Juncheng Shang and Murphy Cassone will face off in the qualifications of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juncheng Shang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juncheng Shang is the pick to win this match.
Juncheng Shang -> 1.57
Murphy Cassone -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Juncheng Shang vs. Murphy Cassone
There is no head to head record between Juncheng Shang and Murphy Cassone since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-8 | 9-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-23 | 21-14 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-24 | 17-8 | 15-10 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-5 | 6-3 | 12-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 374 (career-high), Shang reached the qualifications after defeating Ryan Harrison 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications, Juncheng had a good straight sets win against Harrison (7-5 7-5). During the match, Shang scored 72 points vs Harrison’s 63. Juncheng was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shang was unable to score even 1 ace and he committed only 3 double faults. Juncheng Shang lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shang put 74% of his first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Shang broke Harrison 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Shang has a solid match record in the last 2 years having won 66% of his matches (37-19). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shang has a composed1-0 win-loss record in the last 2 years on indoor hard courts.
The Chinese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Naples.
Shang has a composed 19-14 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Murphy Cassone
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 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 |
Ranked no. 694 (career-high), Cassone reached the qualifications after beating Ezekiel Clark 7-64 6-1.
In the qualifications, Murphy had a good straight sets win against Clark (7-64 6-1). During the match Cassone scored 79 points vs Clark’s 60. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Cassone scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Murphy Cassone lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cassone put 60% of his first serves in, winning 58% (23/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Clark 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
The American has an aggregate 10-4 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shang | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 20 |
| Pts | 72-63 | 79-60 |
| Total Points | 135 | 139 |
| Winners | 40 | 23 |
| %Winners | 56% | 29% |
Both Shang and Cassone played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shang and Cassone have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Shang played 4 games more than Cassone. Shang scored 40 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, Murphy bagged 23 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shang | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 7 |
| 1st in | 56/76 | 40/67 |
| %1st in | 74% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 23/40 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 13/27 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 48% |
Shang didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cassone fired 7 aces . Shang won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Cassone won 58% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shang | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 83% | 64% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 40% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Shang broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Juncheng surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Cassone broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Murphy conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shang | |||
| Q1 Harrison |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 72-63 | 72-63 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/76 | 56/76 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 40/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 8/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Cassone | |||
| Q1 Clark |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 79-60 | 79-60 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/67 | 40/67 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/40 | 23/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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