Denis Kudla and Ryan Peniston will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.68
Denis Kudla -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Ryan Peniston
There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and Ryan Peniston since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 5-3 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 205, Denis reached the semifinal after defeating Strong Kirchheimer 6-2 6-4, Michael Geerts 7-5 3-6 6-3 and Tristan Schoolkate 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, Denis had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (6-2 6-4). During the match, Kudla scored 64 points vs Schoolkate’s 43. Denis was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla scored 8 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Denis Kudla was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 80% (16/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Denis broke Schoolkate 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kudla has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Kudla has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (335-264). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudla has an overall 66-40 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The American has an overall 21-22 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Ryan Peniston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-12 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 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, the Brit reached the semifinal after defeating Bernard Tomic 3-1 ret., Tennys Sandgren 7-60 6-1 and Vasek Pospisil 7-5 3-6 6-4.
In the quarter, The Brit defeated Pospisil (7-5 3-6 6-4). During the match Peniston scored 106 points vs Pospisil’s 99. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Peniston bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ryan Peniston was very efficient on serve to win 81% (42/52) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Brit broke Pospisil 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Winnipeg Challenger where he overcame Leandro Riedi in the final 6-4 4-6 6-4.
Peniston has a compiled 23-22 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 55 |
| Pts | 221-181 | 206-171 |
| Total Points | 402 | 377 |
| Winners | 87 | 78 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Kudla and Peniston played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Kudla lost 1 set, while Ryan Peniston lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Peniston have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Kudla played 11 games more than Peniston. The American scored 87 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Peniston bagged 78 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 27 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 107/195 | 98/169 |
| %1st in | 55% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 87/107 | 78/98 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 55/88 | 41/71 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 58% |
Kudla blasted 27 aces (9 per match). Peniston fired 14 aces (4.7 per match). Kudla won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Peniston won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/18 | 7/21 |
| % Converted | 44% | 33% |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 90% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American lost his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. Peniston broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. Peniston conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | |||||
| R1 Kirchheimer |
R2 Geerts |
1/4 Schoolkate |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 18 | 66 | |
| pts | 60-44 | 97-94 | 64-43 | 221-181 | |
| Total points | 104 | 191 | 107 | 402 | |
| Winners | 22 | 42 | 23 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 12 | 8 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 50/94 | 28/48 | 107/195 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 53% | 58% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 42/50 | 23/28 | 87/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 84% | 82% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/24 | 21/44 | 16/20 | 55/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 48% | 80% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/3 | 3/7 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 67% | 43% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 6/7 | 0/0 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 86% | – | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Peniston | |||||
| R1 Tomic |
R2 Sandgren |
1/4 Pospisil |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-1 ret. | 7-60 6-1 | 7-5 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 4 | 20 | 31 | 55 | |
| pts | 20-15 | 80-57 | 106-99 | 206-171 | |
| Total points | 35 | 137 | 205 | 377 | |
| Winners | 3 | 33 | 42 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 15% | 41% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 4/10 | 42/71 | 52/88 | 98/169 | |
| % 1st in | 40% | 59% | 59% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 3/4 | 33/42 | 42/52 | 78/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 79% | 81% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/6 | 17/29 | 19/36 | 41/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 59% | 53% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 3/4 | 3/15 | 7/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 20% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 67% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLWLLLL Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger
- Denis KudlaKudla – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Vasek PospisilPospisil (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Cannon KingsleyKingsley – Christian HarrisonHarrison (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Denis KudlaKudla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (0-0) – H2H and prediction
