Daniel Merida Aguilar and Ryan Peniston will square off in the 1^st round of the Villena Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:30 am on PISTA CARLOS ALCARAZ. 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 Daniel Merida Aguilar who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniel Merida Aguilar is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 1.86
Ryan Peniston -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Merida Aguilar vs. Ryan Peniston

There is no head to head record between Daniel Merida Aguilar and Ryan Peniston since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Daniel Merida Aguilar

Ranked no. 173, Daniel will start his run in the Villena Challenger after he played his last match in the Lisbon Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Gaubas in the quarter on the 26^th of September.

Merida Aguilar has an overall 43-19 win-loss record in 2025, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Pozoblanco Challenger where he overcame Fajing Sun in the final 6-3 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Merida Aguilar has an overall 179-126 record. He has a positive 54-39 record on hard.

Previously in the Villena Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

Ryan Peniston

Ranked no. 233, Ryan will start his run in the Villena Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Setubal where he lost 2-6 7-5 7-6(4) to Gonzalez Fernandez in the semifinal on the 20^th of September.

Peniston has an overall 44-19 win-loss record in 2025, 36-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Brit’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Sunderland,M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M25 Loule,M25 Tbilisi and M25 Pozzuoli.

In terms of his career, Peniston has an overall 308-189 record. He has a positive 207-99 record on hard.

Previously in the Villena Challenger

Peniston has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Villena Challenger

• Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Luca PotenzaPotenza (6-7¹ 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Lorenzo CarboniCarboni – Alejandro Manzanera PertusaManzanera Pertusa (3-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Giles HusseyHussey (3-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Mario Gonzalez FernandezGonzalez Fernandez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Petr BrunclikBrunclik – Adrian OetzbachOetzbach (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Alberto Barroso CamposBarroso Campos – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression

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• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Lukas KleinKlein (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alberto Barroso CamposBarroso Campos – George LoffhagenLoffhagen (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moez EcharguiEchargui – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction