Nearly four times as much online abuse aimed at players during the first half of Wimbledon was detected compared to the same period in 2024, according to data shared exclusively with the BBC.
There were 1,902 abusive pieces of content sent to players on public-facing accounts and reported to the relevant platforms by the Threat Matrix monitoring system, compared to 511 in the corresponding week of last year’s tournament.
Initial data gathered up to the quarter-final stage also suggests that the three most targeted players at the Championships were male, whereas last year two of the top three were female.
After losing in the men’s final on Sunday, Carlos Alcaraz said he experiences “cruel” abuse on social media, while women’s singles runner-up Amanda Anisimova told BBC Sport she was “scared” to go on her phone after her 6-0 6-0 defeat by Iga Swiatek on Saturday.
