Murphy Cassone and Abedallah Shelbayh will play each other in the 1st round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Murphy Cassone who should win in 2 sets.
Murphy Cassone -> 1.35
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Murphy Cassone vs. Abedallah Shelbayh
There is no head to head record between Murphy Cassone and Abedallah Shelbayh since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Murphy Cassone
32 - 25win/loss
211
172
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-31 | 17-14 | 2-4 | 17-9 | 6-4 | 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. 173, Murphy will start his run in the Columbus Challenger after he played his last match in the Salem Challenger where he lost 7-6(3) 6-2 to Svajda in the quarter on the 12th of September.
Murphy has a composed 32-24 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger,the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and the Lugano Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 98-66 record. He has a positive 35-14 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Abedallah Shelbayh
17 - 25win/loss
278
181
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-29 | 24-13 | 0-11 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-35 | 18-13 | 12-13 | 8-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 27-15 | 7-7 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-7 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 428, Shelbayh will start his run in the Columbus Challenger after he played his last match in the Salem Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4
to Blanch in the 1st round on the 9th of September.Abedallah has a compiled 16-25 win-loss record in 2025, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Abedallah’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Astana Challenger.
In terms of his career, Abedallah has an overall 135-111 record. He has a flat 20-20 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Petr BrunclikBrunclik (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Michael ZhengZheng – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alfredo PerezPerez – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (4-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tyler ZinkZink – (2-1) – H2H and prediction