Kris Van Wyk and Ryan Peniston will play each other in the 1st round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 5. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ryan Peniston is the pick to win this match.
Ryan Peniston -> 1.39
Kris Van Wyk -> 2.84

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Prediction and head to head Kris Van Wyk vs. Ryan Peniston

There is no head to head record between Kris Van Wyk and Ryan Peniston since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Kris Van Wyk

Kris Van Wyk

41 - 24win/loss

Hard
41-24
I Hard
0-0
Rank
367
High
352
LWLLWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 57-35 56-34 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
2023 55-32 54-30 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 52-17 52-17 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 405, Kris got to the 1st round after defeating Seita Watanabe 6-3 6-3 and Makoto Ochi 3-6 6-1 6-1.

In the qualifications against Ochi, Van Wyk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-1). During the match, Van Wyk scored 89 points vs Ochi’s 71. Kris was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Van Wyk blasted 10 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Kris Van Wyk was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Van Wyk broke Ochi 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Van Wyk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Van Wyk has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 67% of his matches (148-73). 41-24 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Van Wyk has a composed147-71 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.

The South African’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Monastir and M15 Hillcrest.

The South African has a compiled 41-24 win-loss record in 2024, 41-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger

The South African has never competed in this tournament before.

Zhangjiagang Challenger
Van Wyk's Record

Ryan Peniston

Ryan Peniston

6 - 15win/loss

Hard
5-8
I Hard
0-2
Clay
0-1
Grass
1-4
Rank
479
High
123
LWWWWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-21 14-13 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. 406, Peniston will start his run in the Zhangjiagang Challenger after he played his last match in the Jinan Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-3

to Shin in the 1st round on the 20th of August.

Peniston has a composed 6-15 win-loss record in 2024, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Brit has an overall 242-161 record. He has a positive 149-79 record on hard.

Zhangjiagang Challenger
Peniston's Record

Tennis Scores in Zhangjiagang Challenger

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