Livetennisapi MCP

MCP server for the Live Tennis API. Give Claude, Cursor, Zed or any MCP client live tennis scores, players and fixtures - for ATP, WTA, Challenger, ITF and juniors. Odds, rankings, match statistics, charting and model win-probability tools are included, and require the PRO and ULTRA plans. Its 24 documented tools cover match, archive, matches, player.

People connecting API integration tools to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-23 · ★ 191 · #14 OF 250 MAINTAINED API INTEGRATION · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Livetennisapi MCP

before you install - you'll need

Set LIVETENNISAPI_KEY before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add livetennisapi-livetennisapi-mcp --transport http https://mcp.livetennisapi.com/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "livetennisapi-livetennisapi-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.livetennisapi.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://mcp.livetennisapi.com/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-08-25

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions · remote - your agent's requests go to mcp.livetennisapi.com

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

repo age created 2026-07-18 - young repo, little track record yet

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package livetennisapi-mcp - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.livetennisapi is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Livetennisapi MCP can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can find players by name, and archive bios - hand, DOB, career-high rank.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Livetennisapi MCP lets an agent do.

read & search

9 tools - e.g. Matches in progress, with live scores; Matches starting soon; Find players by name

get_live_matches · get_upcoming_matches · search_players · get_fixtures · search_tournaments · get_tournament…

Match

8 tools - e.g. Full detail for one match; Current score only - fastest read; One archive result, with serve stats where the era recorded them

get_match · get_match_score · get_archive_match · get_match_events · get_match_odds · get_match_statistics…

Player

3 tools - e.g. Profile, ranking, country, handedness; Point-in-time ranking records for specific players, as of any date; Career shot-level profile from the Match Charting Project

get_player · get_player_rankings · get_charting_player

Limitations (from the README)

- Read-only. Every tool is a GET; nothing here can modify anything. - Your key stays local with the stdio server. It is read from the environment by the server process on your machine and sent only to api.livetennisapi.com. - Requires Node 20+.

Latest releases

v1.4.0 · 2026-08-07

Five new read-only tools (19 → 24): · get_rankings (PRO) - the full published ranking table in rank order for one system (atp, wta, itf_jt, itf_mt, itf_wt), the newest week at or before as_of. Listing rows carry…

v1.3.0 · 2026-08-03

Seven new read-only tools (12 → 19): search_tournaments, get_tournament, search_archive_matches, get_archive_match, search_archive_players, get_archive_career, get_h2h - covering the tournaments catalogue (FREE), the…

v1.2.3 · 2026-08-02

FREE tier in the Plans table; MCPB manifest and registry server.json re-synced to the package version (were 1.0.4 / 1.2.2); livetennisapi SDK floor raised to ^1.2.0; tier-wall answer points at the in-place upgrade…

04 · Who maintains Livetennisapi MCP

livetennisapi-mcp is maintained by livetennisapi. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jul 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/livetennisapi/livetennisapi-mcp
website: https://livetennisapi.com/
category: API integration - ranked #14 of 250 actively-maintained API integration servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-07)
registry: io.github.livetennisapi/livetennisapi-mcp (active, first published 2026-07-19 · 10 versions)
packages: npm:livetennisapi-mcp

06 · Livetennisapi MCP FAQ

Is Livetennisapi MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-23 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Livetennisapi MCP do?

With this server connected, an agent can find players by name, and archive bios - hand, DOB, career-high rank.

How do I install Livetennisapi MCP?

Run `npx -y livetennisapi-mcp`. The README documents one environment variable (LIVETENNISAPI_KEY) to set first. Set LIVETENNISAPI_KEY before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Livetennisapi MCP require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-08-25; you can connect without credentials.

07 · Alternatives to Livetennisapi MCP

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