Nikoloz Basilashvili and Murphy Cassone will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Sumter Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.59
Murphy Cassone -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Murphy Cassone

There is no head to head record between Nikoloz Basilashvili and Murphy Cassone since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 112, the Georgean got to the 2^nd round after defeating Christopher Eubanks 6-3 3-6 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Basilashvili defeated Eubanks (6-3 3-6 7-5). During the match, Basilashvili scored 94 points vs Eubanks’s 90. The Georgean was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Basilashvili bagged 19 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 43% of his first serves in, winning 73% (30/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (25/54) on the 2nd serve. Basilashvili broke Eubanks 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Basilashvili has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (273-264). 9-7 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Basilashvili has a compiled 99-96 match record in the last years on hard.

The Georgean’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.

The Georgean has a composed 29-22 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sumter Challenger

Basilashvili has never competed in this tournament before.

Murphy Cassone

Ranked no. 173 (career-high), Cassone got to the 2^nd round after defeating Darwin Blanch 7-5 3-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The American defeated Blanch (7-5 3-6 6-3). During the match Cassone scored 96 points vs Blanch’s 82. Cassone was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Cassone struck 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Murphy Cassone was quite effective on serve to win 79% (41/52) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Cassone broke Blanch 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger,the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and the Lugano Challenger.

Cassone has an aggregate 29-21 win-loss record in 2025, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Basilashvili	Cassone
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
Pts	94-90	96-82
Total Points	184	178
Winners	30	41
%Winners	32%	43%

Both Basilashvili and Cassone played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Nikoloz Basilashvili conceded 1 set, while Murphy Cassone surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Basilashvili and Cassone have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (30). Nikoloz scored 30 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 41 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Basilashvili	Cassone
Aces	19	10
Avg per match	19	10
1st in	41/95	52/81
%1st in	43%	64%
1st pts	30/41	41/52
%1st pts	73%	79%
2nd pts	25/54	18/29
%2nd pts	46%	62%

Basilashvili managed to score 19 aces . Cassone blasted 10 aces . Basilashvili won 73% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Cassone won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Basilashvili	Cassone
Won	6	3
Converted	6/10	3/9
% Converted	60%	33%
Conceded	13	8
Saved	8	6
% Saved	62%	75%
Times Broken	5	2

Basilashvili broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Basilashvili surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Cassone broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Basilashvili
	R1 Eubanks	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	94-90	94-90
Total points	184	184
Winners	30	30
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	19	19
Double Faults	10	10
1st in	41/95	41/95
% 1st in	43%	43%
1st pts	30/41	30/41
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	25/54	25/54
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	8/13	8
Saved %	62%	62%
Times Broken	5	5

Cassone
	R1 Blanch	Total
Score	7-5 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	96-82	96-82
Total points	178	178
Winners	41	41
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	52/81	52/81
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	41/52	41/52
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	18/29	18/29
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	6/8	6
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Sumter Challenger

• Henrique RochaRocha – Martin DammDamm (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (3-6 7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Darwin BlanchBlanch (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Karl PolingPoling – Daniel EvansEvans (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (1-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Ryan SeggermanSeggerman (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Alex RybakovRybakov (7-5 7-6²) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Jaime FariaFaria – Hady HabibHabib (6-7⁹ 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Kaylan BigunBigun – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Karl PolingPoling – Daniel EvansEvans (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Darwin BlanchBlanch (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression

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