Tuesday 3 August 2010

A little late... but here are the closing statistics for those of you who like that sort of thing:

Aces - most
  • Men: John Isner 113 (from 1 match), Tomas Berdych 111 (from 7 matches)
  • Ladies: Serena Williams 89 (from 7 matches – a new Championship record)
Attendance
  • Overall attendance was 489,946, which is the second highest overall for 13 days in spite of the reduced capacity of 37,500. All time highest of 511,043 was set in 2009 with daily capacity of 40,000
  • Attendance on Sunday 4 July was 32,036, a record for the final Sunday. Attendance of 41,920 on Friday 25 June was also a day record.
Catering
  • Strawberries – up 12% to 31,360kg for the Fortnight
Fastest Serve
  • Men: Taylor Dent - 148 mph (new Championships record)
  • Ladies: Venus Williams - 128 mph (also holds the Championships record of 129mph set in 2008)
Longest match
  • John Isner (USA) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68
  • 11 hours 05 minutes duration
  • Final set lasted 491 minutes (8hrs11mins), 1hr 38mins longer than the previous longest match in tennis history.
  • 980 points played in total – Mahut won 502 and Isner 478 of them (Serena Williams won 789 points over seven rounds to win the Ladies’ Singles)
  • Isner served the most aces in a match – 113
  • 123 balls used
Merchandise
The top selling items in the Wimbledon Shop were:
  • 18,000 Yellow Mini Tennis Ball Keyrings
  • 13,000 Mens Championships Towels
  • 8,500 Ladies Championships Towels
  • 8,200 Crossed Rackets T Shirt (Mens, Ladies and Kids)
  • 8,000 Twin pack wristbands
  • 7,500 4 ball can of tennis balls
  • 7,400 5 inch tennis ball
Tennis Balls
  • 54,250 Slazenger balls used during the Fortnight
Viewing Figures (UK)
  • 29.3m people, 51% of the UK population, watched coverage of The Championships on BBC TV
  • Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final: Rafael Nadal’s victory over Tomas Berdych was watched by an average audience of 5.6m, peaking at 6.8m viewers, representing the second highest share over the last nine years at 44% (to last year's 50% share)
  • Serena Williams fourth Ladies’ Singles title (bt Vera Zvonareva) was watched by an average audience of 2.3m
  • Andy Murray's biggest audience was in the semi-final with an average of 5.6m, peaking at 7.1m
  • 250 hours were transmitted on BBC1, BBC2, and the HD Channel
  • 500 hours were transmitted via the Red Button
  • 150 countries received live Wimbledon coverage
Weather
  • Championships recorded as being without rain interruptions since 1922: 1931, 1976, 1977, 1993, 1995, 2010
wimbledon.org
  • 11.5m unique users
  • Visits 35.5m
  • Page views 307m
  • Wimbledon iPhone ‘App’ was downloaded some 850,000 times, +30% on 2009

That's it... all done for another year. If someone hasn't already done so, please can they switch off the lights (and shut the roof on their way out.). Thank you