Murphy Cassone and Kaichi Uchida will square off in the 2nd round of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 13. 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 Kaichi Uchida who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kaichi Uchida is the pick to win this match.
Kaichi Uchida -> 1.61
Murphy Cassone -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Murphy Cassone vs. Kaichi Uchida
There is no head to head record between Murphy Cassone and Kaichi Uchida since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Murphy Cassone
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 18-15 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 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 |
2021 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Murphy got to the 2nd round after beating Adrian Andreev 6-4 3-6 6-3, Evan Zhu 3-6 6-1 6-2 and Michael Mmoh 2-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Mmoh, Murphy recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Cassone scored 83 points vs Mmoh’s 70. The American was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cassone scored 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Murphy Cassone was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (36/45) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Murphy broke Mmoh 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Cassone has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 64% of his matches (9-5). 3-1 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cassone has a compiled9-5 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.
Cassone has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Cassone has never competed in this tournament before.
Kaichi Uchida
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 35-24 | 14-18 | 16-6 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 17-33 | 4-18 | 3-10 | 9-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 35-34 | 24-23 | 8-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 35-26 | 27-13 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 14-11 | 10-5 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 275, Uchida got to the 2nd round after defeating Strong Kirchheimer 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Kirchheimer, Kaichi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Uchida scored 92 points vs Kirchheimer’s 78. Kaichi was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Uchida struck 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kaichi Uchida was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (39/48) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kaichi was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kirchheimer 3 times.
Kaichi’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Loule and M25 Netanya.
The Japanese has a composed 13-15 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Cassone | Uchida |
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Match played | 3 | 1 |
Tot Set | 9 | 3 |
Tot Games | 77 | 29 |
Pts | 278-240 | 92-78 |
Total Points | 518 | 170 |
Winners | 112 | 39 |
%Winners | 40% | 42% |
Cassone played 3 matches while Uchida competed in 1 match. Cassone started his run from the qualifications while Uchida had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Murphy Cassone lost 3 sets, while Kaichi Uchida surrendered 1 set. Cassone has played 6 sets more than Uchida (9 vs 3). Therefore, Cassone played 48 games more than Uchida. Cassone scored 112 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Kaichi scored 39 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Cassone | Uchida |
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Aces | 30 | 12 |
Avg per match | 10 | 12 |
1st in | 139/254 | 48/85 |
%1st in | 55% | 56% |
1st pts | 112/139 | 39/48 |
%1st pts | 81% | 81% |
2nd pts | 61/115 | 21/37 |
%2nd pts | 53% | 57% |
Cassone blasted 30 aces (10 per match). Uchida fired 12 aces . Cassone won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Uchida won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Cassone | Uchida |
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Won | 9 | 3 |
Converted | 9/30 | 3/3 |
% Converted | 30% | 100% |
Conceded | 24 | 6 |
Saved | 20 | 4 |
% Saved | 83% | 67% |
Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Cassone broke his opponents 9 times with a 30% conversion rate. Cassone conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Kaichi broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kaichi conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
Cassone | |||||
Q1 Andreev |
Q3 Zhu |
R1 Mmoh |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 3-6 6-1 6-2 | 2-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Tot Games | 28 | 24 | 25 | 77 | |
pts | 95-89 | 100-81 | 83-70 | 278-240 | |
Total points | 184 | 181 | 153 | 518 | |
Winners | 40 | 36 | 36 | 112 | |
%Winners | 42% | 36% | 43% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 15 | 6 | 9 | 30 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |
1st in | 51/88 | 43/87 | 45/79 | 139/254 | |
% 1st in | 58% | 49% | 57% | 55% | |
1st pts | 40/51 | 36/43 | 36/45 | 112/139 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 84% | 80% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 21/37 | 22/44 | 18/34 | 61/115 | |
% 2nd pts | 57% | 50% | 53% | 53% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
Converted | 2/9 | 4/9 | 3/12 | 9/30 | |
Converted % | 22% | 44% | 25% | 30% | |
Conceded | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 | |
Saved | 6/7 | 9/10 | 5/7 | 20 | |
Saved % | 86% | 90% | 71% | 82% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Uchida | |||||
R1 Kirchheimer |
Total | ||||
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Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |||
Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |||
pts | 92-78 | 92-78 | |||
Total points | 170 | 170 | |||
Winners | 39 | 39 | |||
%Winners | 42% | 42% | |||
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 12 | 12 | |||
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |||
1st in | 48/85 | 48/85 | |||
% 1st in | 56% | 56% | |||
1st pts | 39/48 | 39/48 | |||
% 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |||
2nd pts | 21/37 | 21/37 | |||
% 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |||
Breaks | |||||
Won | 3 | 3 | |||
Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |||
Converted % | 100% | 100% | |||
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |||
Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |||
Saved % | 67% | 22% | |||
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Little Rock Challenger
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-3 6-73 6-3) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Christian HarrisonHarrison (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Gilbert Klier JuniorKlier Junior (7-69 6-2) – See score progression
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Donald YoungYoung (6-3 6-74 6-2) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Murphy CassoneCassone – Michael MmohMmoh (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-73 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Andrew HarrisHarris (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-7(3) 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Andrew HarrisHarris (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Gilbert Klier JuniorKlier Junior (7-6(9) 6-2) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Christian HarrisonHarrison (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Malek JaziriJaziri – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Ulises BlanchBlanch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Brandon HoltHolt (1-0) – H2H and prediction