Max Purcell and Ryan Peniston will face off in the 2nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.63
Ryan Peniston -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Ryan Peniston

This will be the 2nd time that Max Purcell and Ryan Peniston face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Purcell (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Purcell won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Drummondville Challenger back in 2020.

Max Purcell

Ranked no. 189 (career-high), Max got to the 2nd round after beating James Tracy 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round, Purcell had a good straight sets win against Tracy (6-3 6-2). During the match, Purcell scored 53 points vs Tracy’s 33. Max was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Purcell struck 5 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Max Purcell lost the serve once. Furthermore, Purcell put 76% of his first serves in, winning 81% (25/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. Max was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Tracy 5 times.

Purcell has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (171-129). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has a compiled9-10 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in the Nur-Sultan 3 Challenger where he defeated Jay Clarke in the final 3-6 6-4 7-6(6).

Purcell has an overall 18-13 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Max has never competed in this tournament before.

Columbus Challenger
Purcell's Record

Ryan Peniston

Ranked no. 309 (career-high), Ryan reached the 2nd round after defeating Jason Jung 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, Peniston had a good straight sets win against Jung (6-3 6-4). During the match Peniston scored 57 points vs Jung’s 48. The Brit was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Peniston made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ryan Peniston was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Jung twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Peniston’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion and the Prague 3 Challenger.

Peniston has a composed 35-16 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Columbus Challenger
Peniston's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Purcell
R.Peniston
Time on court​
!
1h:16
1h:16
!
Last match​
1h:16
1h:16
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
19
19
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
0
0
Total points​
57
57
0
0
Avg point​
57
57
0
0
Winners
31
31
0
0
Avg Winners​
31
31
0%
0%
Ratio winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
4
4
0
0
Avg Aces
4
4
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
0/0
0/0
1st won total​
31/41
31/41
!
0%
0%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
0/0
0/0
2nd won total​
14/21
14/21
!
0%
0%
2nd won %
!
67%
67%
-- Break Points --
0/0
0/0
BP won
2/3
2/3
0/0
0/0
Avg BP won
2/3
2/3
!
0%
0%
Won
!
67%
67%
0
0
Conceded
1
1
0
0
Avg Conceded
1
1
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
0
0
Saved
1
1
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Purcell Peniston
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 19
Pts 53-33 57-48
Total Points 86 105
Winners 25 31
%Winners 47% 54%

Both Purcell and Peniston played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Purcell and Peniston have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Purcell played 2 games less than Peniston. The Australian scored 25 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Peniston bagged 31 winners (54%).

Serve Performance

Serve Purcell Peniston
Aces 5 4
Avg per match 5 4
1st in 31/41 41/62
%1st in 76% 66%
1st pts 25/31 31/41
%1st pts 81% 76%
2nd pts 5/10 14/21
%2nd pts 50% 67%

Purcell struck 5 aces . Peniston blasted 4 aces . Purcell won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Peniston won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Purcell Peniston
Won 5 2
Converted 5/5 2/3
% Converted 100% 67%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0 1
% Saved 0% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Max lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Peniston was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Purcell
R1
Tracy		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 53-33 53-33
Total points 86 86
Winners 25 25
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 31/41 31/41
% 1st in 76% 76%
1st pts 25/31 25/31
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 5/10 5/10
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/5 5/5
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1
Peniston
R1
Jung		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 57-48 57-48
Total points 105 105
Winners 31 31
%Winners 54% 54%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 41/62 41/62
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 31/41 31/41
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 14/21 14/21
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/3 2/3
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger

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