Tennis surges in the ratings as last Aussies bows out
The Australian Open is rating well in the absence of cricket competition
Nine’s Australian Open ratings surged on Tuesday night as Alex De Minaur battled Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz for a place in the final four of the men’s draw.
The national average audience went within a whisker of 2m later in the evening — over 50% better than the 1.2m watching the previous high this year, the night session on Monday.
The anticipation for the De Minaur game saw Nine’s Tuesday night session build to 1,726,000. The straight sets victory for Alcaraz only lasted just over two hours but it was late enough in the evening to push Nine’s night two session to 1,993,000.
The Tuesday crowds watching on Nine were bigger than any sessions in 2025, bat the Men’s Final, when 2,068,000 watched Italian Jannik Sinner defeat German Alexander Zverev.
De Minaur the “last Aussie”? Bit disrespectful to the two Aussie women who played the following day.
Thanks for that observation – an editorial mistake. It should have said “last Aussie single bows out”.