Murphy Cassone and Stefan Kozlov will face off in the final of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on THE SCHWARTZ COURT. 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 -> 1.75
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.94

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Prediction and head to head Murphy Cassone vs. Stefan Kozlov

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

Murphy Cassone

Murphy Cassone

42 - 31win/loss

Hard
17-14
I Hard
17-9
Clay
2-4
Grass
6-4
Rank
211
High
172
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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
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Ranked no. 245, the American got to the final after beating Hoyoung Roh 6-0 6-2, Aidan Mchugh 1-6 7-6(0) 6-3, Mats Rosenkranz 7-6(4) 6-3 and Kenta Miyoshi 6-2 2-6 6-4.

In the semifinal, Cassone defeated Miyoshi (6-2 2-6 6-4). During the match, Cassone scored 77 points vs Miyoshi’s 73. Murphy was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cassone fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Murphy Cassone lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Cassone put 60% of his first serves in, winning 71% (35/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Miyoshi 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Murphy has surrendered 2 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.

Cassone has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (108-72). 17-8 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cassone has a compiled44-19 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

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

Murphy has an aggregate 42-30 win-loss record in 2025, 17-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Champaign Challenger
Cassone's Record

Stefan Kozlov

Stefan Kozlov

26 - 11win/loss

Hard
12-6
I Hard
10-3
Clay
4-1
Grass
0-1
Rank
306
High
103
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-11 12-6 4-1 10-3 0-1 0-0
2024 37-19 16-9 17-8 4-2 0-0 0-0
2023 6-12 1-6 0-0 5-6 0-0 0-0
2022 21-34 14-18 0-5 4-5 3-6 0-0
2021 41-15 20-12 5-2 16-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 458, Stefan reached the final after beating Leo Borg 6-1 6-0, Tyler Zink 6-3 6-3, Darwin Blanch 6-2 6-7(7) 6-3 and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-0 4-0 ret..

In the semifinal against Stebe, Kozlov had a free pass after Stebe retired on a 6-0 4-0 . scoreline.

Kozlov’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Xalapa.

Kozlov has a composed 25-11 win-loss record in 2025, 9-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history

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Champaign Challenger
Kozlov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Cassone
S.Kozlov
6h:46
6h:46
Time on court​
5h:23
5h:23
1h:44
1h:44
Last match​
!
0h:52
0h:52
4
4
Match played
4
4
91
91
Games Played​
71
71
10
10
Set played​​
10
10
307
307
Total points​
277
277
76.8
76.8
Avg point​
69.3
69.3
145
145
Winners
105
105
36.3
36.3
Avg Winners​
26.3
26.3
47%
47%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
27
27
Aces
15
15
6.8
6.8
Avg Aces
3.8
3.8
8
8
Double Faults
6
6
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
145/196
145/196
1st won total​
105/131
105/131
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
49/104
49/104
2nd won total​
48/78
48/78
47%
47%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
14/22
14/22
BP won
18/37
18/37
3.5/5.5
3.5/5.5
Avg BP won
4.5/9.3
4.5/9.3
!
64%
64%
Won
49%
49%
30
30
Conceded
8
8
7.5
7.5
Avg Conceded
2
2
8
8
Broken
2
2
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
22
22
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cassone Kozlov
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 10 10
Tot Games 91 71
Pts 307-261 277-177
Total Points 568 454
Winners 145 105
%Winners 47% 38%

Both Cassone and Kozlov played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Murphy Cassone lost 2 sets, while Stefan Kozlov lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Cassone and Kozlov have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Cassone played 20 games more than Kozlov. The American scored 145 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 105 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cassone Kozlov
Aces 27 15
Avg per match 6.8 3.8
1st in 196/300 131/209
%1st in 65% 63%
1st pts 145/196 105/131
%1st pts 74% 80%
2nd pts 49/104 48/78
%2nd pts 47% 62%

Cassone fired 27 aces (6.8 per match). Kozlov recorded 15 aces (3.8 per match). Cassone won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kozlov won 80% 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 Cassone Kozlov
Won 14 18
Converted 14/22 18/37
% Converted 64% 49%
Conceded 30 8
Saved 22 6
% Saved 73% 75%
Times Broken 8 2

Cassone broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Stefan broke his opponents 18 times with a 49% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Cassone
R1
Roh		 R2
Mchugh		 1/4
Rosenkranz		 1/2
Miyoshi		 Total
Score 6-0 6-2 1-6 7-60 6-3 7-64 6-3 6-2 2-6 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 2 3 10
Tot Games 14 29 22 26 91
pts 60-30 95-93 75-65 77-73 307-261
Total points 90 188 140 150 568
Winners 22 54 34 35 145
%Winners 37% 57% 45% 45% 47%
SERVE
Aces 6 7 12 2 27
Double Faults 0 3 3 2 8
1st in 25/38 77/114 45/66 49/82 196/300
% 1st in 66% 68% 68% 60% 65%
1st pts 22/25 54/77 34/45 35/49 145/196
% 1st pts 88% 70% 76% 71% 74%
2nd pts 8/13 12/37 13/21 16/33 49/104
% 2nd pts 62% 32% 62% 48% 47%
Breaks
Won 5 3 2 4 14
Converted 5/10 3/4 2/4 4/4 14/22
Converted % 50% 75% 50% 100% 64%
Conceded 1 14 3 12 30
Saved 1/1 9/14 3/3 9/12 22
Saved % 100% 64% 100% 75% 85%
Times Broken 0 5 0 3 8
Kozlov
R1
Borg		 R2
Zink		 1/4
Blanch		 1/2
Stebe		 Total
Score 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-77 6-3 6-0 4-0 ret.
Tot Set 2 2 3 2 9
Tot Games 13 18 30 10 71
pts 53-25 60-40 114-92 50-20 277-177
Total points 78 100 206 70 454
Winners 20 26 46 13 105
%Winners 38% 43% 40% 26% 38%
SERVE
Aces 6 3 5 1 15
Double Faults 1 3 1 1 6
1st in 22/38 29/45 66/100 14/26 131/209
% 1st in 58% 64% 66% 54% 63%
1st pts 20/22 26/29 46/66 13/14 105/131
% 1st pts 91% 90% 70% 93% 80%
2nd pts 8/16 8/16 23/34 9/12 48/78
% 2nd pts 50% 50% 68% 75% 62%
Breaks
Won 5 4 4 5 18
Converted 5/7 4/9 4/10 5/11 18/37
Converted % 71% 44% 40% 45% 49%
Conceded 0 1 7 0 8
Saved 0/0 0/1 6/7 0/0 6
Saved % – 0% 86% – 22%
Times Broken 0 1 1 0 2

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