Christopher Eubanks and Murphy Cassone will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Christopher Eubanks who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Christopher Eubanks is the pick to win this match.
Christopher Eubanks -> 1.56
Murphy Cassone -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Christopher Eubanks vs. Murphy Cassone

This will be the 2nd time that Christopher Eubanks and Murphy Cassone clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cassone (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Cassone won 7-6(3) 4-6 7-5 in the quarter in the Sioux Falls Challenger back in October 2024.

Christopher Eubanks

Christopher Eubanks

22 - 27win/loss

Hard
11-11
I Hard
7-4
Clay
0-7
Grass
4-5
Rank
118
High
29
WLLWWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-27 11-11 0-7 7-4 4-5 0-0
2023 39-26 24-16 1-2 0-4 14-4 0-0
2022 43-26 24-16 1-2 14-6 4-2 0-0
2021 30-21 19-13 0-1 11-5 0-2 0-0
2020 13-8 12-6 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 118, Eubanks got to the 2nd round after beating Joel Schwaerzler 6-4 6-1.

In the 1st round, Eubanks had a good straight sets win against Schwaerzler (6-4 6-1). During the match, Eubanks scored 56 points vs Schwaerzler’s 33. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Eubanks fired 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Christopher Eubanks conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 74% of his first serves in, win 86% (30/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. Eubanks broke Schwaerzler 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Eubanks has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (232-182). 7-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Eubanks has an overall48-33 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

Christopher’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Newport and the Charleston Challenger.

The American has a composed 22-27 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Knoxville Challenger
Eubanks's Record

Murphy Cassone

Murphy Cassone

30 - 17win/loss

Hard
16-13
I Hard
14-4
Rank
325
High
325
WLWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-17 16-13 0-0 14-4 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), Murphy got to the 2nd

round after beating Stefan Dostanic 6-3 2-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, The American defeated Dostanic (6-3 2-6 6-3). During the match Cassone scored 84 points vs Dostanic’s 74. The American was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Cassone managed to score 7 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Murphy Cassone lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cassone put 67% of his first serves in, winning 63% (34/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 74% (20/27) on the 2nd serve. Cassone broke Dostanic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

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

The American has a composed 30-17 win-loss record in 2024, 14-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.

Knoxville Challenger
Cassone's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Eubanks
M.Cassone
0h:51
0h:51
Time on court​
!
1h:35
1h:35
!
0h:51
0h:51
Last match​
1h:35
1h:35
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
26
26
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
56
56
Total points​
84
84
56
56
Avg point​
84
84
30
30
Winners
34
34
30
30
Avg Winners​
34
34
54%
54%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
7
7
7
7
Avg Aces
7
7
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
3
3
Avg Double Faults
0
0
30/35
30/35
1st won total​
34/54
34/54
!
86%
86%
1st won %
63%
63%
6/12
6/12
2nd won total​
20/27
20/27
50%
50%
2nd won %
!
74%
74%
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
BP won
3/8
3/8
3/4
3/4
Avg BP won
3/8
3/8
!
75%
75%
Won
38%
38%
0
0
Conceded
4
4
0
0
Avg Conceded
4
4
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
0
0
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Eubanks Cassone
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 17 26
Pts 56-33 84-74
Total Points 89 158
Winners 30 34
%Winners 54% 40%

Both Eubanks and Cassone played 1 match. At the moment, Murphy Cassone surrendered 1 set while Christopher Eubanks hasn’t conceded a set so far. Eubanks has played 1 set(s) less than Cassone (2 vs 3). Therefore, Eubanks played 9 games less than Cassone. The American scored 30 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Murphy made 34 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Eubanks Cassone
Aces 7 7
Avg per match 7 7
1st in 35/47 54/81
%1st in 74% 67%
1st pts 30/35 34/54
%1st pts 86% 63%
2nd pts 6/12 20/27
%2nd pts 50% 74%

Eubanks struck 7 aces . Cassone bagged 7 aces . Eubanks won 86% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Cassone won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Eubanks Cassone
Won 3 3
Converted 3/4 3/8
% Converted 75% 38%
Conceded 0 4
Saved 0 2
% Saved 0% 50%
Times Broken 0 2

The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Christopher had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Murphy broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Cassone conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Eubanks
R1
Schwaerzler
Total
Score 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 56-33 56-33
Total points 89 89
Winners 30 30
%Winners 54% 54%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 35/47 35/47
% 1st in 74% 74%
1st pts 30/35 30/35
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 6/12 6/12
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/4 3/4
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Cassone
R1
Dostanic
Total
Score 6-3 2-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 84-74 84-74
Total points 158 158
Winners 34 34
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 54/81 54/81
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 34/54 34/54
% 1st pts 63% 63%
2nd pts 20/27 20/27
% 2nd pts 74% 74%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/8 3/8
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

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