# tennis-data

A skill that lets your coding agent pull ATP and WTA tournament scores, rankings, the season calendar, player profiles and news from ESPN public endpoints.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 719 installs · ★ 258
- Author: machina-sports
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/machina-sports/sports-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/tennis-data/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/tennis-data

## What it does

The skill exposes seven commands to the agent: `get_scoreboard` for current tournament scores, `get_rankings`, `get_calendar` for the season schedule, `get_player_info` and `get_news`. Two more, `get_wta_entry_list` and `get_wta_player_results`, read the public WTA API instead of ESPN.

Most commands need `--tour=atp` or `--tour=wta`. There is no default, so a call without an explicit tour will not work. For the year, the skill tells the agent to derive it from `currentDate` in the system prompt rather than hardcoding it. Under the hood it is a `sports-skills` CLI plus `references/api-reference.md`, which documents endpoints, ID conventions and response shapes.

Watch the split between the two data sources. The WTA commands take native WTA numeric ids for `tournament_id` and `player_id`, and ESPN ids from the rankings or scoreboard commands will not work there — there is no mapping between the two. Player results come back as a bounded window of recent matches, not a career history, and are dated by tournament start date. Per-match statistics are not available either: ESPN publishes no aces, double faults or break points, even for Grand Slam finals, so you get set scores only. Point-by-point live data is out of scope; scores refresh after each set or match.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add machina-sports/sports-skills --skill tennis-data -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/tennis-data/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/tennis-data/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add machina-sports/sports-skills --skill tennis-data -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/tennis-data/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add machina-sports/sports-skills --skill tennis-data -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/tennis-data/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install machina-sports/sports-skills tennis-data
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/tennis-data/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add machina-sports/sports-skills --skill tennis-data -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/machina-sports/sports-skills --path skills/tennis-data
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/tennis-data/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add machina-sports/sports-skills --skill tennis-data -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/machina-sports/sports-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/tennis-data/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check scores of ATP or WTA matches in progress
- pull the top of the rankings with points and trend
- find dates and surface for a tournament in the season calendar
- list singles players and doubles teams on a WTA entry list
- show a WTA player's most recent results grouped by tournament

## Example prompts
- What ATP matches are on right now?
- Show me the WTA rankings, top 20
- When is the French Open this year and what surface is it on?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: tennis-data
description: |
  ATP and WTA tennis data via ESPN public endpoints — tournament scores, season calendars, player rankings, player profiles, and news. Zero config, no API keys.

  Use when: user asks about tennis scores, match results, tournament draws, ATP/WTA rankings, tennis player info, tennis news, a WTA tournament's entry list, or a WTA player's match history.
  Don't use when: user asks about other sports — use football-data (soccer), nfl-data (NFL), nba-data (NBA), wnba-data (WNBA), nhl-data (NHL), mlb-data (MLB), golf-data (golf), cricket-data (cricket), cfb-data (college football), cbb-data (college basketball), or fastf1 (F1). For betting odds use polymarket or kalshi. For news use sports-news. Don't use for live point-by-point data — scores update after each set/match.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: machina-sports
  version: "0.1.0"
---

# Tennis Data (ATP + WTA)

Before writing queries, consult `references/api-reference.md` for endpoints, ID conventions, and data shapes.

## Quick Start

Prefer the CLI — it avoids Python import path issues:
```bash
sports-skills tennis get_scoreboard --tour=atp
sports-skills tennis get_rankings --tour=wta
sports-skills tennis get_calendar --tour=atp --year=2026
sports-skills tennis get_wta_entry_list --tournament_id=901 --year=2025
sports-skills tennis get_wta_player_results --player_id=320760 --year=2025 --limit=10
```

## CRITICAL: Before Any Query

CRITICAL: Before calling any data endpoint, verify:
- The `tour` parameter is specified (`atp` or `wta`) — there is no default.
- Year is derived from the system prompt's `currentDate` — never hardcoded.

## The `tour` Parameter

Most ESPN-backed commands require `--tour=atp` or `--tour=wta`:
- **ATP**: Men's professional tennis tour
- **WTA**: Women's professional tennis tour

If the user doesn't specify, ask which tour or show both by calling the command twice.

## Commands

| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| `get_scoreboard` | Live/recent tournament scores for a tour |
| `get_rankings` | ATP or WTA player rankings |
| `get_calendar` | Full season tournament calendar |
| `get_player_info` | Individual tennis player profile |
| `get_news` | Tennis news articles |
| `get_wta_entry_list` | WTA entry list (singles players and doubles teams) for one tournament edition — WTA API |
| `get_wta_player_results` | A WTA player's most recent match results (bounded window), newest first — WTA API |
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