Murphy Cassone and Govind Nanda will play each other in the final of the Calgary Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:30 pm on NATIONAL BANK COURT. 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 -> 1.6
Govind Nanda -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Murphy Cassone vs. Govind Nanda

There is no head to head record between Murphy Cassone and Govind Nanda since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Murphy Cassone

Ranked no. 599, the American got to the final after defeating Matt Kuhar 6-2 6-2, Mikael Arseneault 6-2 6-3, Ryan Seggerman 3-6 7-6(4) 7-6(13), Patrick Kypson 6-2 6-4, Alexis Galarneau 6-7(7) 7-6(2) 7-6(4) and Aziz Dougaz 7-5 6-4.

In the semifinal, Murphy had a good straight sets win against Dougaz (7-5 6-4). During the match, Cassone scored 74 points vs Dougaz’s 57. The American was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cassone struck 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Murphy Cassone was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Murphy broke Dougaz 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Murphy started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Cassone has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (62-40). 10-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cassone has an aggregate23-9 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

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

Murphy has a compiled 26-16 win-loss record in 2024, 10-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Calgary Challenger

Cassone has never competed in this tournament before.

Govind Nanda

Ranked no. 743, the American got to the final after defeating Collin Altamirano 7-6(1) 6-2, Patrick Zahraj 7-5 6-0, Tim Handel 6-4 6-2, James Kent Trotter 3-6 6-4 6-2, Maks Kasnikowski 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-5 and Liam Draxl 6-2 6-4.

In the semifinal, The American had a good straight sets win against Draxl (6-2 6-4). During the match Nanda scored 61 points vs Draxl’s 48. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Nanda managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Govind Nanda lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nanda put 47% of his first serves in, winning 81% (22/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Draxl 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Govind started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Govind’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Lakewood.

Govind has a composed 23-11 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cassone	Nanda
Match played	6	6
Tot Set	14	14
Tot Games	147	140
Pts	523-453	466-376
Total Points	976	842
Winners	251	166
%Winners	48%	36%

Both Cassone and Nanda played 6 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Murphy Cassone surrendered 2 sets, while Govind Nanda lost 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Cassone and Nanda have played the same amount of sets 14. However, Cassone played 7 games more than Nanda. Cassone scored 251 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Nanda made 166 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cassone	Nanda
Aces	60	16
Avg per match	10	2.7
1st in	316/496	222/403
%1st in	64%	55%
1st pts	251/316	166/222
%1st pts	79%	75%
2nd pts	87/180	101/181
%2nd pts	48%	56%

Cassone scored 60 aces (10 per match). Nanda managed to score 16 aces (2.7 per match). Cassone won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Nanda won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cassone	Nanda
Won	17	28
Converted	17/38	28/50
% Converted	45%	56%
Conceded	34	29
Saved	28	16
% Saved	82%	55%
Times Broken	6	13

Cassone broke his opponents 17 times with a 45% conversion rate. Cassone dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 28 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.

Cassone
	Q1 Kuhar	Q3 Arseneault	R1 Seggerman	R2 Kypson	1/4 Galarneau	1/2 Dougaz	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-2 6-3	3-6 7-64 7-613	6-2 6-4	6-77 7-62 7-64	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	3	2	14
Tot Games	16	17	35	18	39	22	147
pts	57-35	61-41	123-130	57-42	151-148	74-57	523-453
Total points	92	102	253	99	299	131	976
Winners	21	27	64	31	79	29	251
%Winners	37%	44%	52%	54%	52%	39%	48%
SERVE
Aces	7	6	12	16	13	6	60
Double Faults	3	4	5	2	4	5	23
1st in	22/41	33/49	86/130	35/46	103/168	37/62	316/496
% 1st in	54%	67%	66%	76%	61%	60%	64%
1st pts	21/22	27/33	64/86	31/35	79/103	29/37	251/316
% 1st pts	95%	82%	74%	89%	77%	78%	79%
2nd pts	11/19	7/16	24/44	6/11	26/65	13/25	87/180
% 2nd pts	58%	44%	55%	55%	40%	52%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	4	0	3	2	4	17
Converted	4/9	4/7	0/3	3/8	2/6	4/5	17/38
Converted %	44%	57%	0%	38%	33%	80%	45%
Conceded	0	4	7	2	14	7	34
Saved	0/0	3/4	6/7	2/2	12/14	5/7	28
Saved %	–	75%	86%	100%	86%	71%	70%
Times Broken	0	1	1	0	2	2	6

Nanda
	Q1 Altamirano	Q3 Zahraj	R1 Handel	R2 Kent	1/4 Kasnikowski	1/2 Draxl	Total
Score	7-61 6-2	7-5 6-0	6-4 6-2	3-6 6-4 6-2	7-65 6-75 7-5	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	3	2	14
Tot Games	21	18	18	27	38	18	140
pts	76-49	63-35	64-46	79-76	123-122	61-48	466-376
Total points	125	98	110	155	245	109	842
Winners	21	27	21	25	50	22	166
%Winners	28%	43%	33%	32%	41%	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	4	1	6	3	16
Double Faults	2	0	4	2	5	1	14
1st in	26/58	32/45	26/51	39/64	72/127	27/58	222/403
% 1st in	45%	71%	51%	61%	57%	47%	55%
1st pts	21/26	27/32	21/26	25/39	50/72	22/27	166/222
% 1st pts	81%	84%	81%	64%	69%	81%	75%
2nd pts	22/32	7/13	15/25	16/25	27/55	14/31	101/181
% 2nd pts	69%	54%	60%	64%	49%	45%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	5	5	5	28
Converted	4/6	5/8	4/8	5/11	5/7	5/10	28/50
Converted %	67%	63%	50%	45%	71%	50%	56%
Conceded	6	1	2	3	12	5	29
Saved	4/6	0/1	1/2	0/3	8/12	3/5	16
Saved %	67%	0%	50%	0%	67%	60%	41%
Times Broken	2	1	1	3	4	2	13

Tennis Scores in Calgary Challenger

• Ryan Seggerman/Patrik TrhacSeggerman/Patrik Trhac – Robert Cash/James TracyCash/James Tracy (6-3 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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