PASSING SHOTS FROM WIMBLEDON 2016
Aces – most
· Ladies: 74 – Serena Williams
· Men: 145 – Milos Raonic
Broadcast (early headline audience figures)
· BBC: The Gentlemen’s Singles Final peaked at 13.3 million with a 69% peak share. The Ladies’ Singles Final audience peak was 4.8m. On the website there were 10.2 million unique browsers and 1.9 million requests for the Wimbledon live stream. The Mixed Doubles Final featuring Heather Watson peaked at 2.8m and the Gentlemen’s Wheelchair Singles Final on BBC2 with Gordon Reid at peaked 1.1m
· ESPN: Most-watched Wimbledon to-date on WatchESPN – up 35% vs. 2015
· TSN (Canada): The Gentlemen’s Singles Final featuring Milos Raonic became the most watched tennis match in Canada peaking at 2.4 million
Catering
· 177,135 – glasses of Pimm’s
· 139,435 – portions of strawberries
· 133,800 – traditional English scones
· 2772 – kilos of bananas (for players)
Champions 2016
Gentlemen’s Singles Andy Murray (GBR)
Ladies’ Singles Serena Williams (USA)
Gentlemen’s Doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) & Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
Ladies’ Doubles Serena Williams (USA) & Venus Williams (USA)
Mixed Doubles Henri Kontinen (FIN) & Heather Watson (GBR)
Boys’ Singles Denis Shapovalov (CAN)
Girls’ Singles Anastasia Potapova (RUS)
Boys’ Doubles Kenneth Raisma (EST) & Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
Girls’ Doubles Usue Maitane Arconada (USA) & Claire Liu (USA)
Gentlemen’s Wheelchair Singles Gordon Reid (GBR)
Ladies’ Wheelchair Singles Jiske Griffioen (NED)
Gentlemen’s Wheelchair Doubles Alfie Hewett (GBR) & Gordon Reid (GBR)
Ladies’ Wheelchair Doubles Yui Kamiji (JPN) & Jordanne Whiley (GBR)
Gentlemen’s Invitational Doubles Greg Rusedski (GBR) & Fabrice Santoro (FRA)
Ladies’ Invitational Doubles Martina Navratilova (USA) & Selima Sfar (TUN)
Gentlemen’s Senior Invitational Doubles Todd Woodbridge (AUS) & Mark Woodforde (AUS)
Digital (initial observations)
· Unique devices – 20.9m (21.1m in 2015)
· Visits – 69.4m (72.0m in 2015)
· Page views – 395m (542m in 2015)
· mobile .com uniques: 9.6m (8.4m in 2015)
· mobile .com visits: 23.6m (19.7m in 2015)
· mobile .com page views: 88.3m (73.7m in 2015)
· App downloads: 1.5m
· .com to apps uniques split: 93% to 7%
· .com to apps page views split: 51% to 49%
· Social media audience: 10.5m (8.5m in 2015)
· 106m video views (85m in 2015)
· Live @ Wimbledon TV: 1.5m (global excl Spain, Austria, Italy, Germany) (1.6m in 2015)
· Bespoke social media feeds in Chinese (Sina Weibo and WeChat – 65k followers), WeChat prediction game (55k users) and geo-targeted content posted in Japanese on Facebook and Line.
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Farewell to Court 19
· Court 19 has been retired after 20 consecutive Championships to make way for a new public plaza as part of the No.1 Court redevelopment project
· Andy Murray was the last player to hit a ball on the court when practising on Sunday morning prior to the Gentlemen’s Singles Final
Fastest Serve
· Ladies: 124mph – Serena Williams
· Men: 147mph – Milos Raonic
Merchandise
The top selling items through 158,000 retail transactions in the Wimbledon Shop were:
· 18,070 – Gentlemen’s Championships’ towel
· 15,407 – Championships’ pen
· 10,907 – Ladies’ Championships’ towel
· 7,905 – Racket key ring
· 6,944 – Championships’ magnet
· 6,144 – Yellow autograph ball medium
· 5,451 – Men’s classic logo navy cap
Middle Sunday
· Play took place on Middle Sunday (3 July) for the fourth time (1991, 1997, 2004)
· 22,000 tickets available online via Ticketmaster sold out in 27 minutes. 111,000 people applied.
· Tickets: Centre Court x 10,000 (£70); No.1 Court x 8,000 (£40) and Grounds Passes x 4,000 (£20) with a maximum of two per household.
· Attendance: 24,623
Wimbledon Foundation – Ticket Resale for charity
· £170,682 – money raised from the Ticket Resale scheme, whereby show court tickets no longer required are re-sold to spectators already in the grounds
· £341,364 – total funds donated to the Wimbledon Foundation after matching by HSBC. Proceeds distributed to charities through the Wimbledon Foundation’s grant programmes
Wimbledon Foundation – Coin Toss
· Ladies’ Singles Final – performed by Uma Baker-Bahl, representing Barnardo’s
· Gentlemen’s Singles Final – performed by Yousef Maza, representing Jigsaw4U
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
Additions to the Museum’s unrivalled collection included:
· Serena Williams – winning outfit
· Andy Murray – winning outfit
· Milos Raonic – items from his outfit
· Marcus Willis – outfit
· Zhang Shuai – example of the ‘Nightie’ dress
· Coin used for the coin toss in the first Ladies’ Wheelchair Singles Final
· Costume worn by ‘Strawberry Man’ during The Championships
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