From June 29 to July 12, Suspilne Ukraine platforms — including the Suspilne Sport TV channel, website, and YouTube channel, and Suspilne’s network of local channels — broadcast Wimbledon, the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament played on grass. Suspilne’s platforms covered a large number of matches, including those featuring Ukrainian players, the semifinal matches of Marta Kostyuk and Polina Sklyar, and the tournament finals.
The Suspilne Sport TV channel and Suspilne’s local channels
According to research company Nielsen, Wimbledon 2026 coverage (matches, tournament previews, daily game reviews) on the Suspilne Sport channel together with Suspilne’s local channels was watched by over 1.9 million unique TV viewers aged 4+ (all of Ukraine)*. The total number of views of tournament events by TV viewers was 10.3 million.
The total duration of all Wimbledon tournament coverage on TV channels was 114 hours, of which nearly 103 hours were match broadcasts.
The average audience share for all matches (including replays) was 1.04% (audience 18+, cities of 50,000+), which was 30% higher than the average share for the Suspilne Sport TV channel in 2026.
The most-watched broadcast of the tournament was the semifinal match on July 9 between Marta Kostyuk and Linda Nosková of the Czech Republic (rat — 0.52%, shr — 2.18%, audience 18+ in cities with 50,000+ residents). The match was watched by 270,000 viewers (4+ audience, all of Ukraine).
Suspilne Sport website
On the additional video players of the Suspilne Sport web portal, broadcasts of Wimbledon tennis matches received 125,000 views.
Suspilne Sport YouTube Channel
On the Suspilne Sport YouTube channel, all videos related to Wimbledon 2026 (29 match-broadcast videos and short clips) received 1.6 million views from 419,000 unique viewers**.
Top 3 broadcasts by views:
- Marta Kostyuk – Nosková: LIVE MATCH BROADCAST / SEMIFINAL, Wimbledon 2026, tennis (July 9, 163,000 views);
- Marta Kostyuk – Kruger: LIVE MATCH BROADCAST / Wimbledon 2026, tennis, Round of 16 (July 6, 115,000 views);
- Marta Kostyuk – Navarro: LIVE MATCH BROADCAST / Wimbledon 2026, tennis, third round (July 4, 104,000 views).
Suspilne Sport’s Social Media Channels
Content related to Wimbledon on Suspilne Sport’s Instagram page received 1.6 million views, and on its Facebook page — 1.2 million.
Posts related to the Wimbledon tennis tournament on the Suspilne Sport Telegram channel garnered about 2.2 million views.
“Suspilne Sport broadcast the Wimbledon tournament for the first time, and one of our goals was not just to show the matches but to convey everything happening around them, all the emotions of the Ukrainian players and their opponents. Of course, this is a special tournament, and this year viewers had the opportunity to watch it across different platforms. That’s why having the Suspilne Sport team directly on the Wimbledon courts — from the tournament preview all the way to Marta Kostyuk’s semifinal — became even more important. We know what we’ll be working on throughout the year so that next season we can cover Wimbledon even better — all the matches, even more commentary, and even more content”, — says Oleksii Mandziy, head of Suspilne’s sports division.
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*The “all of Ukraine” TV viewership estimate is based on data from the Foundational Study “Television Audience of Ukraine” by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), regarding the ratio of TV audience size in cities of 50,000+/under 50,000 and viewership of events by the 4+ age audience (cities of 50,000+) in the TV panel.
**Digital platform figures are as of July 13, 2026.
