Ryan Peniston (born 10 November 1995) is a British

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player from

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. 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.

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

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, a

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, and had to have surgery to remove a

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and

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. Cancer slowed his growth, and he was much smaller than his classmates until he was 16 years old. At 13, he moved to Nice, France to train at ISP Academy before going to college at 18. A graduate of the

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tennis program, he was part of the GB University Team that won the nation's first ever team gold medal at Master’U Championships.

Professional career

2020: Battle of the Brits

During the

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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

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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

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in winning the final in straight sets and only dropping one set in the whole tournament. He was given a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws of the

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. He then received a wildcard for the 2021 Queen's Club Championships doubles main draw, playing alongside

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, and the qualifying draw in the singles. In the doubles first round, Peniston and Broady defeated

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and

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in straight sets. In the singles qualifying, Peniston defeated

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before losing to Aleksandar Vukic in 3 sets.

2022: ATP debut, first Major & top-5 wins & quarterfinal, top 125

Peniston made his ATP main draw singles debut at the

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as a wildcard, where he upset top seed and world no. 5

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in straight sets for his first ever ATP Win. He reached the quarterfinals in his first ever ATP tour level tournament for the first time defeating another top-50 player

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. 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

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. Next he defeated

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before losing to compatriot Jack Draper in the quarterfinals. Penniston then defeated

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in straight-sets in the first round of

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.He lost in the second round to experienced American Steve Johnson. Peniston was seeded for the qualifying for the 2022 US Open where he lost to the Italian

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2023

Peniston entered qualifying for the 2023 Australian Open where he lost out to Canadian Alexis Galarneau. In the qualifying for the 2023 French Open Peniston overcame

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before going down in a final set against experienced Moldovan

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. Ranked No. 201, he received a wildcard for the

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Singles performance timeline

''Current through the 2022 Korea Open.''

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 12 (4–8)

Doubles: 5 (1–4)

Record against top 10 players

Wins over top 10 players

*He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

References

External links

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Lawn Tennis Association profile
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