Khumoun Sultanov and Ryan Peniston will play each other in the 2nd round of the Hersonissos 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 21. 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 Ryan Peniston who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ryan Peniston is the pick to win this match.
Ryan Peniston -> 1.61
Khumoun Sultanov -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Khumoun Sultanov vs. Ryan Peniston
There is no head to head record between Khumoun Sultanov and Ryan Peniston since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Khumoun Sultanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-8 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 74-23 | 55-14 | 19-6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-24 | 28-9 | 7-5 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2022 | 35-22 | 4-3 | 25-13 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 22-19 | 3-5 | 6-7 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 218, Sultanov got to the 2nd round after defeating Marcello Serafini 7-6(6) 7-5.
In the 1st round, Khumoun had a good straight sets win against Serafini (7-66 7-5). During the match, Sultanov scored 85 points vs Serafini’s 78. The Uzbek was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sultanov managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Khumoun Sultanov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sultanov put 57% of his first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the 2nd serve. Khumoun broke Serafini 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Sultanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (288-163). 7-5 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sultanov has a compiled 163-72 record in the last years on hard.
Khumoun’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Pune Challenger.
Khumoun has an aggregate 8-6 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 1 Challenger
Khumoun has never competed in this tournament before.
Ryan Peniston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-6 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-24 | 27-16 | 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 |
Ranked no. 406, Peniston got to the 2nd round after beating Unknown Player bye, Mark Whitehouse 6-3 6-4 and Adria Soriano Barrera 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Soriano Barrera (6-4 6-4). During the match Peniston scored 76 points vs Soriano Barrera’s 69. Ryan was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Peniston scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Ryan Peniston lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Peniston put 70% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Peniston broke Soriano Barrera 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Ryan’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Sunderland and M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
Ryan has an overall 11-4 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sultanov | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 39 |
| Pts | 85-78 | 142-118 |
| Total Points | 163 | 260 |
| Winners | 35 | 50 |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% |
Sultanov played 1 match while Peniston competed in 2 matches. Peniston started his run from the qualifications while Sultanov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Sultanov has played 2 set(s) less than Peniston (2 vs 4). Therefore, Sultanov played 14 games less than Peniston. The Uzbek scored 35 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Peniston scored 50 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sultanov | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 52/91 | 67/109 |
| %1st in | 57% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 35/52 | 50/67 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 24/42 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 57% |
Sultanov fired 3 aces . Peniston managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Sultanov won 67% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Peniston won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sultanov | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 80% | 57% |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 |
| Saved | 7 | 4 |
| % Saved | 70% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Sultanov broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Khumoun dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Ryan broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sultanov | |||
| R1 Serafini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 85-78 | 85-78 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 52/91 | 52/91 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 35/52 | 35/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 22/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Peniston | ||||
| Q3 Whitehouse |
R1 Soriano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 76-69 | 142-118 | |
| Total points | 115 | 145 | 260 | |
| Winners | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 39% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 24/48 | 43/61 | 67/109 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 70% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 30/43 | 50/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 9/18 | 24/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 50% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/10 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 40% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 117% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 1 Challenger
- Henry SearleSearle – Milos KarolKarol (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alexandr BindaBinda (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Marcello SerafiniSerafini (7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Dimitar Kuzmanov/Timofey SkatovKuzmanov/Timofey Skatov – Alexander Merino/Christoph NegrituMerino/Christoph Negritu (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Adria Soriano BarreraSoriano Barrera (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Pavlos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Arthur GeaGea (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Edas ButvilasButvilas – Keegan SmithSmith (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Stuart ParkerParker – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (7-5 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Chris RodeschRodesch – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chris RodeschRodesch – Stuart ParkerParker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Dennis NovakNovak (1-0) – H2H and prediction
