Murphy Cassone and Stefan Kozlov will play each other in the 1st round of the Sioux Falls Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on Stadium. 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 Murphy Cassone who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Murphy Cassone is the pick to win this match.
Murphy Cassone -> 1.38
Stefan Kozlov -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Murphy Cassone vs. Stefan Kozlov
This will be the 2nd time that Murphy Cassone and Stefan Kozlov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kozlov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Kozlov won 7-6(3) 7-5 in the final in the Champaign Challenger back in 2025.
Murphy Cassone
21 - 21win/loss
282
172
LLWWWWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21-21 | 13-13 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 42-31 | 17-14 | 2-4 | 17-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-18 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 14-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-9 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 282, Murphy will start his run in the Sioux Falls Challenger after he played his last match in the Fort Worth Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-6(0) to Miyoshi in the 1st round on the 20th of October.
Cassone has a compiled 21-21 win-loss record in 2026, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Murphy has an overall 129-94 record. He has a positive 51-25 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Sioux Falls Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.
Stefan Kozlov
23 - 24win/loss
284
103
LWLLLWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-24 | 7-13 | 5-5 | 8-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 28-12 | 12-6 | 6-2 | 10-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-19 | 16-9 | 17-8 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-34 | 14-18 | 0-5 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 284, the American will start his run in the Sioux Falls Challenger after he played his last match in the Columbus Challenger where he lost 6-2 3-6 6-3 to Krueger in the 2nd round on the 1st of October.
The American has an overall 23-24 win-loss record in 2026, 8-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Kozlov has an overall 369-284 record. He has a positive 94-53 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Sioux Falls Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Sioux Falls Challenger
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Ozan BarisBaris (7-63 6-76 7-5) – See score progression
- Tomasz BerkietaBerkieta – Spencer JohnsonJohnson (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian DominkoDominko – Benjamin WillwerthWillwerth (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Karl PolingPoling – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (7-64 7-67) – See score progression
- Timo LegoutLegout – Andrew FentyFenty (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniil OstapenkovOstapenkov – Gavin YoungYoung (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Timo LegoutLegout – Andrew FentyFenty (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Ozan BarisBaris (7-6(3) 6-7(6) 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian DominkoDominko – Benjamin WillwerthWillwerth (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomasz BerkietaBerkieta – Spencer JohnsonJohnson (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil OstapenkovOstapenkov – Gavin YoungYoung (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Karl PolingPoling – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (7-6(4) 7-6(7)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Andres AndradeAndrade (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
