Ryan Peniston

Ryan Peniston (born 10 November 1995) is a British tennis player from Essex.[1] He has a career-high singles ranking of world no. 123, achieved in July 2022, and a doubles ranking of world no. 384 achieved in June 2022.

Ryan Peniston
Full nameRyan Peniston
Country (sports) Great Britain
ResidenceGreat Wakering, United Kingdom
Born (1995-11-10) 10 November 1995
Southend, Essex, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Memphis
CoachPaul Peniston
Prize money$347,387
Singles
Career record5–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 123 (18 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 159 (6 February 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2022)
Wimbledon2R (2022)
US OpenQ1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 384 (13 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 518 (18 July 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2021, 2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2021)
Last updated on: 18 July 2022.

Personal life

Ryan Harold Peniston was born in November 1995 to Paul and Penny (née Gok). He has two older brothers, Sam and Harry.

As a child Peniston survived rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer, and had to have surgery to remove a tumour and chemotherapy. Cancer slowed his growth, and he was much smaller than his classmates until he was 16 years old.[2] At 13, he moved to Nice, France to train at ISP Academy before going to college at 18.[3]

A graduate of the University of Memphis tennis program,[4] he was part of the GB University Team that won the nation's first ever team gold medal at Master’U Championships.[5][6]

Professional career

2020: Battle of the Brits

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Peniston took part in the 'Battle of the Brits' tournament and performed well, losing only on final set tie-breaks against top-50 players Dan Evans and Cameron Norrie.[7]

2021: ATP doubles debut

Peniston won the Heraklion leg of the 2021 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour (April–June) on 30 May 2021, conceding only three games to Yuta Shimizu in winning the final in straight sets and only dropping one set in the whole tournament.[8][9]

He was given a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws of the 2021 Nottingham Open.[10] He then received a wildcard for the 2021 Queen's Club Championships doubles main draw, playing alongside Liam Broady, and the qualifying draw in the singles.[11][12] In the doubles first round, Peniston and Broady defeated Alexander Bublik and Nicholas Monroe in straight sets. In the singles qualifying, Peniston defeated Marc-Andrea Hüsler before losing to Aleksandar Vukic in 3 sets.

2022: ATP debut, first top-5 win & quarterfinal, top 150 debut and progressing to the 2nd round of Wimbledon

Peniston made his ATP main draw singles debut at the Queen's Club Championships as a wildcard, where he upset top seed and world no. 5 Casper Ruud in straight sets for his first ever ATP Win.[13] He reached the quarterfinals in his first ever ATP tour level tournament for the first time defeating another top-50 player Francisco Cerúndolo.[14][15] As a result he made his debut in the top 150 in the singles rankings.

At the 2022 Eastbourne International he reached the second round as a wildcard defeating 8th seed Holger Rune.[16] Next he defeated Pedro Martínez before losing to compatriot Jack Draper in the quarterfinals.

Penniston then defeated Henri Laaksonen in straight-sets in the first round of Wimbledon.

Singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2022 Korea Open.

Tournament2019202020212022SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 NH Q1 2R 0 / 1 1–1
US Open A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 1 1–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 4 4
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–4 5–4
Year-end ranking 389 378 268 167

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 12 (4–8)
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–3)
ITF Futures (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2018 USA F35, Tallahassee Futures Hard France Maxime Cressy 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 1–1 May 2019 M15 Cancún Futures Hard United States Austin Rapp 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–1 May 2019 M15 Cancún Futures Hard Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry 6–4, 7–5
Loss 2–2 Jul 2019 M25 Dublin Futures Carpet Netherlands Igor Sijsling 4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss 2–3 Aug 2019 M15 Hua Hin Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Dec 2019 M25 Fort Worth Futures Hard Netherlands Jesper de Jong 2–6, 0–6
Win 3–4 May 2021 M15 Heraklion Futures Hard Japan Yuta Shimizu 6–3, 6–0
Win 4–4 May 2021 M15 Heraklion Futures Hard China Zhang Ze 6–4, 6–1
Loss 4–5 Aug 2021 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Italy Franco Agamenone 3–6, 1–6
Loss 4–6 Dec 2021 Antalya, Turkey Challenger Clay Portugal Nuno Borges 4–6, 3–6
Loss 4–7 Jan 2022 M25 Loughborough Futures Hard France Antoine Escoffier 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 4–8 May 2022 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay France Evan Furness 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 1–6

Doubles: 5 (1–4)
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2017 Great Britain F6, Barnstaple Futures Hard United Kingdom Robert Carter Republic of Ireland Peter Bothwell
United Kingdom Neil Pauffley		 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]
Win 1–1 Dec 2017 Qatar F4, Doha Futures Hard United Kingdom Andrew Watson United Kingdom Richard Gabb
United Kingdom Luke Johnson		 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–2 Aug 2018 Spain F24, Santander Futures Clay United Kingdom Andrew Watson Russia Ivan Gakhov
Spain Jaume Pla Malfeito		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Mar 2019 M25 Calabasas Futures Hard United Kingdom Jack Findel-Hawkins Bolivia Boris Arias
United States Sekou Bangoura		 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Dec 2019 M15 Tallahassee Futures Hard United Kingdom Jack Findel-Hawkins United States Strong Kirchheimer
United States Dennis Novikov		 5–7, 3–6

Record against top 10 players

Wins over top 10 players
  • He has a 1–0 (100%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season2022Total
Wins11
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score RPR
2022
1. Norway Casper Ruud 5 Queen's Club, United Kingdom Grass 1R 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2) 180

References
  1. "Ryan Peniston". ATP Tour.
  2. "Ryan Peniston Opens up on Cancer Battle: 'It Gives Me a Lot of Strength' | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. Rapp, Austin (6 April 2020). "MyTennisHQ Interviews: Ryan Peniston". MyTennisHQ.
  4. Giannotto, Mark. "Ryan Peniston is the best Memphis tennis player in more than 40 years". Commercial Appeal.
  5. "Ryan Peniston". LTA Tennis for Britain.
  6. Phillips, Chris (7 January 2020). "Tennis star Ryan Peniston wanting to build on his promising 2019". Southend Echo.
  7. Phillips, Chris (28 June 2020). "Ryan Peniston enjoys mixing it with Britain's top tennis stars". Southend Echo.
  8. "M15 Heraklion 2021 Tennis Tournament". ITF - International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  9. "Essex Player Ryan Peniston and Mark Whitehouse out on top in strong week for the Brits at the M15 Heraklion". Essex Tennis. 1 June 2021.
  10. "Evans, Peniston, Clarke receive wildcards for ATP Challenger event at LTA's Viking Open Nottingham". LTA - Tennis for Britain. 3 June 2021.
  11. "Man Draw Doubles - CINCH CHAMPIONSHIPS London, June 2021" (PDF). LTA.
  12. "Cinch Championships 2021: British players seek to take their chance in qualifying". LTA - Tennis for Britain. 12 June 2021.
  13. "Peniston Stuns Ruud in London | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  14. "Ryan Peniston stuns Francisco Cerundolo to continue dream Queen's week, Matteo Berrettini, Daniil Medvedev win". 16 June 2022.
  15. "British wildcard Peniston into quarters at Queen's". BBC Sport.
  16. "The Rise of Ryan Peniston Continues in Eastbourne | ATP Tour | Tennis".
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