Ryan Peniston and Facundo Diaz Acosta will play each other in the quarter of the Prague 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.32
Ryan Peniston -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Ryan Peniston vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
There is no head to head record between Ryan Peniston and Facundo Diaz Acosta since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ryan Peniston
Ranked no. 351, the Brit reached the quarter after defeating Miljan Zekic 6-0 4-1 ret. and Uladzimir Ignatik 6-2 2-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Brit defeated Ignatik (6-2 2-6 6-3). During the match, Peniston scored 94 points vs Ignatik’s 86. Peniston was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Peniston wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he committed only 3 double faults. Ryan Peniston lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Peniston put 71% of his first serves in, winning 62% (46/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. Peniston broke Ignatik 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Peniston has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 66% of his matches (154-81). 2-0 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Peniston has an aggregate3-2 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Brit’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Heraklion.
Ryan has an overall 27-13 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 3 Challenger
Peniston has never competed in this tournament before.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
Ranked no. 429, the Argentine reached the quarter after beating Alexander Donski 4-6 6-2 7-5, Tiago Cacao 6-4 6-0, Matteo Donati 6-1 6-3 and Matija Pecotic 6-3 7-67.
In the 2nd round, Diaz had a good straight sets win against Pecotic (6-3 7-67). During the match Diaz scored 73 points vs Pecotic’s 68. Facundo was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Diaz made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Facundo Diaz Acosta was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Argentine broke Pecotic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Diaz started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Facundo’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Prostejov.
The Argentine has a compiled 30-18 win-loss record in 2021, 23-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Peniston | Diaz |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 4 |
Tot Set | 6 | 9 |
Tot Games | 36 | 84 |
Pts | 143-108 | 291-233 |
Total Points | 251 | 524 |
Winners | 60 | 102 |
%Winners | 42% | 35% |
Peniston played 2 matches while Diaz competed in 4 matches. Diaz started his run from the qualifications while Peniston had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Ryan Peniston surrendered 1 set, while Facundo Diaz Acosta lost 1 set. Peniston has played 3 set(s) less than Diaz (6 vs 9). Therefore, Peniston played 48 games less than Diaz. The Brit scored 60 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Facundo struck 102 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Peniston | Diaz |
---|---|---|
Aces | 0 | 13 |
Avg per match | 0 | 3.3 |
1st in | 92/136 | 140/260 |
%1st in | 68% | 54% |
1st pts | 60/92 | 102/140 |
%1st pts | 65% | 73% |
2nd pts | 23/44 | 65/120 |
%2nd pts | 52% | 54% |
Peniston didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Diaz blasted 13 aces (3.3 per match). Peniston won 65% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Diaz won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Peniston | Diaz |
---|---|---|
Won | 9 | 20 |
Converted | 9/21 | 20/31 |
% Converted | 43% | 65% |
Conceded | 14 | 24 |
Saved | 10 | 16 |
% Saved | 71% | 67% |
Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
The Brit broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Ryan lost his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Facundo broke his opponents 20 times with a 65% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
Peniston | ||||
R1 Zekic |
R2 Ignatik |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-0 4-1 ret. | 6-2 2-6 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 11 | 25 | 36 | |
pts | 49-22 | 94-86 | 143-108 | |
Total points | 71 | 180 | 251 | |
Winners | 14 | 46 | 60 | |
%Winners | 29% | 49% | 42% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
1st in | 18/32 | 74/104 | 92/136 | |
% 1st in | 56% | 71% | 68% | |
1st pts | 14/18 | 46/74 | 60/92 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 62% | 65% | |
2nd pts | 11/14 | 12/30 | 23/44 | |
% 2nd pts | 79% | 40% | 52% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
Converted | 4/9 | 5/12 | 9/21 | |
Converted % | 44% | 42% | 43% | |
Conceded | 0 | 14 | 14 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 10/14 | 10 | |
Saved % | – | 71% | 36% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Diaz | ||||||
Q1 Donski |
Q3 Cacao |
R1 Donati |
R2 Pecotic |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 4-6 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 7-67 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
Tot Games | 30 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 84 | |
pts | 96-87 | 60-38 | 62-40 | 73-68 | 291-233 | |
Total points | 183 | 98 | 102 | 141 | 524 | |
Winners | 36 | 21 | 18 | 27 | 102 | |
%Winners | 38% | 35% | 29% | 37% | 35% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
1st in | 49/87 | 29/51 | 25/51 | 37/71 | 140/260 | |
% 1st in | 56% | 57% | 49% | 52% | 54% | |
1st pts | 36/49 | 21/29 | 18/25 | 27/37 | 102/140 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 72% | 72% | 73% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 20/38 | 10/22 | 16/26 | 19/34 | 65/120 | |
% 2nd pts | 53% | 45% | 62% | 56% | 54% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | |
Converted | 5/11 | 6/6 | 5/7 | 4/7 | 20/31 | |
Converted % | 45% | 100% | 71% | 57% | 65% | |
Conceded | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |
Saved | 2/5 | 1/3 | 6/7 | 7/9 | 16 | |
Saved % | 40% | 33% | 86% | 78% | 119% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Head 2 Head
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