Nine locks in Wimbledon rights through to 2029

Nine has capped off its successful Australian Open broadcast with the announcement it has locked in the exclusive rights to the Wimbledon tournament, through to 2029.

The deal will see the Grand Slam air across Nine’s free-to-air channels, BVOD streamer 9Now, and subscription service Stan Sport.

This is an extension of its previous deal — which ends this year — and means Nine has the exclusive Australian broadcasting rights to all four Grand Slam tennis tournaments: The Australian Open, Wimbledon, Roland-Garros, and the US Open.

Under the renewed agreement with the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), Nine will air key matches on free-to-air and BVOD, with extensive coverage on Stan Sport, including daily highlights packages, “mini matches” that condense all the action into a shorter running-time, and 4K coverage. The daily highlights packages will also air on Nine’s free-to-air and BVOD channels.

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This marks the third in a series of three-year broadcasting deals Nine has entered into with the AELTC since the 2021 tournament. Nine previously held the Wimbledon rights for close to 40 years, but dumped them in 2010, citing low ratings. Seven scooped up the rights from 2011, but enacted a clause to exit the contract after the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Nine also snatched the Australian Open rights from Seven in 2018, signing a $300m, five-year agreement with Tennis Australia (starting in 2020), that was later extended until 2029 with an additional $425m deal. Seven had been the rightsholder of the Australian Open since 1973.

No financial details for the latest Wimbledon deal have been revealed.

Nine’s CEO Matt Stanton said in the announcement that securing Wimbledon’s “long-term future with Nine” reflects the network’s “disciplined approach to rights investment and our confidence in the enduring value of premium sport delivered at scale.”

Amanda Laing, managing director of streaming and broadcast said the agreement “underscores the way we think about major sport at Nine — not as a single moment, but as an experience built across platforms.”

The 2026 Wimbledon Championships will run from June 29 to July 12.

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