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The U.S. Open smashed several records during the 2019 tournament, including attendance records.

The tournament's total three-week attendance surpassed 850,000 for the first time, with 853,227 attending the entirety of the event. The two weeks of the main draw saw a record 737,872 attendees, and when added to US Open fan week the total attendance surpassed 850,000 for the first time.

US Open Fan Week, from August 19 through August 25 set an all-time attendance record of 115,355. Arthur Ashe Stadium sold out 23 of 24 sessions during the main draw.

ESPN also had some record-breaking numbers for its telecasts of the event. ESPN’s coverage of the US Open was seen by an average of 1,275,000 viewers, up 23% from last year (1,038,000), ESPN’s most ever for the event. The previous best was 2015, ESPN’s first year of exclusivity and airing the entire tournament (1,265,000)

The most-watched telecast on ESPN this year was the women’s singles final on September 7 which earned a 2.0 rating and an average of 3,219,000 viewers.

Things went well for Eurosport as well, ratings-wise.

Eurosport garnered a 25% ratings increase on Eurosport 1 and 39% increase on Eurosport 2 during television coverage of the 2019 US Open along, with a 37% increase in minutes streamed and 22% increase in video views on Eurosport Player.

Other highlights:

USOpen.org and the US Open Mobile App, the tournament’s official digital properties developed and hosted by IBM, attracted more than 10 million unique visitors, 5 million of whom were from outside the United States, while US Open Now, the tournament’s new, digital-first live-streaming lifestyle channel, attracted 5.5 million viewers.

Total interactions and video views across the four major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube) topped 300 million for the first time.

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