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What’s the most-watched tennis match in ESPN history?

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What’s the most-watched tennis match in ESPN history?

Serena Williams’s third-round loss to Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic on Sept. 2, 2022, at the US Open, was the most-watched tennis telecast in ESPN’s 43-year history, peaking with 6.9 million viewers. Serena Williams’s defeat to Venus Williams at the 2001 US Open finals was watched by 22.7 Million viewers  – but was broadcasted on CBS prime-time television.

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