Tennis Point-by-Point Dataset — ATP, WTA, Challenger, ITF (Public Sample)

Point-by-point score sequences for professional tennis, recorded live by Live Tennis API since January 2023 across ATP, WTA, Challenger and ITF events. This record is a public sample of the full dataset, which is available free of charge for non-commercial academic research and teaching on application (research@livetennisapi.com).

Files: matches.csv.gz — all 173,571 completed matches from 2023-01-01 to 2026-08-13 (a 7-day embargo applies): tournament, tier, surface, round, best-of, scheduled time (UTC) and players. players.csv.gz — 32,678 players with stable IDs, country, birth date, handedness, and a crosswalk to Jeff Sackmann's open datasets. points_sample_2026-06.csv.gz — all 951,064 live-observed point-level score states for the 5,380 point-covered completed matches of June 2026, in capture order with UTC timestamps. README.md and DATA_DICTIONARY.md document every column, the provenance model (this sample contains live-observed rows only) and the known limitations.

Roughly 75% of tracked matches have point-level coverage; gaps, mid-match tape starts and vendor truncations are documented rather than hidden. No point data exists before January 2023. Serve speed, serve direction and shot-level data are not included.

Access to the full dataset: email research@livetennisapi.com from an institutional address with one paragraph on your research and the data you need. Conditions: non-commercial research and teaching only, no redistribution of raw data, citation required.