The penultimate night of Australian Open helps Nine secure week’s biggest TV ratings share
The women’s final at the 2021 Australian Open secured Nine a winning primary channel share last night of 23.9%. It wasn’t the highest primary channel share of the week though – Nine did that on Wednesday with 26.2%. Nine did secure the highest network share of Week 8 though last night thanks to shares over 4% for both Go! And Gem.
Saturday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary and network
ABC 13.2% (18.9%)
Seven 14.3% (22.7%)
Nine 23.9% (36.0%)
10 5.3% (14.1%)
SBS 4.3% (8.4%)
Saturday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D13 WOMEN’S FINAL | Channel 9 | 849,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 784,000 |
| 3 | NINE NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 697,000 |
| 4 | ABC NEWS SATURDAY | ABC TV | 595,000 |
| 5 | DEATH IN PARADISE | ABC TV | 550,000 |
| 6 | 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D13 -WOMEN’S FINAL PRESENTATION | Channel 9 | 545,000 |
| 7 | 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D13 -WOMEN’S FINAL PRE MATCH | Channel 9 | 453,000 |
| 8 | CALL THE MIDWIFE | ABC TV | 396,000 |
| 9 | WEEKEND SUNRISE | Channel 7 | 262,000 |
| 10 | RBT | Channel 9 | 256,000 |
| 11 | 10 NEWS FIRST SATURDAY | Channel 10 | 244,000 |
| 12 | BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Channel 7 | 236,000 |
| 13 | HOLEY MOLEY AUSTRALIA – ROAD TO GLORY | Channel 7 | 224,000 |
| 14 | WEEKEND SUNRISE LATE | Channel 7 | 223,000 |
| 15 | M: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON | Channel 7 | 204,000 |
| 16 | SBS WORLD NEWS | SBS | 199,000 |
| 17 | WEEKEND SUNRISE EARLY | Channel 7 | 185,000 |
| 18 | NINE NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE | Channel 9 | 177,000 |
| 19 | WEEKEND TODAY | Channel 9 | 176,000 |
| 20 | WEEKEND TODAY LATE | Channel 9 | 170,000 |
Saturday TV ratings: Sports FTA and STV
Australian Open Day 13: TV ratings for breakout matches
Women’s Final
Naomi Osaka v Jennifer Brady (broadcast on Nine from 19:45-21:03)
1.143 million (Metro: 851,000 / Regional: 292,000)
Mixed Doubles Final
Mattek-Sands/Murray v Krejcikova/Mektic (broadcast on Nine from 21:58-22:51)
430,000 (Metro: 337,000 / Regional: 93,000)
Rugby League All Stars Men
Gem 129,000
Fox League 142,000
Rugby League All Stars Women
Gem 48,000
Fox League 47,000
A-League
Western United v Macarthur
ABC 48,000
Fox Sports 14,000
Sydney FC v Brisbane
Fox Sports 20,000
AFLW Fox Footy
Carlton v Richmond 49,000
Fremantle v Gold Coast 39,000
North Melbourne v Collingwood 34,000
