Murphy Cassone and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe will clash against each other in the quarter of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Murphy Cassone is the pick to win this match.
Murphy Cassone -> 1.49
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Murphy Cassone vs. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe

There is no head to head record between Murphy Cassone and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Murphy Cassone

Ranked no. 245, Murphy got to the quarter after defeating Gage Brymer 6-3 6-1, Alejandro Moreno 6-2 6-0, Matias Soto 6-3 6-2 and Nicolas Mejia 6-3 5-7 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Murphy defeated Mejia (6-3 5-7 6-3). During the match, Cassone scored 98 points vs Mejia’s 85. Murphy was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cassone scored 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Murphy Cassone was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (42/54) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Cassone broke Mejia 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Murphy started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.

Cassone has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (104-71). 13-7 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cassone has a composed40-18 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Murphy’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.

The American has an aggregate 38-29 win-loss record in 2025, 13-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe

Ranked no. 426, the German got to the quarter after defeating Alex Rybakov 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 6-0 and Oliver Tarvet 6-3 7-6(5).

In the 2^nd round, Stebe had a good straight sets win against Tarvet (6-3 7-6⁵). During the match Stebe scored 67 points vs Tarvet’s 56. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Stebe managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The German broke Tarvet 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Stebe has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Augsburg Challenger where he beat Alexander Ritschard in the final 6-3 6-3.

Cedrik-Marcel has a composed 24-13 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Cedrik-Marcel has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cassone	Stebe
Match played	4	2
Tot Set	9	5
Tot Games	77	54
Pts	271-184	179-146
Total Points	455	325
Winners	113	87
%Winners	42%	49%

Cassone played 4 matches while Stebe competed in 2 matches. Cassone started his run from the qualifications while Stebe had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Murphy Cassone lost 1 set, while Cedrik-Marcel Stebe surrendered 1 set. Cassone has played 4 sets more than Stebe (9 vs 5). Therefore, Cassone played 23 games more than Stebe. Cassone scored 113 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Stebe blasted 87 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cassone	Stebe
Aces	41	14
Avg per match	10.3	7
1st in	140/217	114/163
%1st in	65%	70%
1st pts	113/140	87/114
%1st pts	81%	76%
2nd pts	48/77	29/49
%2nd pts	62%	59%

Cassone recorded 41 aces (10.3 per match). Stebe fired 14 aces (7 per match). Cassone won 81% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Stebe won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cassone	Stebe
Won	16	7
Converted	16/31	7/20
% Converted	52%	35%
Conceded	11	9
Saved	9	7
% Saved	82%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

The American broke his opponents 16 times with a 52% conversion rate. Murphy lost his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Cassone
	Q1 Brymer	Q3 Moreno	R1 Soto	R2 Mejia	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	6-2 6-0	6-3 6-2	6-3 5-7 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	16	14	17	30	77
pts	60-34	56-28	57-37	98-85	271-184
Total points	94	84	94	183	455
Winners	23	18	30	42	113
%Winners	38%	32%	53%	43%	42%
SERVE
Aces	12	6	10	13	41
Double Faults	0	3	1	5	9
1st in	27/41	20/38	39/52	54/86	140/217
% 1st in	66%	53%	75%	63%	65%
1st pts	23/27	18/20	30/39	42/54	113/140
% 1st pts	85%	90%	77%	78%	81%
2nd pts	11/14	11/18	8/13	18/32	48/77
% 2nd pts	79%	61%	62%	56%	62%
Breaks
Won	4	5	3	4	16
Converted	4/6	5/9	3/3	4/13	16/31
Converted %	67%	56%	100%	31%	52%
Conceded	1	0	1	9	11
Saved	1/1	0/0	1/1	7/9	9
Saved %	100%	–	100%	78%	70%
Times Broken	0	0	0	2	2

Stebe
	R1 Rybakov	R2 Tarvet	Total
Score	6-75 7-62 6-0	6-3 7-65
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	32	22	54
pts	112-90	67-56	179-146
Total points	202	123	325
Winners	51	36	87
%Winners	46%	54%	49%
SERVE
Aces	5	9	14
Double Faults	4	2	6
1st in	66/101	48/62	114/163
% 1st in	65%	77%	70%
1st pts	51/66	36/48	87/114
% 1st pts	77%	75%	76%
2nd pts	21/35	8/14	29/49
% 2nd pts	60%	57%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/16	3/4	7/20
Converted %	25%	75%	35%
Conceded	4	5	9
Saved	3/4	4/5	7
Saved %	75%	80%	39%
Times Broken	1	1	2

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