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H2H, PREDICTION Ryan Peniston vs Francesco Forti | Lugano Challenger odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Lugano Challenger. Peniston and Forti will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Lugano Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Mark Hall

22 March 2021

Prediction and head to head Ryan Peniston vs. Francesco Forti

Ryan Peniston and Francesco Forti will square off in the qualifications of the Lugano Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on CAMPO 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ryan Peniston who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ryan Peniston is the pick to win this match.
Ryan Peniston -> 1.52
Francesco Forti -> 2.46

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Prediction and head to head Ryan Peniston vs. Francesco Forti

There is no head to head record between Ryan Peniston and Francesco Forti since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Ryan Peniston

Ranked no. 370, the Brit got to the qualifications after beating Alessandro Bega 6-3 6-0.

In the qualifications, Ryan had a good straight sets win against Bega (6-3 6-0). During the match Peniston scored 64 points vs Bega’s 40. Ryan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Peniston struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ryan Peniston lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Peniston put 77% of his first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (5/12) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Bega 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Peniston has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (137-73). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Peniston has a 25-19 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

Peniston has a 10-5 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lugano Challenger

Ryan has never competed in this tournament before.

Lugano Challenger

Peniston's Record

Francesco Forti

Ranked no. 437, Francesco reached the qualifications after defeating Andrea Vavassori 6-3 7-5.

In the qualifications, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Vavassori (6-3 7-5). During the match Forti scored 80 points vs Vavassori’s 65. Forti was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Forti struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francesco Forti was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Forti broke Vavassori 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).

Forti’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Sultan.

The Italian has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Lugano Challenger

Forti's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Peniston	Forti
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	21
Pts	64-40	80-65
Total Points	104	145
Winners	31	27
%Winners	48%	34%

Both Peniston and Forti played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Peniston and Forti have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Peniston played 6 games less than Forti. The Brit scored 31 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Forti struck 27 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Peniston	Forti
Aces	6	5
Avg per match	6	5
1st in	41/53	33/53
%1st in	77%	62%
1st pts	31/41	27/33
%1st pts	76%	82%
2nd pts	5/12	14/20
%2nd pts	42%	70%

Peniston struck 6 aces . Forti blasted 5 aces . Peniston won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Forti won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Peniston	Forti
Won	5	3
Converted	5/12	3/14
% Converted	42%	21%
Conceded	5	1
Saved	4	1
% Saved	80%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

The Brit broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Peniston surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. Francesco was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

	Q1 Bega	Total
Peniston
Score	6-3 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	64-40	64-40
Total points	104	104
Winners	31	31
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	41/53	41/53
% 1st in	77%	77%
1st pts	31/41	31/41
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	5/12	5/12
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

	Q1 Vavassori	Total
Forti
Score	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	80-65	80-65
Total points	145	145
Winners	27	27
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	33/53	33/53
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	27/33	27/33
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	14/20	14/20
% 2nd pts	70%	70%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/14	3/14
Converted %	21%	21%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0