Emilio Nava and Murphy Cassone will square off in the quarter of the Tallahassee Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Emilio Nava who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emilio Nava is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Nava -> 1.26
Murphy Cassone -> 3.55
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Nava vs. Murphy Cassone
This will be the 2nd time that Emilio Nava and Murphy Cassone square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nava (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Nava won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Knoxville Challenger back in 2023.
Emilio Nava
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-10 | 0-2 | 31-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-34 | 16-15 | 8-9 | 8-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-31 | 24-14 | 12-8 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-27 | 15-15 | 14-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-16 | 9-6 | 27-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 140, Nava reached the quarter after defeating Christian Sigsgaard 6-4 6-4 and Tung-Lin Wu 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Emilio had a good straight sets win against Wu (6-4 6-4). During the match, Nava scored 69 points vs Wu’s 56. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nava fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Emilio Nava was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nava broke Wu 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Nava has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (216-143). 29-7 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nava has an overall98-44 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Asuncion Challenger where he beat Thiago Moura Monteiro in the final 7-5 6-3 and the Concepcion Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Kicker in the final 6-1 7-6(3) and the Sarasota Challenger where he beat Liam Draxl in the final 6-2 7-6(2).
Emilio has an overall 29-9 win-loss record in 2025, 29-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Murphy Cassone
19 - 11win/loss
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LWWLLLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-11 | 9-6 | 2-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 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. 218 (career-high), Murphy got to the quarter after beating Eliot Spizzirri 6-3 7-5 and Joel Schwaerzler 6-3 7-6(6).
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Schwaerzler (6-3 7-66). During the match Cassone scored 80 points vs Schwaerzler’s 73. The American was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Cassone managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Murphy Cassone lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cassone put 65% of his first serves in, winning 66% (35/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Murphy broke Schwaerzler 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cassone hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Murphy’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger,the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and the Lugano Challenger.
The American has an overall 19-10 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nava | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 43 |
| Pts | 143-116 | 169-147 |
| Total Points | 259 | 316 |
| Winners | 57 | 65 |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% |
Both Nava and Cassone played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nava and Cassone have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Nava played 3 games less than Cassone. The American scored 57 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Murphy made 65 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nava | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 9.5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 71/114 | 97/159 |
| %1st in | 62% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 57/71 | 65/97 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 25/43 | 32/62 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 52% |
Nava blasted 19 aces (9.5 per match). Cassone blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Nava won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Cassone won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nava | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/17 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 29% | 47% |
| Conceded | 1 | 18 |
| Saved | 0 | 13 |
| % Saved | 0% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Emilio broke his opponents 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Cassone broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Murphy conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nava | ||||
| R1 Sigsgaard |
R2 Wu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 69-56 | 143-116 | |
| Total points | 134 | 125 | 259 | |
| Winners | 29 | 28 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 7 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/55 | 35/59 | 71/114 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 59% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 28/35 | 57/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 13/24 | 25/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 54% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/9 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 33% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cassone | ||||
| R1 Spizzirri |
R2 Schwaerzler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 43 | |
| pts | 89-74 | 80-73 | 169-147 | |
| Total points | 163 | 153 | 316 | |
| Winners | 30 | 35 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 44% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/77 | 53/82 | 97/159 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 65% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 35/53 | 65/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 66% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 14/29 | 32/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 48% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/8 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 6/9 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 67% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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