Murphy Cassone and Stefan Dostanic will play each other in the 1st round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In the following lines 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 -> 1.5
Stefan Dostanic -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Murphy Cassone vs. Stefan Dostanic
There is no head to head record between Murphy Cassone and Stefan Dostanic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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. 325 (career-high), Cassone will start his run in the Knoxville Challenger after he played his last match in the Sioux Falls Challenger where he lost 6-2 5-7 7-5 to Smith in the semifinal on the 26th of October.
Murphy has an aggregate 29-17 win-loss record in 2024, 13-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Calgary Challenger where he beat Govind Nanda in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Murphy has an overall 65-41 record. He has a positive 26-10 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Stefan Dostanic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-10 | 13-8 | 5-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-9 | 22-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-7 | 16-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 766, Dostanic got to the 1st round after defeating Govind Nanda 4-6 7-6(6) 6-2 and Cooper Williams 4-6 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications against Williams, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-1). During the match Dostanic scored 88 points vs Williams’s 70. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Dostanic fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefan Dostanic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Dostanic put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Williams 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Lakewood.
The American has an overall 16-9 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Mark LajalLajal – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon HoltHolt – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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