Ryan Peniston and Antoine Escoffier will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Hersonissos 5 Challenger for the 7^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ryan Peniston is the pick to win this match.
Ryan Peniston -> 1.56
Antoine Escoffier -> 2.32

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Prediction and head to head Ryan Peniston vs. Antoine Escoffier

This will be the 7^th time that Ryan Peniston and Antoine Escoffier play each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Escoffier (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Peniston won 6-3 7-6(5) in the 1^st round in the Rennes Challenger back in 2022.

Ryan Peniston

Ranked no. 224, Ryan reached the semifinal after beating Dimitris Sakellaridis 6-3 5-7 6-2, Niels Visker 6-3 6-1 and Eliakim Coulibaly 7-5 6-3.

In the quarter, Peniston had a good straight sets win against Coulibaly (7-5 6-3). During the match, Peniston scored 70 points vs Coulibaly’s 50. Ryan was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Peniston struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ryan Peniston was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Peniston broke Coulibaly 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Peniston has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (311-190). 39-13 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Peniston has an aggregate210-100 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

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

The Brit has an aggregate 47-20 win-loss record in 2025, 39-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 5 Challenger

Antoine Escoffier

Ranked no. 370, Escoffier got to the semifinal after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2 6-4, Petros Tsitsipas 5-7 6-2 7-6(2) and Michael Geerts 6-2 2-6 6-2.

In the quarter, Antoine defeated Geerts (6-2 2-6 6-2). During the match Escoffier scored 83 points vs Geerts’s 77. Escoffier was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Escoffier scored 5 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Antoine Escoffier lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Escoffier put 56% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Antoine broke Geerts 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Escoffier has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Escoffier’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25+H Ajaccio.

Escoffier has an overall 22-24 win-loss record in 2025, 19-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Peniston	Escoffier
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	66	75
Pts	235-174	252-222
Total Points	409	474
Winners	90	99
%Winners	38%	39%

Both Peniston and Escoffier played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ryan Peniston conceded 1 set, while Antoine Escoffier conceded 2 sets. Peniston has played 1 set(s) less than Escoffier (7 vs 8). Therefore, Peniston played 9 games less than Escoffier. The Brit scored 90 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The French player bagged 99 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Peniston	Escoffier
Aces	6	13
Avg per match	2	4.3
1st in	121/189	140/245
%1st in	64%	57%
1st pts	90/121	99/140
%1st pts	74%	71%
2nd pts	38/68	54/105
%2nd pts	56%	51%

Peniston fired 6 aces (2 per match). Escoffier fired 13 aces (4.3 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, Escoffier won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Peniston	Escoffier
Won	16	13
Converted	16/29	13/31
% Converted	55%	42%
Conceded	10	19
Saved	3	12
% Saved	30%	63%
Times Broken	7	7

The Brit broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Brit lost his serve 7 times and he saved 30% of the break points that he conceded. Escoffier broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. Escoffier conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Peniston
	R1 Sakellaridis	R2 Visker	1/4 Coulibaly	Total
Score	6-3 5-7 6-2	6-3 6-1	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	29	16	21	66
pts	106-89	59-35	70-50	235-174
Total points	195	94	120	409
Winners	38	29	23	90
%Winners	36%	49%	33%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	4	6
Double Faults	6	3	2	11
1st in	56/86	35/46	30/57	121/189
% 1st in	65%	76%	53%	64%
1st pts	38/56	29/35	23/30	90/121
% 1st pts	68%	83%	77%	74%
2nd pts	16/30	7/11	15/27	38/68
% 2nd pts	53%	64%	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	7	4	5	16
Converted	7/15	4/5	5/9	16/29
Converted %	47%	80%	56%	55%
Conceded	6	1	3	10
Saved	2/6	1/1	0/3	3
Saved %	33%	100%	0%	44%
Times Broken	4	0	3	7

Escoffier
	R1 Blancaneaux	R2 Tsitsipas	1/4 Geerts	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	5-7 6-2 7-62	6-2 2-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	18	33	24	75
pts	58-46	111-99	83-77	252-222
Total points	104	210	160	474
Winners	25	40	34	99
%Winners	43%	36%	41%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	5	13
Double Faults	3	8	9	20
1st in	34/58	60/105	46/82	140/245
% 1st in	59%	57%	56%	57%
1st pts	25/34	40/60	34/46	99/140
% 1st pts	74%	67%	74%	71%
2nd pts	12/24	25/45	17/36	54/105
% 2nd pts	50%	56%	47%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	13
Converted	4/6	5/8	4/17	13/31
Converted %	67%	63%	24%	42%
Conceded	2	8	9	19
Saved	1/2	4/8	7/9	12
Saved %	50%	50%	78%	59%
Times Broken	1	4	2	7

Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 5 Challenger

• Hynek BartonBarton – Harry WendelkenWendelken (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Max Basing/James StoryBasing/James Story – Anthony Genov/Erik GreveliusGenov/Erik Grevelius (6-7⁶ 6-2 10-5) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – Harry WendelkenWendelken (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (2-4) – H2H and prediction