Andy Murray Wimbledon final 'watched by a third of Scots'

Andy Murray's defeat to Roger Federer in Sunday's Wimbledon final was watched by a peak audience of 1.7 million viewers in Scotland, according to overnight figures.

The figure represents about a third of the Scottish population.

During the match the average Scottish audience was 1.3 million, which represents a 72.2% share of the audience, BBC Scotland said.

A peak audience of 16.9 million viewers tuned in to the final across the UK.

That made it the second most watched programme this year so far based on peak figures, behind England vs Italy in Euro 2012.

The highest average figure for a Wimbledon final was 17.3 million when Bjorn Borg beat John McEnroe in 1980.

Once HD and 3D simulcasts are included in Sunday's UK figures, the five-minute peak was 17m.

Federer beat Scottish star Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday. Murray has now lost all four of his grand slam finals.

He became the first British man in 74 years to reach the Wimbledon singles final but could not overcome the powerful Swiss.

He struggled to hold back the tears after his defeat and said later that there was no shame in losing to Federer, who has now won the Wimbledon title a record-equalling seven times.

Victory for Federer means he has now won 17 Grand Slams and returned to number one in the world rankings.

England's Euro 2012 football quarter final against Italy in June attracted an average audience of 20.3m viewers on the BBC, with a peak of 23.2m.

Another England match against Ukraine in the group stages of Euro 2012 - this time shown on ITV1 - was the third most-watched, with an audience of 16.3 million.