---
title: "Search players"
method: POST
path: "/v1/search_players"
tags: ["Static reference"]
---

# Search players

`POST /v1/search_players`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://mcp.acesapi.com`
- URL: `https://mcp.acesapi.com/v1/search_players`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
  - HTTP bearer

Use to find a player's id. Search by name (accents optional) and/or country code (e.g. ITA); most-played first, with matches, last match and rank on the current list (null outside the top 100 to 150 listed). Tour: atp (default) or wta; on the shared endpoint pass league: "wta" for the WTA. Costs 1 credit.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string: Part of the player's name, e.g. "sinner".
  - `country` string: Three-letter country code, e.g. ESP.
  - `limit` integer: Max players (default 20).
  - `league` 'tennis' | 'wta': League. Defaults to tennis. One of: tennis, wta.

## Response `200`

The result, wrapped in data.

- object
  - `data` object, required
    - `tour` string, required
    - `players` object[], required
    - `count` number, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid arguments.
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `402`: Not enough credits.
- `429`: Rate limited.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/acesapi/apis/acesapi-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/acesapi/apis/acesapi-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/acesapi/apis/acesapi-api/revisions/01a182013f8b?raw)