Ryan Peniston and Milos Karol will face off in the qualifications of the Hersonissos 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines 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.
Ryan Peniston -> 1.43
Milos Karol -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Ryan Peniston vs. Milos Karol
There is no head to head record between Ryan Peniston and Milos Karol since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ryan Peniston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53-23 | 45-15 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 4-5 | 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 reached the qualifications after defeating Preston Brown 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Peniston had a good straight sets win against Brown (6-2 6-2). During the match, Peniston scored 59 points vs Brown’s 32. Ryan was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Peniston fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ryan Peniston was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Brown 4 times.
Peniston has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (278-175). 10-3 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Peniston has an aggregate181-90 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Ryan’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Sunderland and M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
The Brit has a composed 14-5 win-loss record in 2025, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger
Milos Karol
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-28 | 4-4 | 20-14 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 53-31 | 8-5 | 21-17 | 24-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 28-27 | 3-2 | 11-13 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 6-24 | 3-5 | 1-15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 0-0 | 10-11 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 432, will start his run in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger where he overcame 6-2 6-2 to Glavas in the qualifications on the 9th of March.
The Slovakian has an overall 3-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Milos has an overall 114-108 record. He has a positive 15-13 record on hard.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Peniston | Karol |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 |
| Pts | 59-32 | 57-35 |
| Total Points | 91 | 92 |
| Winners | 23 | 22 |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% |
Both Peniston and Karol played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Peniston and Karol have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (16). Ryan scored 23 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Karol blasted 22 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Peniston | Karol |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 23/44 |
| %1st in | 59% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 22/23 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 96% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 11/21 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 52% |
Peniston bagged 2 aces . Karol scored 5 aces . Peniston won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Karol won 96% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Peniston | Karol |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 100% | 80% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Ryan broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Ryan extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Milos broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Slovakian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Peniston | |||
| Q1 Brown | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-32 | 59-32 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Karol | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | 0% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | 0% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 0% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | 0% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
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