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.
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
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-10 | 0-0 | 19-6 | 6-4 | 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
Murphy Cassone
| 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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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