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updatedAt: 2026-07-28T08:19:34.000Z
agentTools:
  siteIndex: https://developer.sportradar.com/llms.txt
  projectIndex: https://developer.sportradar.com/tennis/llms.txt
---

# Season Competitors

Displays a listing of all competitors with respective IDs that compete in a given season.

<Callout icon="⏱️" theme="default">
  ### Update Frequency

  **TTL/Cache:** 300 seconds

  **Data Updates (Tier 1):**

  * Tournaments added at the end of the previous season
  * Player Data check two weeks before competition start
</Callout>

> 📘 Building Brackets
>
> Learn how to use Season Competitors to load a draw's entry list in our [Building Brackets](https://developer.sportradar.com/tennis/docs/tennis-ig-bracket-building) integration scenario.

***

## Data Points

<Accordion title="Competitor" icon="fa-thin fa-tennis-ball">
  > Competitors can be a player, a doubles team, or a national team

  | Attribute      | Parent Element | Type   | Description                                                                                                               |
  | -------------- | -------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `abbreviation` | `competitor`   | String | Abbreviation for a competitor name<br /><br />ex. `PAU` (Tommy Paul) or `G/M` ('Glasspool L / Middelkoop M' doubles team) |
  | `id`           | `competitor`   | String | Unique ID for a competitor<br /><br />ex. `sr:competitor:138546`                                                          |
  | `name`         | `competitor`   | String | Name for a competitor<br /><br />ex. `Paul, Tommy` or `Glasspool L / Middelkoop M` (doubles team)                         |
  | `short_name`   | `competitor`   | String | ex. `Paul, Tommy` or `Glasspool L / Middelkoop M` (doubles team)                                                          |
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Player" icon="fa-thin fa-tennis-ball">
  > Competitors will appear under a `players` node when part of a doubles competition.

  | Attribute      | Parent Element                      | Type   | Description                                                          |
  | -------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `abbreviation` | `competitor` - `players` - `player` | String | Abbreviation for a competitor name<br /><br />ex. `PAU` (Tommy Paul) |
  | `country`      | `competitor` - `players` - `player` | String | Country of a competitor<br /><br />ex. `USA`                         |
  | `country_code` | `competitor` - `players` - `player` | String | Country code of a competitor<br /><br />ex. `USA`                    |
  | `id`           | `competitor` - `players` - `player` | String | Unique ID for a competitor<br /><br />ex. `sr:competitor:138546`     |
  | `name`         | `competitor` - `players` - `player` | String | Name for a competitor<br /><br />ex. `Paul, Tommy`                   |
</Accordion>

# OpenAPI definition

```json
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  "info": {
    "title": "tennis",
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  },
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    {
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    }
  ],
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      }
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    {
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    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/{access_level}/v3/{language_code}/seasons/{season_id}/competitors.{format}": {
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        "summary": "Season Competitors",
        "description": "Displays a listing of all competitors with respective IDs that compete in a given season.",
        "operationId": "season-competitors",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "access_level",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "The access level of your API key<br><br>`trial`, `production`",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "trial",
                "production"
              ],
              "default": "trial"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "language_code",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Language code for supported languages.<br><br>de (German), en (English), en_us (English with diacritical marks in player names), es (Spanish), fr (French), id (Indonesian), it (Italian), ja (Japanese), ru (Russian), th (Thai), zh (Chinese - simplified), zht (Chinese - traditional)<br><br>The above codes are the fully supported languages for this API. Click <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">[here](https://api-docs.sportradar.us/misc/Sportradar_API_Languages.xlsx)</span> for valid language codes and a tabular list of available languages per competition.",
            "schema": {
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                "es",
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                "it",
                "ja",
                "ru",
                "th",
                "zh",
                "zht"
              ],
              "default": "en"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "season_id",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Unique Id of a season, found in the <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">[Seasons](https://developer.sportradar.com/tennis/reference/seasons)</span> endpoint<br><br>**Note:** The API provides a maximum of 3 seasons per competition — 2 previous seasons and 1 current season.<br><br>**Example:** `sr:season:107797`",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "default": "sr:season:120983"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "format",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Format returned<br><br>`json`, `xml`",
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              ],
              "default": "json"
            },
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                  }
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                          "id": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "string"
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                          "name": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "string"
                          },
                          "players": {
                            "type": "array",
                            "items": {
                              "type": "object",
                              "properties": {
                                "abbreviation": {
                                  "type": "string",
                                  "example": "string"
                                },
                                "country": {
                                  "type": "string",
                                  "example": "string"
                                },
                                "country_code": {
                                  "type": "string",
                                  "example": "string"
                                },
                                "date_of_birth": {
                                  "type": "string",
                                  "example": "2023-04-26"
                                },
                                "gender": {
                                  "type": "string",
                                  "example": "female"
                                },
                                "height": {
                                  "type": "integer",
                                  "example": 0,
                                  "default": 0
                                },
                                "id": {
                                  "type": "string",
                                  "example": "string"
                                },
                                "name": {
                                  "type": "string",
                                  "example": "string"
                                },
                                "nationality": {
                                  "type": "string",
                                  "example": "string"
                                },
                                "weight": {
                                  "type": "integer",
                                  "example": 0,
                                  "default": 0
                                }
                              }
                            }
                          },
                          "short_name": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "string"
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
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}
```