Wimbledon 2023: Carlos Alcaraz beating Novak Djokovic has peak BBC audience of 11.3m

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The epic men's Wimbledon last betwixt Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic had a highest assemblage of 11.3m connected BBC One.

It is the men's final's largest assemblage since Andy Murray's 2016 triumph implicit Milos Raonic to assertion his 2nd Wimbledon rubric deed a highest of 13.3m.

The Alcaraz-Djokovic lucifer was besides streamed unrecorded 4.1m times connected BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online.

Spain's Alcaraz, 20, bushed defending champion Djokovic successful a thrilling five-set match connected Centre Court.

The BBC's wide sum successful 2023 acceptable a caller grounds for integer viewing figures, with the tourney streamed 54.3m times connected iPlayer and online.

Unseeded Marketa Vondrousova's straight-set victory against 2022 finalist Ons Jabeur of Tunisia successful the women's singles last pulled successful a highest assemblage of 4.5m connected BBC One - an summation from past year's 3.1m.

Czech Vondrousova's maiden rubric astatine SW19 was streamed 1.3m times connected BBC iPlayer, an 85% summation from 2022.

Across the two-week event, 25.6m watched this year's Wimbledon connected BBC TV.

BBC manager of athletics Barbara Slater said: "It's large to spot that we person been capable to conscionable the viewing demands of audiences, with important increases successful streaming of some the men's and women's finals, and a immense highest connected BBC One connected Sunday.

"We are continually committed to bringing the precise champion sum of Wimbledon to audiences crossed the UK, truthful I'm enormously arrogant that we person been capable to bash that erstwhile again this year."

The concern betwixt the BBC and the All England Lawn Tennis Club is the longest successful sports broadcasting, spanning much than 85 years connected BBC TV and much than 95 years connected BBC radio.

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