# Find a tennis player by name

**Use case:** 

Search the tour by name and get the player back with the identifier every other mode needs, plus country, gender and tour. The step before match history or statistics.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "days": 7,
  "tours": [
    "atp",
    "wta"
  ],
  "status": "any",
  "matchType": "all",
  "includeOdds": false,
  "includeStatistics": false,
  "includePointByPoint": false,
  "query": "Alcaraz",
  "rankingTour": "both",
  "rankingTop": 100,
  "includeDraw": false,
  "maxMatches": 500,
  "maxMatchesPerPlayer": 20,
  "maxMatchesPerTournament": 200,
  "concurrency": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "wtaDiscipline": "singles",
  "newestFirst": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "resultType": {
    "label": "Search result type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "ranking": {
    "label": "Ranking",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "tour": {
    "label": "Tour",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "useAs": {
    "label": "Use as",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Tennis Scraper & Scores API — ATP, WTA, Live, Stats](https://apify.com/lergassy/tennis-scores-api.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/lergassy/tennis-scores-api.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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