{"id":495481,"date":"2025-09-15T16:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=495481"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:20:10","slug":"2025-us-open-breaks-attendance-and-viewership-records","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/2025-us-open-breaks-attendance-and-viewership-records\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 US Open breaks attendance and viewership records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 US Open wrapped up this season&#8217;s campaign with record-breaking numbers boosting tournament\u2019s popularity.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Tennis Association announced that total attendance reached 1.14 million, a new all-time high and a 9% jump from last year\u2019s mark of 1.049 million. That figure includes both the main draw and preliminary events.<\/p>\n<p>For the 15 days of the main draw, which this year was extended by one day in a move that drew criticism from players, 905,255 fans passed through the gates \u2014 also up 9% from 2024. Fan Week brought in another 239,307, a 10% rise from last year, fueled by innovations such as a revamped mixed doubles championship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The US Open is a money-printing machine for the USTA:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 1 million attendees this year<br \/>\n\u2022 $560 million in 2024 revenue<\/p>\n<p>But now the tournament is pricing out its most loyal fans by removing thousands of lower-priced seats to add more luxury suites.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ci1HUL3XYI\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ci1HUL3XYI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/60MgxTa1C7\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/60MgxTa1C7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoePompliano\/status\/1967637472290209893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Television viewership also showed huge surge. ESPN reported that the men\u2019s final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner averaged 3 million viewers, an 82% increase over last year\u2019s title match and the strongest audience for the men\u2019s final since 2015. On the women\u2019s side, Aryna Sabalenka\u2019s triumph drew an average of 2.4 million viewers, up 50% from a year ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 US Open wrapped up this season&#8217;s campaign with record-breaking numbers boosting tournament\u2019s popularity. 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