Stefan Kozlov and Murphy Cassone will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Sioux Falls Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:30 pm on STADIUM 1. 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 -> 1.77
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.96

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Prediction and head to head Stefan Kozlov vs. Murphy Cassone

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

Stefan Kozlov

Ranked no. 350, Stefan got to the 2^nd round after defeating Dmitry Popko 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The American defeated Popko (7-6³ 4-6 6-4). During the match, Kozlov scored 93 points vs Popko’s 89. Stefan was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kozlov struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Stefan Kozlov was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (42/53) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Kozlov broke Popko 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Kozlov has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (286-223). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kozlov has an aggregate 76-42 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger,the Tallahassee Challenger and the Bloomfield Hills Challenger.

Stefan has an aggregate 37-18 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sioux Falls Challenger

Kozlov has never competed in this tournament before.

Murphy Cassone

Ranked no. 363 (career-high), Murphy got to the 2^nd round after beating Antoine Ghibaudo 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Cassone had a good straight sets win against Ghibaudo (6-4 6-4). During the match Cassone scored 71 points vs Ghibaudo’s 58. Murphy was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Cassone made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Murphy Cassone was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cassone broke Ghibaudo twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Calgary Challenger where he beat Govind Nanda in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.

Murphy has an overall 28-16 win-loss record in 2024, 12-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kozlov	Cassone
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	33	20
Pts	93-89	71-58
Total Points	182	129
Winners	42	26
%Winners	45%	37%

Both Kozlov and Cassone played 1 match. At the moment, Stefan Kozlov conceded 1 set while Murphy Cassone hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kozlov has played 1 set more than Cassone (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kozlov played 13 games more than Cassone. Kozlov scored 42 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Murphy bagged 26 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kozlov	Cassone
Aces	2	6
Avg per match	2	6
1st in	53/92	32/56
%1st in	58%	57%
1st pts	42/53	26/32
%1st pts	79%	81%
2nd pts	20/39	16/24
%2nd pts	51%	67%

Kozlov struck 2 aces . Cassone recorded 6 aces . Kozlov won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Cassone won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kozlov	Cassone
Won	3	2
Converted	3/4	2/8
% Converted	75%	25%
Conceded	7	3
Saved	4	3
% Saved	57%	100%
Times Broken	3	0

Stefan broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Kozlov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Kozlov
	R1 Popko	Total
Score	7-63 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	93-89	93-89
Total points	182	182
Winners	42	42
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	53/92	53/92
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	42/53	42/53
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	20/39	20/39
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4/7	4
Saved %	57%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

Cassone
	R1 Ghibaudo	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	71-58	71-58
Total points	129	129
Winners	26	26
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	32/56	32/56
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	26/32	26/32
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	16/24	16/24
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/8	2/8
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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• Brandon HoltHolt – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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