Elias Ymer and Ryan Peniston will square off in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT C. 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.
Ryan Peniston -> 1.727
Elias Ymer -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Elias Ymer vs. Ryan Peniston
This will be the 2nd time that Elias Ymer and Ryan Peniston face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Peniston (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Peniston won 6-1 4-6 7-6(7) in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2024.
Elias Ymer
31 - 29win/loss
169
105
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-31 | 11-7 | 16-20 | 7-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-32 | 7-15 | 6-9 | 8-7 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-41 | 10-13 | 24-17 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 12-11 | 20-15 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-29 | 9-9 | 20-11 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 191, the Swede will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Taipei Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-7(4) 6-3 to Janvier in the 2nd round on the 6th of November.
Ymer has a compiled 31-29 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Ymer’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Chennai Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Ymer has an overall 431-362 record. He has a positive 87-74 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Ryan Peniston
53 - 22win/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. 197, the Brit will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Shimabukuro in the semifinal on the 8th of November.
Ryan has an aggregate 53-22 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Hersonissos 5 Challenger where he overcame Kimmer Coppejans in the final 6-3 7-5.
In terms of his career, Ryan has an overall 317-192 record. He has a positive 52-41 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Peniston has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hyeon ChungChung – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6(5) 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason JungJung – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Igor Ribeiro MarcondesRibeiro Marcondes – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Hyeon ChungChung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max BasingBasing – (0-0) – H2H and prediction