Ryan Peniston and Eliakim Coulibaly will clash against each other in the quarter of the Hersonissos 5 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. 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.

As per the initial odds, Ryan Peniston is the pick to win this match.
Ryan Peniston -> 1.61
Eliakim Coulibaly -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Ryan Peniston vs. Eliakim Coulibaly

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

Ryan Peniston

Ranked no. 224, the Brit reached the quarter after beating Dimitris Sakellaridis 6-3 5-7 6-2 and Niels Visker 6-3 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Ryan had a good straight sets win against Visker (6-3 6-1). During the match, Peniston scored 59 points vs Visker’s 35. The Brit was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Peniston was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Ryan Peniston was very efficient on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Visker 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ryan has lost 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.

Peniston has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (310-190). 38-13 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Peniston has an overall209-100 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

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

Peniston has an overall 46-20 win-loss record in 2025, 38-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 5 Challenger

Eliakim Coulibaly

Ranked no. 305, the Ivorian got to the quarter after beating Maxim Mrva 6-3 7-6(2) and Gilles Arnaud Bailly 6-1 3-6 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Eliakim defeated Arnaud Bailly (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match Coulibaly scored 74 points vs Arnaud Bailly’s 52. The Ivorian was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Coulibaly fired 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Eliakim Coulibaly lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Coulibaly put 66% of his first serves in, winning 81% (34/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Eliakim broke Arnaud Bailly 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Eliakim has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Abidjan 2 Challenger where he overcame Aziz Dougaz in the final 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4.

Eliakim has an aggregate 26-18 win-loss record in 2025, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Peniston	Coulibaly
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	45	45
Pts	165-124	156-116
Total Points	289	272
Winners	67	64
%Winners	41%	41%

Both Peniston and Coulibaly played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ryan Peniston surrendered 1 set, while Eliakim Coulibaly lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Peniston and Coulibaly have played the same amount of sets 5. They also played the same amount of games (45). The Brit scored 67 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Ivorian fired 64 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Peniston	Coulibaly
Aces	2	12
Avg per match	1	6
1st in	91/132	81/136
%1st in	69%	60%
1st pts	67/91	64/81
%1st pts	74%	79%
2nd pts	23/41	26/55
%2nd pts	56%	47%

Peniston scored 2 aces (1 per match). Coulibaly recorded 12 aces (6 per match). Peniston won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Coulibaly won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Peniston	Coulibaly
Won	11	9
Converted	11/20	9/11
% Converted	55%	82%
Conceded	7	8
Saved	3	3
% Saved	43%	38%
Times Broken	4	5

Ryan broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Brit dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. The Ivorian broke his opponents 9 times with a 82% conversion rate. The Ivorian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.

Peniston
	R1 Sakellaridis	R2 Visker	Total
Score	6-3 5-7 6-2	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	29	16	45
pts	106-89	59-35	165-124
Total points	195	94	289
Winners	38	29	67
%Winners	36%	49%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2
Double Faults	6	3	9
1st in	56/86	35/46	91/132
% 1st in	65%	76%	69%
1st pts	38/56	29/35	67/91
% 1st pts	68%	83%	74%
2nd pts	16/30	7/11	23/41
% 2nd pts	53%	64%	56%
Breaks
Won	7	4	11
Converted	7/15	4/5	11/20
Converted %	47%	80%	55%
Conceded	6	1	7
Saved	2/6	1/1	3
Saved %	33%	100%	67%
Times Broken	4	0	4

Coulibaly
	R1 Mrva	R2 Arnaud	Total
Score	6-3 7-62	6-1 3-6 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	22	23	45
pts	82-64	74-52	156-116
Total points	146	126	272
Winners	30	34	64
%Winners	37%	46%	41%
SERVE
Aces	4	8	12
Double Faults	7	6	13
1st in	39/72	42/64	81/136
% 1st in	54%	66%	60%
1st pts	30/39	34/42	64/81
% 1st pts	77%	81%	79%
2nd pts	16/33	10/22	26/55
% 2nd pts	48%	45%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/5	5/6	9/11
Converted %	80%	83%	82%
Conceded	5	3	8
Saved	2/5	1/3	3
Saved %	40%	33%	37%
Times Broken	3	2	5

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