Timofey Skatov and Ryan Peniston will play each other in the 2nd round of the Hersonissos 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Centre Cour. 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.
Ryan Peniston -> 1.66
Timofey Skatov -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Ryan Peniston
This will be the 2nd time that Timofey Skatov and Ryan Peniston play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Skatov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Skatov won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Traralgon Challenger back in 2022.
Timofey Skatov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-32 | 6-11 | 22-19 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-23 | 5-7 | 29-14 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 6-4 | 23-22 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 4-3 | 30-27 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 0-2 | 33-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 182, Timofey reached the 2nd round after defeating Keegan Smith 7-6(2) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Timofey had a good straight sets win against Smith (7-62 6-3). During the match, Skatov scored 80 points vs Smith’s 63. Skatov was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Skatov was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Timofey Skatov was quite effective on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Timofey broke Smith once after converting 10% of his break points (1/10).
Skatov has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (202-165). 5-6 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Skatov has an overall26-28 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Timofey has a composed 5-6 win-loss record in 2025, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger
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 2nd round after beating Preston Brown 6-2 6-2, Milos Karol 6-4 6-1 and Martin Klizan 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Klizan (6-4 6-2). During the match Peniston scored 72 points vs Klizan’s 55. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Peniston managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ryan Peniston lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Peniston put 69% of his first serves in, winning 63% (24/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Peniston broke Klizan 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Peniston’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Sunderland and M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
Ryan has an aggregate 16-5 win-loss record in 2025, 12-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Skatov | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 51 |
| Pts | 80-63 | 193-129 |
| Total Points | 143 | 322 |
| Winners | 30 | 72 |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% |
Skatov played 1 match while Peniston competed in 3 matches. Peniston started his run from the qualifications while Skatov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Skatov has played 4 set(s) less than Peniston (2 vs 6). Therefore, Skatov played 29 games less than Peniston. Timofey scored 30 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Ryan blasted 72 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Skatov | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 37/68 | 101/153 |
| %1st in | 54% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 72/101 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 33/52 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 63% |
Skatov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Peniston recorded 8 aces (2.7 per match). Skatov won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Peniston won 71% 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 | Skatov | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 14 |
| Converted | 1/10 | 14/26 |
| % Converted | 10% | 54% |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent once with a 10% conversion rate. Timofey quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Peniston broke his opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Skatov | |||
| R1 Smith | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 80-63 | 80-63 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/68 | 37/68 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 30/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/10 | 1/10 | |
| Converted % | 10% | 10% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Peniston | |||||
| Q1 Brown | Q3 Karol | R1 Klizan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 18 | 51 | |
| pts | 59-32 | 62-42 | 72-55 | 193-129 | |
| Total points | 91 | 104 | 127 | 322 | |
| Winners | 23 | 25 | 24 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% | 33% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 34/49 | 38/55 | 101/153 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 69% | 69% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 25/34 | 24/38 | 72/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 74% | 63% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 10/15 | 9/17 | 33/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 67% | 53% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/11 | 6/11 | 14/26 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 36% | 55% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 50% | 217% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 2 Challenger
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Marek GengelGengel (7-61 5-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dennis NovakNovak – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico CinaCina – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (7-63 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Giovanni FonioFonio (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – Christoph NegrituNegritu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adria Soriano BarreraSoriano Barrera – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chris RodeschRodesch – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Ryan PenistonPeniston (1-0) – H2H and prediction