ESPN2’s Wimbledon Ratings Up

ESPN2 has averaged 407,000 households for nine hours of live coverage during its first three days of all-day coverage of Wimbledon: The Championships, the network said Friday.

The network added that its ratings for the tennis tournament so far are up 24% versus 2004’s coverage.

ESPN2 will air a total of 114 hours of Wimbledon coverage starting weekdays at 7 a.m. (EST) with one-hour Wake Up to Wimbledon, followed by up to nine hours of live play and nightly highlight shows.