Dokic earns highest television ratings

Jelena Dokic's stunning performance in the tournament has prompted unprecedented interest around the host country.

Jelena Dokic's stunning performance in the tournament has prompted unprecedented interest around the host country.

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Dokic has been a ratings winner for Channel 7 and she's become the night-time queen on Rod Laver Arena because of her pulling power with TV audiences.

Channel 7 has been keen to push the scheduling of Dokic at night on the showcase court to maximise prime-time ratings.

A national audience nearing three million viewers is tipped for her quarter-final match with no cricket being televised on rival network Channel 9.

Dokic's first four matches of the Open have generated peak audiences of about two million viewers.

Her fourth-round clash against Alisa Kleybanova attracted 2.3 million viewers.