Ryan Peniston

January 

In his first ITF event of the year, Peniston finished runner-up at the M25 Loughborough, defeating fellow Brits Billy Harris and Aidan McHugh before losing to Antoine Escoffier in the final.

March

Peniston reached the quarter-finals in Saint Brieuc after defeating Frenchman Antoine Hoang 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-3, but lost out on a place in the final after his 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 defeat to Antoine Escoffier.

April

Peniston and partner, Evan Furness, reached the semi-finals of the Prague Challenger after the pair defeated the Netherland’s Robin Hasse and Poland’s Lukasz Kubot in straight sets, but fell short of a place in the final after losing 6-2, 6-3 to Portuguese/Polish double-act, Francisco Cabral and Szymon Walkow.

Peniston reached his second final of the season, and first on the clay in the Czech Republic. The Briton finished runner-up after losing 6-4, 6-7(6), 1-6 to Frenchman, Evan Furness.

Ryan won the ITF M15 Heraklion in Greece in May, beating Brit Luke Johnson on the way.

Took part in Schroders Battle of the Brits in June, replacing Jack Draper in the main singles line up and losing two close matches against Cameron Norrie and Paul Jubb at the National Tennis Centre. Also partnered Norrie in the doubles competition.

Won first and second ITF titles at $15k level in Cancun in April. Runner up in two other ITF $15k tournaments.

Went to University of Memphis on tennis scholarship in 2014.

On university tennis he says: “Playing college tennis is the reason that I have joined the pro tour so late but I don’t regret it at all. I was able to have four years of team tennis that you can’t experience anywhere else. I do want to rise through the ranks as quickly as I can but I also try to enjoy each part of it. Playing in challengers has been a fun experience that I can’t wait to do more of."