Vasek Pospisil and Ryan Peniston will clash against each other in the quarter of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vasek Pospisil who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vasek Pospisil is the pick to win this match.
Vasek Pospisil -> 1.87
Ryan Peniston -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Vasek Pospisil vs. Ryan Peniston
There is no head to head record between Vasek Pospisil and Ryan Peniston since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Vasek Pospisil
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-11 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-14 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-22 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 35-10 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 8-19 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 188, Vasek got to the quarter after beating Nishesh Basavareddy 7-5 2-6 7-5 and James Tracy 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Tracy (6-3 6-4). During the match, Pospisil scored 70 points vs Tracy’s 68. The Canadian was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pospisil blasted 4 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Vasek Pospisil conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Pospisil put 55% of his first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (19/41) on the 2nd serve. Pospisil broke Tracy twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Pospisil has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (261-204). 7-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pospisil has an overall 108-53 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Canadian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Koblenz Challenger.
Pospisil has a compiled 9-10 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Pospisil has never competed in this tournament before.
Ryan Peniston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-20 | 8-12 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-29 | 20-12 | 1-8 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-26 | 4-8 | 5-4 | 13-9 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-23 | 25-9 | 12-4 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 219, Ryan got to the quarter after beating Bernard Tomic 3-1 ret. and Tennys Sandgren 7-60 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Peniston had a good straight sets win against Sandgren (7-60 6-1). During the match Peniston scored 80 points vs Sandgren’s 57. Ryan was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Peniston struck 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Ryan Peniston was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Peniston broke Sandgren 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Winnipeg Challenger where he beat Leandro Riedi in the final 6-4 4-6 6-4.
Ryan has an overall 22-22 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pospisil | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 24 |
| Pts | 173-162 | 100-72 |
| Total Points | 335 | 172 |
| Winners | 79 | 36 |
| %Winners | 46% | 36% |
Both Pospisil and Peniston played 2 matches. At the moment, Vasek Pospisil conceded 1 set while Ryan Peniston hasn’t dropped a set so far. Pospisil has played 1 set more than Peniston (5 vs 4). Therefore, Pospisil played 27 games more than Peniston. The Canadian scored 79 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Ryan scored 36 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pospisil | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 107/183 | 46/81 |
| %1st in | 58% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 79/107 | 36/46 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 38/76 | 22/35 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 63% |
Pospisil managed to score 17 aces (8.5 per match). Peniston fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Pospisil won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Peniston won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pospisil | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 38% | 67% |
| Conceded | 12 | 4 |
| Saved | 9 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Vasek broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Vasek surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponents 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Ryan conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pospisil | ||||
| R1 Basavareddy |
R2 Tracy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-6 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 | 51 | |
| pts | 103-94 | 70-68 | 173-162 | |
| Total points | 197 | 138 | 335 | |
| Winners | 42 | 37 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 53% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 4 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 56/91 | 51/92 | 107/183 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 55% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 37/51 | 79/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 19/41 | 38/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 46% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/6 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 4/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 100% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Peniston | ||||
| R1 Tomic |
R2 Sandgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-1 ret. | 7-60 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 4 | 20 | 24 | |
| pts | 20-15 | 80-57 | 100-72 | |
| Total points | 35 | 137 | 172 | |
| Winners | 3 | 33 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 15% | 41% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 4/10 | 42/71 | 46/81 | |
| % 1st in | 40% | 59% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 3/4 | 33/42 | 36/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/6 | 17/29 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 59% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 3/4 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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