Radu Mihai Papoe and Murphy Cassone will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Murphy Cassone who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Murphy Cassone is the pick to win this match.
Murphy Cassone -> 1.69
Radu Mihai Papoe -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Radu Mihai Papoe vs. Murphy Cassone

There is no head to head record between Radu Mihai Papoe and Murphy Cassone since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Radu Mihai Papoe

Radu Mihai Papoe

23 - 8win/loss

Clay
19-6
Rank
569
High
509
LWLWWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-9 0-0 19-6 5-3 0-0 0-0
2023 32-8 0-0 19-6 13-2 0-0 0-0
2022 23-9 3-1 16-5 4-3 0-0 0-0
2021 16-11 2-1 11-7 3-3 0-0 0-0
2020 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 518, Mihai Papoe reached the qualifications after beating Aidan Kim 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Kim, Mihai Papoe recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Mihai Papoe scored 96 points vs Kim’s 87. Radu was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mihai Papoe was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Radu Mihai Papoe lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Mihai Papoe put 69% of his first serves in, winning 63% (41/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. Mihai Papoe broke Kim 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Mihai Papoe has a fantastic match record in the last 7 years having won 71% of his matches (107-44). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Mihai Papoe has an overall24-9 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Mihai Papoe’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Curtea de Arges.

Radu has a composed 23-7 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Columbus Challenger
Mihai Papoe's Record

Murphy Cassone

Murphy Cassone

17 - 13win/loss

Hard
13-11
I Hard
4-2
Rank
331
High
325
LWLWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-18 16-13 0-0 14-5 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. 655, Murphy reached the qualifications after beating Cannon Kingsley 6-3 3-6 7-6(4).

In the qualifications, Murphy defeated Kingsley (6-3 3-6 7-64).During the match Cassone scored less points (4) than Kingsley. In fact, the world no. 518 won 90 points vs Kingsley’s. That means that Cassone was more focused during the important points. Murphy was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Cassone fired 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Murphy Cassone was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (43/55) of his 1st serve and 62% (24/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Kingsley once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Cassone’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Aldershot.

Murphy has an overall 16-13 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Columbus Challenger
Cassone's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Mihai Papoe
M.Cassone
2h:00
2h:00
Time on court​
1h:55
1h:55
2h:00
2h:00
Last match​
1h:55
1h:55
1
1
Match played
1
1
28
28
Games Played​
31
31
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
96
96
Total points​
90
90
96
96
Avg point​
90
90
41
41
Winners
43
43
41
41
Avg Winners​
43
43
43%
43%
Ratio winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
8
8
0
0
Avg Aces
8
8
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1
1
41/65
41/65
1st won total​
43/55
43/55
63%
63%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
17/29
17/29
2nd won total​
24/39
24/39
59%
59%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
1/4
1/4
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
1/4
1/4
!
57%
57%
Won
!
25%
25%
11
11
Conceded
5
5
11
11
Avg Conceded
5
5
3
3
Broken
1
1
3
3
Avg Broken
1
1
8
8
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mihai Papoe Cassone
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 31
Pts 96-87 90-94
Total Points 183 184
Winners 41 43
%Winners 43% 48%

Both Mihai Papoe and Cassone played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Radu Mihai Papoe lost 1 set, while Murphy Cassone surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Mihai Papoe and Cassone have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Mihai Papoe played 3 games less than Cassone. Radu scored 41 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Murphy struck 43 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mihai Papoe Cassone
Aces 0 8
Avg per match 0 8
1st in 65/94 55/94
%1st in 69% 59%
1st pts 41/65 43/55
%1st pts 63% 78%
2nd pts 17/29 24/39
%2nd pts 59% 62%

Mihai Papoe didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cassone struck 8 aces . Mihai Papoe won 63% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Cassone won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Mihai Papoe Cassone
Won 4 1
Converted 4/7 1/4
% Converted 57% 25%
Conceded 11 5
Saved 8 4
% Saved 73% 80%
Times Broken 3 1

Mihai Papoe broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Mihai Papoe lost his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Cassone conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Mihai Papoe
Q1
Kim
Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 96-87 96-87
Total points 183 183
Winners 41 41
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 65/94 65/94
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 41/65 41/65
% 1st pts 63% 63%
2nd pts 17/29 17/29
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 8/11 8
Saved % 73% 73%
Times Broken 3 3
Cassone
Q1
Kingsley
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 7-64
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 90-94 90-94
Total points 184 184
Winners 43 43
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 55/94 55/94
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 43/55 43/55
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 24/39 24/39
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/4 1/4
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

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