Murphy Cassone and Philip Sekulic will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Winston-Salem for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.46
Philip Sekulic -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Murphy Cassone vs. Philip Sekulic

There is no head to head record between Murphy Cassone and Philip Sekulic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Murphy Cassone

Ranked no. 177, Cassone got to the 2^nd round after beating Cooper Williams 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Murphy had a good straight sets win against Williams (6-1 6-2). During the match, Cassone scored 53 points vs Williams’s 30. Murphy was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cassone bagged 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Murphy Cassone was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 92% (22/24) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cassone was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Williams 4 times.

Cassone has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (97-65). 15-12 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cassone has a composed54-42 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

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

Cassone has a compiled 31-23 win-loss record in 2025, 15-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Salem Challenger

Murphy has never competed in this tournament before.

Philip Sekulic

Ranked no. 473, Philip reached the 2^nd round after defeating Daniel Milavsky 7-6(2) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Sekulic had a good straight sets win against Milavsky (7-6² 6-4). During the match Sekulic scored 85 points vs Milavsky’s 73. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Sekulic scored 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Philip Sekulic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 62% of his first serves in, winning 69% (38/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (14/34) on the 2nd serve. Sekulic broke Milavsky 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Philip’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Bali.

Sekulic has a compiled 12-7 win-loss record in 2025, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cassone	Sekulic
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	23
Pts	53-30	85-73
Total Points	83	158
Winners	22	38
%Winners	42%	45%

Both Cassone and Sekulic played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cassone and Sekulic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cassone played 8 games less than Sekulic. Murphy scored 22 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Sekulic scored 38 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cassone	Sekulic
Aces	10	3
Avg per match	10	3
1st in	24/43	55/89
%1st in	56%	62%
1st pts	22/24	38/55
%1st pts	92%	69%
2nd pts	11/19	14/34
%2nd pts	58%	41%

Cassone scored 10 aces . Sekulic blasted 3 aces . Cassone won 92% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cassone	Sekulic
Won	4	4
Converted	4/4	4/6
% Converted	100%	67%
Conceded	1	14
Saved	1	11
% Saved	100%	79%
Times Broken	0	3

Cassone broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Cassone very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Philip broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Philip conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

Cassone
	R1 Williams	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	53-30	53-30
Total points	83	83
Winners	22	22
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	24/43	24/43
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	22/24	22/24
% 1st pts	92%	92%
2nd pts	11/19	11/19
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/4	4/4
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Sekulic
	R1 Milavsky	Total
Score	7-62 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	85-73	85-73
Total points	158	158
Winners	38	38
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	55/89	55/89
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	38/55	38/55
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	14/34	14/34
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	14	14
Saved	11/14	11
Saved %	79%	79%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Salem Challenger

• Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Aidan KimKim – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex RybakovRybakov – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Quinn VandecasteeleVandecasteele – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Christian LangmoLangmo – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Cooper WilliamsWilliams (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Rafael JodarJodar – Gavin GoodeGoode (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Daniel MilavskyMilavsky (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Alfredo PerezPerez – Edward WinterWinter (6-2 4-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Darwin BlanchBlanch – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Blaise BicknellBicknell – Johannus MondayMonday (6-4 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
• Trevor SvajdaSvajda – Andre IlaganIlagan (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Tyler ZinkZink (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Martin DammDamm – Emon Van Loben SelsVan Loben Sels (6-3 6-7⁸ 6-3) – See score progression
• Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca PowPow – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alex RybakovRybakov – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alfredo PerezPerez – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Christian LangmoLangmo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction