Ohanian: "Women’s sports are just getting started" "The numbers came in and more Americans watched the women’s US Open final than the men"

Rennae Stubbs praised Alexis Ohanian, the husband of Serena Williams, for highlighting the audience figures for the women's final of the US Open.

On the 50th anniversary of equal prize money at the US Open, viewership data for the women's final between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka was released, along with data for the men's final between Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev.

According to official data, the men's match had a viewership of 2.321 million in the United States, while the women's final had 3.422 million people watching Coco Gauff's victory. This translates to a 47% increase in viewers for the women's match compared to the men's match.

The figures were highlighted on social media by Alexis Ohanian, the husband of 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, who also praised her sister Venus Williams and the American legend Billie Jean King for their roles in achieving these numbers:

“The numbers came in and more Americans watched the women’s US Open final than the men. This has consistently happened in tennis. Every single US Open Final, more Americans watch the women than the men,” said Ohanian in an Instagram video.

“Now obviously Serena and Venus had a lot to do with that,” he added.

“Great women athletes, for a very long time, laboring under horrible conditions, unfair pay, but let’s unpack it some more. The US Open is a rare case study of a women’s and men’s tournament, played at the same time, that are now, thanks to a lot of great work by Billie Jean King, providing equal pay equal marketing support, equal stakes, equal everything,” Ohanian concluded on his video.

Serena Williams' former coach Rennae Stubbs agreed with Ohanian's remarks and sent him a message through her own Instagram stories, sharing the video:

“I love you @alexisohanian,” she wrote on her Instagram story, adding a heart emoji.