ESPN Sports Poll: How Interested Are You In The French Open?

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The ESPN Sports Poll, a service of TNS Sport, asked sports fans how interested they were in last year's French Open. Ahead of this weekend's French Open finals, the chart below shows figures from respondents who were at least a little bit interested and very interested in the '08 French Open compared to '07 among gender and fan segments. Also provided are ATP and WTA interest levels among the U.S. Pop. for '08. Data was collected during May and June of '08 and '07 (ESPN Sports Poll).

Demographic

U.S. Pop. (n = 11,979)

ATP Fan Level

30.0%

ATP Avid Fan Level

5.4%

WTA Fan Level

32.0%

WTA Avid Fan Level

6.0%

INTEREST IN '08 FRENCH OPEN

Level of Interest

Sports Fans
(n = 2,040)

Males
(n = 1,052)

Females
(n = 988)

ATP Fans
(n = 687)

WTA Fans
(n = 670)

Interested

30.5%

31.8%

29.2%

72.6%

71.5%

Very Interested

6.4%

5.2%

7.8%

18.1%

18.2%

INTEREST IN '07 FRENCH OPEN

Level of Interest

Sports Fans
(n = 492)

Males
(n = 253)

Females
(n = 239)

ATP Fans
(n = 155)

WTA Fans
(n = 172)

Interested

25.3%

24.6%

26.0%

60.1%

59.9%

Very Interested

3.1%

3.5%

2.6%

9.4%

8.1%

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