Ryan Peniston and Niels Visker will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Hersonissos 5 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 20. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ryan Peniston is the pick to win this match.
Ryan Peniston -> 1.21
Niels Visker -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head Ryan Peniston vs. Niels Visker

There is no head to head record between Ryan Peniston and Niels Visker since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Ryan Peniston

Ranked no. 224, Ryan got to the 2^nd round after beating Dimitris Sakellaridis 6-3 5-7 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Brit defeated Sakellaridis (6-3 5-7 6-2). During the match, Peniston scored 106 points vs Sakellaridis’s 89. Peniston was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Peniston bagged 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Ryan Peniston lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Peniston put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (38/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Sakellaridis 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).

Peniston has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (309-190). 37-13 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Peniston has an aggregate208-100 record in the last 9 years on hard.

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

Ryan has an overall 45-20 win-loss record in 2025, 37-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 5 Challenger

Niels Visker

Ranked no. 627, Niels reached the 2^nd round after beating Hamish Stewart 7-6(5) 6-4, Peter Fajta 7-5 1-0 ret. and Pavlos Tsitsipas 1-0 ret..

In the 1^st round against Tsitsipas, the Dutch had a free pass after Tsitsipas retired on a 1-0 . scoreline.

The Dutch has an overall 22-24 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Peniston	Visker
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	7
Tot Games	29	37
Pts	106-89	128-108
Total Points	195	236
Winners	38	48
%Winners	36%	38%

Peniston played 1 match while Visker competed in 3 matches. Visker started his run from the qualifications while Peniston had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ryan Peniston surrendered 1 set while Niels Visker hasn’t conceded a set so far. Peniston has played 4 set(s) less than Visker (3 vs 7). Therefore, Peniston played 8 games less than Visker. The Brit scored 38 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Visker scored 48 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Peniston	Visker
Aces	2	10
Avg per match	2	3.3
1st in	56/86	64/111
%1st in	65%	58%
1st pts	38/56	48/64
%1st pts	68%	75%
2nd pts	16/30	31/47
%2nd pts	53%	66%

Peniston fired 2 aces . Visker made 10 aces (3.3 per match). Peniston won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Visker won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Peniston	Visker
Won	7	5
Converted	7/15	5/12
% Converted	47%	42%
Conceded	6	10
Saved	2	9
% Saved	33%	90%
Times Broken	4	1

The Brit broke his opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Peniston surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Niels broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Niels conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.

Peniston
	R1 Sakellaridis	Total
Score	6-3 5-7 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	106-89	106-89
Total points	195	195
Winners	38	38
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	56/86	56/86
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	38/56	38/56
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	16/30	16/30
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/15	7/15
Converted %	47%	47%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	2/6	2
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	4	4

Visker
	Q1 Stewart	Q3 Fajta	R1 Tsitsipas	Total
Score	7-65 6-4	7-5 1-0 ret.	1-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	2	1	5
Tot Games	23	13	1	37
pts	79-73	42-31	7-4	128-108
Total points	152	73	11	236
Winners	37	11	0	48
%Winners	47%	26%	0%	38%
SERVE
Aces	7	3	0	10
Double Faults	7	0	0	7
1st in	49/79	15/31	0/1	64/111
% 1st in	62%	48%	0%	58%
1st pts	37/49	11/15	0/0	48/64
% 1st pts	76%	73%	0%	75%
2nd pts	17/30	13/16	1/1	31/47
% 2nd pts	57%	81%	100%	66%
Breaks
Won	2	2	1	5
Converted	2/6	2/3	1/3	5/12
Converted %	33%	67%	33%	42%
Conceded	10	0	0	10
Saved	9/10	0/0	0/0	9
Saved %	90%	–	–	90%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 5 Challenger

• Toby SamuelSamuel – Mees RottgeringRottgering (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Niels ViskerVisker – Pavlos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Dennis NovakNovak (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – Max BasingBasing (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• George LoffhagenLoffhagen – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Karan SinghSingh (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Ioannis XilasXilas (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Edas ButvilasButvilas (0-6 7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Federico CinaCina (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Harry WendelkenWendelken – Giles HusseyHussey (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Dimitris SakellaridisSakellaridis (6-3 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Charles BroomBroom – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Maxim MrvaMrva (6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Edas ButvilasButvilas (0-6 7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
• Toby SamuelSamuel – Mees RottgeringRottgering (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Karan SinghSingh (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Dennis NovakNovak (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Federico CinaCina (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Harry WendelkenWendelken – Giles HusseyHussey (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – Max BasingBasing (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• George LoffhagenLoffhagen – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Niels ViskerVisker – Pavlos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Dimitris SakellaridisSakellaridis (6-3 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Ioannis XilasXilas (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Radu AlbotAlbot – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (5-1) – H2H and prediction
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Charles BroomBroom (0-1) – H2H and prediction