Ryan Peniston and Vadym Ursu will square off in the qualifications of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 6:00 pm on PISTA 3. 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 2 sets.
Ryan Peniston -> 1.29
Vadym Ursu -> 3.34
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Prediction and head to head Ryan Peniston vs. Vadym Ursu
There is no head to head record between Ryan Peniston and Vadym Ursu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ryan Peniston
36 - 14win/loss
200
123
| 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. 263, the Brit reached the qualifications after beating Robin Catry 3-6 6-1 7-5.
In the qualifications against Catry, Peniston recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-5). During the match, Peniston scored 95 points vs Catry’s 77. The Brit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Peniston made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ryan Peniston lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Peniston put 70% of his first serves in, winning 63% (39/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the 2nd serve. Peniston broke Catry 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Peniston has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (299-184). 27-7 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Peniston has a compiled198-94 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Peniston’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Sunderland,M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M25 Loule and M25 Tbilisi.
Peniston has an overall 35-14 win-loss record in 2025, 27-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger
Vadym Ursu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-27 | 44-23 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-34 | 40-28 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-12 | 34-9 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 447, the Ukrainian reached the qualifications after beating Aleksandre Bakshi 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Vadym had a good straight sets win against Bakshi (6-4 6-1). During the match Ursu scored 58 points vs Bakshi’s 43. Ursu was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Ursu scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Vadym Ursu conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Ursu put 59% of his first serves in, winning 86% (25/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Vadym broke Bakshi 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Ursu’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Kayseri.
The Ukrainian has a composed 26-11 win-loss record in 2025, 24-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Peniston | Ursu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 |
| Pts | 95-77 | 58-43 |
| Total Points | 172 | 101 |
| Winners | 39 | 25 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Both Peniston and Ursu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ryan Peniston dropped 1 set while Vadym Ursu hasn’t lost a set so far. Peniston has played 1 set more than Ursu (3 vs 2). Therefore, Peniston played 11 games more than Ursu. The Brit scored 39 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Ursu made 25 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Peniston | Ursu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 62/88 | 29/49 |
| %1st in | 70% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 39/62 | 25/29 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 19/26 | 10/20 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 50% |
Peniston recorded 3 aces . Ursu managed to score 4 aces . Peniston won 63% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Ursu won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Peniston | Ursu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 71% | 80% |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 70% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Peniston broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Brit dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Ukrainian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Ursu was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Peniston | |||
| Q1 Catry | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 95-77 | 95-77 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 62/88 | 62/88 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 39/62 | 39/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Ursu | |||
| Q1 Bakshi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-43 | 58-43 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 25/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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