Emilio Nava and Murphy Cassone will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Emilio Nava who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emilio Nava is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Nava -> 1.37
Murphy Cassone -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Nava vs. Murphy Cassone
There is no head to head record between Emilio Nava and Murphy Cassone since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Emilio Nava
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-12 | 11-7 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-31 | 24-14 | 12-8 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-27 | 15-15 | 14-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-16 | 9-6 | 27-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 10-7 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 153, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Nino Serdarusic 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Nava had a good straight sets win against Serdarusic (6-4 6-4). During the match, Nava scored 69 points vs Serdarusic’s 60. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nava fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Emilio Nava conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Nava put 69% of his first serves in, winning 82% (36/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Serdarusic twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Nava has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (151-98). 2-7 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nava has a compiled18-16 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Modena Challenger where he defeated Titouan Droguet in the final 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-4.
Nava has an overall 38-29 win-loss record in 2023, 2-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
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. 731, Murphy got to the 2nd round after defeating Darian King 6-2 6-1, Luca Wiedenmann 6-1 6-4 and Christian Harrison 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Murphy had a good straight sets win against Harrison (6-1 6-4). During the match Cassone scored 64 points vs Harrison’s 46. Cassone was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Cassone bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Murphy Cassone was quite effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Harrison 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The American has an overall 5-6 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Cassone has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nava | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 49 |
| Pts | 69-60 | 182-126 |
| Total Points | 129 | 308 |
| Winners | 36 | 75 |
| %Winners | 52% | 41% |
Nava played 1 match while Cassone competed in 3 matches. Cassone started his run from the qualifications while Nava had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Nava has played 4 set(s) less than Cassone (2 vs 6). Therefore, Nava played 29 games less than Cassone. The American scored 36 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Cassone blasted 75 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nava | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 100/149 |
| %1st in | 69% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 75/100 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 28/49 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 57% |
Nava recorded 5 aces . Cassone made 16 aces (5.3 per match). Nava won 82% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Cassone won 75% of the points behind 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 | Nava | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 13 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 13/23 |
| % Converted | 33% | 57% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Emilio broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Emilio pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Murphy broke his opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. Cassone conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nava | |||
| R1 Serdarusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-60 | 69-60 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 44/64 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 36/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cassone | |||||
| Q1 King |
Q3 Wiedenmann |
R1 Harrison |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 17 | 49 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 59-41 | 64-46 | 182-126 | |
| Total points | 98 | 100 | 110 | 308 | |
| Winners | 19 | 29 | 27 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 49% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 34/52 | 35/48 | 100/149 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 65% | 73% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 19/31 | 29/34 | 27/35 | 75/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 85% | 77% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 8/18 | 7/13 | 28/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 44% | 54% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/6 | 4/9 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 67% | 44% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 0% | 0% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
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