Why Do The Tennis Channel Show all of the men Matches and not the women?

Question

Why Do The Tennis Channel Show all of the men Matches and not the women?

Answer 1

This is simple tv ratings.  Most likely, Neilson media polls in the past have shown that more people watch men's tennis.  Thus the reason men's tennis is shown more is to get a larger audience, so to sell commercial spots for greater amounts of money.

Personaly I like watching womens tennis.  Those little mini skirts are very nice, as are their tight shirts...

Answer 2

In my opinion the Tennis Channel does not show as many women matches because of television contracts. I suspect that most of the women's tournaments are contracted to Eurosport ergo they legally can't be shown on the Tennis Channel, at least not as many live matches which is why a lot of the time we see only the semi and finals live or with a tape delay. Lets hope this all changes and we get more live men's and women's matches in the future.

Answer 3

apart from the Williams sisters, most women's matches lack the power of Men's.

They still should show the women's, but it's a guy dominated channel, I suppose.

The only womens matches shown would be top players or cutest girls

Answer 4

Tennis Channel will show the later rounds of women's tournaments but not the early ones like with the men.  My theory on that is that there simply isn't enough competition in the early women's round to create dramatic, competitive matches.  They are mostly all blowouts and that isn't fun to watch.  Women's tennis still lacks the depth of men's so their early rounds are much less compelling or suspenseful.

Answer 5

Not just that, but why dont they show live matches period. I am so sick of tuning into "The Other Side With Leyton Hewitt" from 2005, or some taped match from months ago. There have been many live tournaments going on with both sexes, and TC or ESPN or anyone else have not shown it live. Tennis as usual, as always gets no respect. If The Golf Channel airs live rounds no matter what tiem of day, no reason why TC shouldnt.

Answer 6

I wondered the same thing myself. According to someone familiar with the programming decisions, the logic behind it is that women's tennis is lacking depth and early rounds are often uncompetitive.

Answer 7

its about the ratings

men's tennis is much fun to watch!

Answer 8

I think they shuld prolly do like 75% men and like 25% women,

it's true that men matches are more exciting