Alexander Blockx and Murphy Cassone will square off in the 2nd round of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.44
Murphy Cassone -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Blockx vs. Murphy Cassone
There is no head to head record between Alexander Blockx and Murphy Cassone since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alexander Blockx
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-15 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 9-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 158, Blockx reached the 2nd round after defeating Manuel Guinard 2-3 ret..
In the 1st round against Guinard, the Belgian had a free pass after Guinard retired on a 2-3 . scoreline.
Blockx has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 62% of his matches (82-50). 8-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blockx has a compiled49-18 record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he overcame Liam Draxl in the final 7-5 6-1.
Alexander has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2025, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
Blockx has never competed in this tournament before.
Murphy Cassone
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-15 | 9-6 | 2-4 | 8-3 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 259 (career-high), Cassone got to the 2nd round after defeating Luca Van Assche 2-6 6-0 6-2.
In the 1st round against Van Assche, Cassone recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-0 6-2). During the match Cassone scored 78 points vs Van Assche’s 60. The American was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Cassone blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Murphy Cassone lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cassone put 73% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Van Assche 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger and the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger.
Murphy has a composed 11-5 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blockx | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 5 | 22 |
| Pts | 13-16 | 78-60 |
| Total Points | 29 | 138 |
| Winners | 5 | 34 |
| %Winners | 38% | 44% |
Both Blockx and Cassone played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Blockx surrendered 1 set, while Murphy Cassone surrendered 1 set. Blockx has played 1 set(s) less than Cassone (2 vs 3). Therefore, Blockx played 17 games less than Cassone. Alexander scored 5 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 34 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blockx | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 7 |
| 1st in | 7/18 | 49/67 |
| %1st in | 39% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 5/7 | 34/49 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 11/18 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 61% |
Blockx made 1 ace . Cassone also recorded 7 aces . Blockx won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Cassone won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blockx | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 5 |
| Converted | 0/0 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 0% | 63% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Belgian hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. The Belgian dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Murphy conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blockx | |||
| R1 Guinard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 5 | 5 | |
| pts | 13-16 | 13-16 | |
| Total points | 29 | 29 | |
| Winners | 5 | 5 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 7/18 | 7/18 | |
| % 1st in | 39% | 39% | |
| 1st pts | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Cassone | |||
| R1 Van |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 78-60 | 78-60 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/67 | 49/67 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 34/49 | 34/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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