Alex Rybakov and Murphy Cassone will face off in the qualifications of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.87
Alex Rybakov -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Alex Rybakov vs. Murphy Cassone
There is no head to head record between Alex Rybakov and Murphy Cassone since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alex Rybakov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-13 | 4-4 | 12-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-25 | 5-8 | 7-9 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-23 | 5-7 | 20-12 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-26 | 4-4 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 12-5 | 9-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 604, Rybakov got to the qualifications after beating Joshua Sheehy 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Alex had a good straight sets win against Sheehy (6-3 6-4). During the match, Rybakov scored 62 points vs Sheehy’s 50. Rybakov was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rybakov scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex Rybakov lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Rybakov put 71% of his first serves in, winning 78% (36/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Sheehy 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Rybakov has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (181-128). 8-7 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Rybakov has a composed 23-17 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Rybakov’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Marburg and M15 Ithaca.
Rybakov has a compiled 20-24 win-loss record in 2023, 8-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Murphy Cassone
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 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, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Nathan Ponwith 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Ponwith (7-5 6-3). During the match Cassone scored 72 points vs Ponwith’s 52. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Cassone fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Murphy Cassone was very efficient on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ponwith 3 times.
Cassone has an aggregate 6-7 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rybakov | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 21 |
| Pts | 62-50 | 72-52 |
| Total Points | 112 | 124 |
| Winners | 36 | 34 |
| %Winners | 58% | 47% |
Both Rybakov 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, Rybakov and Cassone have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rybakov played 2 games less than Cassone. Rybakov scored 36 winners (58% of the total points). On the other side, Murphy struck 34 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rybakov | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 8 |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 45/65 |
| %1st in | 71% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 34/45 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 7/19 | 12/20 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 60% |
Rybakov scored 4 aces . Cassone fired 8 aces . Rybakov won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Cassone won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rybakov | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 60% | 100% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Rybakov broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Alex dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Murphy broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rybakov | |||
| Q1 Sheehy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 62-50 | 62-50 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 36/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/19 | 7/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Cassone | |||
| Q1 Ponwith |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-52 | 72-52 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 45/65 | 45/65 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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