Ryan Peniston and Otto Virtanen will clash against each other in the quarter of the Surbiton Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.59
Otto Virtanen -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Ryan Peniston vs. Otto Virtanen

This will be the 2^nd time that Ryan Peniston and Otto Virtanen face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Peniston (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they squared off, Peniston won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in the Sultan 2 Challenger back in 2021.

Ryan Peniston

Ranked no. 196 (career-high), the Brit got to the quarter after beating Adrian Mannarino 2-6 6-1 6-4 and Jack Draper 6-7⁹ 7-5 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Draper, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁹ 7-5 6-4). During the match, Peniston scored 129 points vs Draper’s 120. Ryan was extremely aggressive to blast 63 winners.

Talking about the service games, Peniston scored 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ryan Peniston lost the serve 3 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Peniston put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (63/91) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (20/43) on the 2nd serve. Ryan broke Draper 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ryan has lost 2 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Peniston has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (191-101). 2-0 on grass in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Peniston has a composed6-7 match record in the last 6 years on grass.

Peniston’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Loughborough and the Ostrava Challenger.

Ryan has an overall 17-10 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Surbiton Challenger

Otto Virtanen

Ranked no. 376, Virtanen reached the quarter after beating Tim Van Rijthoven 6-3 3-6 7-5

, Marius Copil 6-4 6-1, Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3 7-6⁵ and Paul Jubb 2-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 2^nd round against Jubb, Otto recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Virtanen scored 86 points vs Jubb’s 82. The Finn was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Virtanen blasted 9 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 58% of his first serves in, winning 82% (40/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Otto broke Jubb twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Otto started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Finn’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.

Virtanen has a composed 21-12 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Peniston	Virtanen
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	6	10
Tot Games	60	98
Pts	214-195	307-272
Total Points	409	579
Winners	98	154
%Winners	46%	50%

Peniston played 2 matches while Virtanen competed in 4 matches. Virtanen 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 conceded 2 sets, while Otto Virtanen conceded 2 sets. Peniston has played 4 set(s) less than Virtanen (6 vs 10). Therefore, Peniston played 38 games less than Virtanen. Peniston scored 98 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn struck 154 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Peniston	Virtanen
Aces	12	47
Avg per match	6	11.8
1st in	146/219	187/295
%1st in	67%	63%
1st pts	98/146	154/187
%1st pts	67%	82%
2nd pts	37/73	58/108
%2nd pts	51%	54%

Peniston bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Virtanen scored 47 aces (11.8 per match). Peniston won 67% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 82% 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	Virtanen
Won	9	8
Converted	9/21	8/23
% Converted	43%	35%
Conceded	23	17
Saved	17	14
% Saved	74%	82%
Times Broken	6	3

The Brit broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Peniston surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. The Finn broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. Virtanen conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Peniston
	R1 Mannarino	R2 Draper	Total
Score	2-6 6-1 6-4	6-79 7-5 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	25	35	60
pts	85-75	129-120	214-195
Total points	160	249	409
Winners	35	63	98
%Winners	41%	49%	46%
SERVE
Aces	5	7	12
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	55/85	91/134	146/219
% 1st in	65%	68%	67%
1st pts	35/55	63/91	98/146
% 1st pts	64%	69%	67%
2nd pts	17/30	20/43	37/73
% 2nd pts	57%	47%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/9	5/12	9/21
Converted %	44%	42%	43%
Conceded	7	16	23
Saved	4/7	13/16	17
Saved %	57%	81%	69%
Times Broken	3	3	6

Virtanen
	Q1 Van Rijthoven	Q3 Copil	R1 Kokkinakis	R2 Jubb	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 7-5	6-4 6-1	6-3 7-65	2-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	2	3	10
Tot Games	30	17	22	29	98
pts	95-89	56-38	70-63	86-82	307-272
Total points	184	94	133	168	579
Winners	45	25	44	40	154
%Winners	47%	45%	63%	47%	50%
SERVE
Aces	15	5	18	9	47
Double Faults	5	3	1	7	16
1st in	57/87	29/49	52/74	49/85	187/295
% 1st in	66%	59%	70%	58%	63%
1st pts	45/57	25/29	44/52	40/49	154/187
% 1st pts	79%	86%	85%	82%	82%
2nd pts	17/30	13/20	10/22	18/36	58/108
% 2nd pts	57%	65%	45%	50%	54%
Breaks
Won	2	3	1	2	8
Converted	2/10	3/4	1/4	2/5	8/23
Converted %	20%	75%	25%	40%	35%
Conceded	6	2	4	5	17
Saved	5/6	2/2	4/4	3/5	14
Saved %	83%	100%	100%	60%	172%
Times Broken	1	0	0	2	3

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