Murphy Cassone and Mitchell Krueger will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Tiburon Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on KENNEDY-GROSSMAN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.73
Mitchell Krueger -> 2.01

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Prediction and head to head Murphy Cassone vs. Mitchell Krueger

This will be the 3^rd time that Murphy Cassone and Mitchell Krueger fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Cassone and Krueger (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Cassone won 7-5 2-6 7-6(5) in the qualifications in Delray beach back in February 2025.

Murphy Cassone

Ranked no. 176, Cassone reached the 2^nd round after beating Moerani Bouzige 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Cassone had a good straight sets win against Bouzige (6-3 6-2). During the match, Cassone scored 64 points vs Bouzige’s 42. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cassone struck 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Murphy Cassone was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Murphy broke Bouzige 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Cassone has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (99-67). 17-13 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cassone has a composed56-43 record in the last 7 years on hard.

Cassone’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger,the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and the Lugano Challenger.

Cassone has an aggregate 33-25 win-loss record in 2025, 17-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

Mitchell Krueger

Ranked no. 244, Krueger reached the 2^nd round after defeating Daniel Masur 2-6 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Masur, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Krueger scored 84 points vs Masur’s 80. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about serving, Krueger managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Mitchell Krueger lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 71% of his first serves in, winning 72% (47/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Krueger broke Masur 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Oeiras 5 Challenger.

The American has a compiled 21-27 win-loss record in 2025, 11-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2015, 2016 and 2022. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cassone	Krueger
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	26
Pts	64-42	84-80
Total Points	106	164
Winners	24	47
%Winners	38%	56%

Both Cassone and Krueger played 1 match. At the moment, Mitchell Krueger conceded 1 set while Murphy Cassone hasn’t lost a set so far. Cassone has played 1 set(s) less than Krueger (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cassone played 9 games less than Krueger. Murphy scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 47 winners (56%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cassone	Krueger
Aces	7	13
Avg per match	7	13
1st in	31/56	65/91
%1st in	55%	71%
1st pts	24/31	47/65
%1st pts	77%	72%
2nd pts	15/25	12/26
%2nd pts	60%	46%

Cassone recorded 7 aces . Krueger scored 13 aces . Cassone won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Krueger won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cassone	Krueger
Won	4	3
Converted	4/6	3/4
% Converted	67%	75%
Conceded	5	9
Saved	4	7
% Saved	80%	78%
Times Broken	1	2

Cassone broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Murphy lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Mitchell broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Krueger conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Cassone
	R1 Bouzige	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	64-42	64-42
Total points	106	106
Winners	24	24
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	31/56	31/56
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	24/31	24/31
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	15/25	15/25
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Krueger
	R1 Masur	Total
Score	2-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	84-80	84-80
Total points	164	164
Winners	47	47
%Winners	56%	56%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	65/91	65/91
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	47/65	47/65
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	12/26	12/26
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	7/9	7
Saved %	78%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Tiburon Challenger

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• Rafael JodarJodar – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (2-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Bor ArtnakArtnak (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin HassanHassan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tyler ZinkZink – (0-1) – H2H and prediction