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Tennis players dominate Google's list of most-searched athletes worldwide

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams held the top three global spots, with Carlos Alcaraz also among the Top 10 names, according to the search engine's annual report.

ByKamakshi Tandon

Published Dec 08, 2022

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Tennis dominated this year's most-searched athletes on Google, with Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams holding the top three global spots and Carlos Alcaraz also among the Top 10 names.

The sport's top players were also frequently among their country's most popular searches, according to the company's annual Year In Search report. Serena was the No. 10 top search in the United States, while Nadal and Alcaraz respectively landed No. 4 and No. 6 among the top searches in Spain. Ashleigh Barty ranked No. 8 in Australia, and Dominic Thiem was No. 5 for Austrian searches.

In Switzerland, Djokovic was the fourth top search, while Roger Federer was No. 1 and Martina Hingis No. 5 among people from the country.

Djokovic was also among the most searched people in Germany (No. 5) and Italy (No. 6), with Boris Becker also ranking at No. 4 in Germany and Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini coming in at No. 4 and No. 6 in Italy, respectively. In Norway, Casper Ruud was the second most-searched athlete during a season in which he became its most successful tennis player.

Tennis players also made up five of the Top 10 most-searched Aussies in Australia, and Thiem was the top Austrian searched for in Austria.

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The 2022 US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz was among the Top 10 most-searched athletes in the world, according to Google.

Meanwhile, tennis events were not as frequently featured as usual—except for the Australian Open, which was second among top searches in Australia and among the Top 5 in a number of other nations.

The results reflect significant search interest in the controversy surrounding Djokovic being denied a medical exemption to enter Australia while not vaccinated against coronavirus, as well as in prominent retirements such as those of Williams, Federer and Barty.

Only selected data was released by Google. The search rankings for several countries, including France, Serbia, Croatia, China and Russia were not provided.

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