Wimbledon Final Attracts More Than 11 Million Viewers

Roger Federer's ending victory at the Wimbledonclosing presentations that followed on Centre Court.
men's singles was viewed by a record audience ofViewer numbers peaked to 11.1 million in the quarter
over just 11 million spectators, with 7.5 million viewers -hour from 6:15 pm onwards, as Federer closed in his
or, a 50 per cent share - watching between 2 pm andvictory. Coverage was due to finish at 5:40; however,
6:30 pm. The live coverage of the five-set win overprogrammes were switched to accommodate a
Andy Roddick spanned almost four and a half hours.longer running event that saw Federer win his sixth
The audience grew steadily over the afternoon, withWimbledon title. Overall, the event coverage averaged
4.3 million viewers tuning in at 2 pm, and climbing to 10.67.1 million viewers and a 41 per cent share between
million in the hour from 5:45 for the finishing victory and1:30 pm and 7 pm.