win over the Tunisian to become the first unseeded Wimbledon women's champion. The match was also streamed 1.3 million times, representing a substantial 85% increase from last year's number.
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