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Chasing Roger Federer

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Source: Statista

The global tennis elite is currently meeting in Paris for the second Grand Slam tournament of the year. Having won 11 French Open titles in the past 14 years, Rafael Nadal once again is among the favorites on the French clay, but Novak Djokovic, world number one and winner of the past three Grand Slams went into Roland Garros with high hopes as well. If the Serbian were to win his second French Open title next Sunday, he would hold all four Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces at once, a feat that no one besides himself in 2015-16 has ever achieved.

Both Nadal and Djokovic are also playing for a place in the history books, as they’re trying to catch up with Roger Federer, who still leads them by 3 (Nadal) and 5 (Djokovic) career Grand Slam titles, respectively. The Swiss champion is also competing in Paris for the first time since 2015, possibly indicating that his remarkable career might be coming to an end sooner rather then later. Federer has won 20 Grand Slam titles so far, including one French Open title in 2009.

Which Football Leagues Draw the Biggest Crowds?

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Source: Statista

In many aspects the English Premier League (EPL) considers itself the best in the world, and rightly so. It is the most widely followed football league in the world, it has incredible financial resources, a handful of history-laden world class clubs and definitely the most entertaining line-up of managers, including the Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp. Sure, there is the nuisance of the world’s best (certainly most acclaimed) players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo stubbornly scoring their goals in Spain and Italy, respectively, but apart from that it’s hard to argue against the EPL.

There’s one aspect though in which the Premier League is beaten by another one of Europe’s “Big Five” football leagues and that is stadium attendance. According to a recent report published by the CIES Football Observatory, the average attendance at Premier League games between the 2013 and 2018 was 36,675. During the same period, matches of the German Bundesliga on average lured 43,302 people into the arenas. As opposed to the Premier League, the Bundesliga still allows unseated stands, which a) keeps ticket prices down and b) increases the average capacity of the stadiums.

As our chart illustrates, the Premier League does have the top-tier leagues from Spain, Italy and France easily beaten in terms of attendance, but as long as it keeps its strict seating policy in place, it probably won’t be able to challenge the German league in that respect. Considering that the lion’s share of the clubs’ earnings comes from TV rights anyway these days, it is doubtful that anyone within the EPL will be losing any sleep over this statistic though.