Murphy Cassone and August Holmgren will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Charleston Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Murphy Cassone who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Murphy Cassone is the pick to win this match.
Murphy Cassone -> 1.67
August Holmgren -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Murphy Cassone vs. August Holmgren
There is no head to head record between Murphy Cassone and August Holmgren 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-14 | 13-11 | 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 |
Ranked no. 518, Cassone reached the qualifications after defeating Malek Jaziri 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Jaziri (6-3 6-2). During the match, Cassone scored 61 points vs Jaziri’s 37. Murphy was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cassone managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Murphy Cassone was pretty effective on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 89% (17/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Murphy broke Jaziri 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Cassone has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 67% of his matches (28-14). 12-6 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cassone has a composed21-11 record in the last 4 years on hard.
Cassone’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Columbus.
The American has a composed 18-7 win-loss record in 2022, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charleston Challenger
Murphy has never competed in this tournament before.
August Holmgren
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-19 | 24-12 | 6-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 33-14 | 9-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-12 | 18-4 | 10-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-8 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 588, Holmgren reached the qualifications after defeating Naoki Nakagawa 4-6 7-63 6-2.
In the qualifications against Nakagawa, Holmgren recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-63 6-2). During the match Holmgren scored 109 points vs Nakagawa’s 92. August was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Holmgren scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, August Holmgren was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (39/53) of his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. August broke Nakagawa 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
The Dane’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Rancho Santa Fe and M15 San Diego.
August has a composed 21-7 win-loss record in 2022, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cassone | Holmgren |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 |
| Pts | 61-37 | 109-92 |
| Total Points | 98 | 201 |
| Winners | 20 | 39 |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% |
Both Cassone and Holmgren played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, August Holmgren dropped 1 set while Murphy Cassone hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cassone has played 1 set(s) less than Holmgren (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cassone played 14 games less than Holmgren. Cassone scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Holmgren scored 39 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cassone | Holmgren |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 1 |
| 1st in | 25/44 | 53/93 |
| %1st in | 57% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 39/53 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 17/19 | 22/40 |
| %2nd pts | 89% | 55% |
Cassone fired 8 aces . Holmgren struck 1 ace . Cassone won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 89% of the points. On the other side, Holmgren won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cassone | Holmgren |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 60% | 36% |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Cassone broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Cassone very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Holmgren broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Dane conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cassone | |||
| Q1 Jaziri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-37 | 61-37 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/44 | 25/44 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 20/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/19 | 17/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 89% | 89% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Holmgren | |||
| Q1 Nakagawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 109-92 | 109-92 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 53/93 | 53/93 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 39/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 22/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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