Even with the Tennis, Nine News (1st – 1,135,000) scraped a win ahead of Seven News (2nd – 1,131,000). Interesting that the split coding is already happening for ratings purposes on Channel 7, if only to separate the Hewitt & Williams games to differentiate audiences. It was all Tennis after 7pm, setting Ch7 up for a big win in coming nights too. Neighbours crept up over the 300,00 mark for the first time in 2012 over on the digitial multi-channels, making it the highest rating program for the night for Eleven.

Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: A Current Affair – Ch9
7:00pm: Seven’s Tennis: 2012 Aust Open – Day 2 Night Session – Ch7
7:30pm: Seven’s Tennis: 2012 Aust Open – Day 2 Night Session – Ch7
8:30pm: Seven’s Tennis: 2012 Aust Open – Day 2 Night Session – Ch7
9:30pm: Seven’s Tennis: 2012 Aust Open – Day 2 Night Session – Ch7

Channel 7 won the night (26.8%), followed by Channel 9 (16.6%), Channel 10 (14.1%) & ABC1 (10.2%).