Ryan Peniston

Ryan Peniston (born 10 November 1995) is a British tennis player from Essex.[1]

Ryan Peniston
Full nameRyan Peniston
Country (sports) Great Britain
ResidenceSouthend, United Kingdom
Born (1995-11-10) 10 November 1995
Southend, United Kingdom
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachPaul Peniston
Prize money$130,470
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 228 (4 April 2022)
Current rankingNo. 228 (4 April 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ1 (2019, 2021)
Doubles
Career record1–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 459 (19 July 2021)
Current rankingNo. 546 (4 April 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2021)
Last updated on: 4 April 2022.

As a child Peniston survived rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer, and had to have surgery to remove a tumor and chemotherapy at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. Annual check-ups revealed that the cancer slowed his growth process, and he was much smaller than his classmates until he was 16 years old. Aged 13 years old he moved to Nice, France to train at ISP Academy before going to College at 18.[2] A graduate of the University of Memphis tennis programme[3] he was part of the GB University Team, managed by the LTA, that won the nation's first ever team gold medal at Master’U Championships.[4][5]

Professional career

2020

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.[6]

2021: ATP debut

Peniston won the Heraklion leg of the 2021 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour (April–June) on 30 May 2021 conceding only 3 games to Yuta Shimizu in winning the final in straight sets and only dropping one set in the whole tournament.[7][8]

He was given a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws of the 2021 Nottingham Open.[9] 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.[10][11] 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.

Career finals

Singles: 12 (4–7)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ITF Futures Tour (4–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–3)
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 Maxime Cressy 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 1–1 May 2019 M15 Cancún Futures Hard Austin Rapp 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–1 May 2019 M15 Cancún Futures Hard Tomás Martín Etcheverry 6–4, 7–5
Loss 2–2 Jul 2019 M25 Dublin Futures Carpet Igor Sijsling 4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss 2–3 Aug 2019 M15 Hua Hin Futures Hard Hsu Yu-hsiou 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Dec 2019 M25 Fort Worth Futures Hard Jesper de Jong 2–6, 0–6
Win 3–4 May 2021 M15 Heraklion Futures Hard Yuta Shimizu 6–3, 6–0
Win 4–4 May 2021 M15 Heraklion Futures Hard Zhang Ze 6–4, 6–1
Loss 4–5 Aug 2021 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Franco Agamenone 3–6, 1–6
Loss 4–6 Dec 2021 Antalya, Turkey Challenger Clay Nuno Borges 4–6, 3–6
Loss 4–7 May 2022 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Evan Furness 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 1–6

Doubles: 5 (1–4)
Legend (doubles)
ITF Futures Tour (1–4)
Titles 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 Robert Carter Peter Bothwell
Neil Pauffley		 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]
Win 1–1 Dec 2017 Qatar F4, Doha Futures Hard Andrew Watson Richard Gabb
Luke Johnson		 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–2 Aug 2018 Spain F24, Santander Futures Clay Andrew Watson Ivan Gakhov
Jaume Pla Malfeito		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Mar 2019 M25 Calabasas Futures Hard Jack Findel-Hawkins Boris Arias
Sekou Bangoura		 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Dec 2019 M15 Tallahassee Futures Hard Jack Findel-Hawkins Strong Kirchheimer
Dennis Novikov		 5–7, 3–6

References
  1. "Ryan Peniston | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. Rapp, Austin. "MyTennisHQ Interviews: Ryan Peniston".
  3. https://www.commercialappeal.com/amp/593774002
  4. "Ryan Peniston". www.lta.org.uk.
  5. "Tennis star Ryan Peniston wanting to build on his promising 2019". Echo.
  6. "Ryan Peniston enjoys mixing it with Britain's top tennis stars". Echo.
  7. "M15 Heraklion". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  8. "Essex Player Ryan Peniston and Mark Whitehouse out on top in strong week for the Brits at the M15 Heraklion | Essex Tennis". June 2021.
  9. "Evans, Peniston, Clarke receive wildcards for ATP Challenger event at LTA's Viking Open Nottingham". www.lta.org.uk.
  10. https://www.lta.org.uk/globalassets/news/2021/june/mdd.pdf
  11. "Cinch Championships 2021: British players seek to take their chance in qualifying".


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