Fajing Sun and Ryan Peniston will clash against each other in the quarter of the Wuxi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ryan Peniston who should win in 2 sets.
Ryan Peniston -> 1.38
Fajing Sun -> 2.85
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Prediction and head to head Fajing Sun vs. Ryan Peniston
There is no head to head record between Fajing Sun and Ryan Peniston since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Fajing Sun
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-24 | 24-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-27 | 42-23 | 7-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-27 | 25-22 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 32-18 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 289, Sun got to the quarter after beating Li Tu 7-5 6-1 and Antoine Escoffier 6-7(8) 6-1 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Escoffier, Sun recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-78 6-1 7-5). During the match, Sun scored 113 points vs Escoffier’s 94. Sun was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sun fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Fajing Sun was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (50/69) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Chinese broke Escoffier 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sun has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Sun has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (241-184). 7-7 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sun has a composed 211-151 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Fajing’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Luan.
Fajing has an aggregate 7-8 win-loss record in 2025, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Wuxi 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. 310, Ryan got to the quarter after defeating James McCabe 6-2 3-2 ret. and Yosuke Watanuki 7-5 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Brit defeated Watanuki (7-5 4-6 6-3). During the match Peniston scored 116 points vs Watanuki’s 105. Peniston was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Peniston struck 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Ryan Peniston lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Peniston put 62% of his first serves in, winning 71% (44/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Watanuki 5 times after converting 25% of his break points (5/20).
Peniston’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Sunderland,M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio and M25 Loule.
Peniston has a composed 25-8 win-loss record in 2025, 21-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Wuxi Challenger
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sun | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 44 |
| Pts | 188-152 | 171-139 |
| Total Points | 340 | 310 |
| Winners | 79 | 60 |
| %Winners | 42% | 35% |
Both Sun and Peniston played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Fajing Sun dropped 1 set, while Ryan Peniston surrendered 1 set. Sun has played 1 set(s) less than Peniston (5 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Sun played 7 games more than Peniston. Fajing scored 79 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Peniston made 60 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sun | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 113/178 | 82/135 |
| %1st in | 63% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 79/113 | 60/82 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 35/65 | 29/53 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 55% |
Sun bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Peniston struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Sun won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Peniston won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sun | Peniston |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 8/28 |
| % Converted | 48% | 29% |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Sun broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Sun surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Peniston broke his opponents 8 times with a 29% conversion rate. Peniston conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sun | ||||
| R1 Tu | R2 Escoffier | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-78 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 32 | 51 | |
| pts | 75-58 | 113-94 | 188-152 | |
| Total points | 133 | 207 | 340 | |
| Winners | 29 | 50 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/73 | 69/105 | 113/178 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 66% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 50/69 | 79/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 72% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 20/36 | 35/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 56% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/11 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 45% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 60% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Peniston | ||||
| R1 McCabe | R2 Watanuki | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-2 ret. | 7-5 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 31 | 44 | |
| pts | 55-34 | 116-105 | 171-139 | |
| Total points | 89 | 221 | 310 | |
| Winners | 16 | 44 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 38% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 20/35 | 62/100 | 82/135 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 44/62 | 60/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 17/38 | 29/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 45% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/20 | 8/28 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 25% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 20% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
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