Murphy Cassone and Laurent Lokoli will face off in the qualifications of the Thionville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.44
Laurent Lokoli -> 2.55
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Prediction and head to head Murphy Cassone vs. Laurent Lokoli
There is no head to head record between Murphy Cassone and Laurent Lokoli since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Murphy Cassone
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21-19 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 255, Murphy reached the qualifications after beating Maxence Bertimon 6-0 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Bertimon (6-0 6-4). During the match, Cassone scored 55 points vs Bertimon’s 34. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cassone managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Murphy Cassone was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cassone broke Bertimon 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Cassone has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (113-80). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cassone has a composed46-23 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The American has an aggregate 5-7 win-loss record in 2026, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Thionville Challenger
Murphy has never competed in this tournament before.
Laurent Lokoli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-20 | 5-1 | 26-13 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 30-18 | 17-7 | 13-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-22 | 24-14 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 12-10 | 5-6 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 59-22 | 26-10 | 27-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 502, Lokoli reached the qualifications after beating Patrick Zahraj 7-5 7-6(5).
In the qualifications, Lokoli had a good straight sets win against Zahraj (7-5 7-65). During the match Lokoli scored 89 points vs Zahraj’s 78. Laurent was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Lokoli fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Laurent Lokoli lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lokoli put 69% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. Lokoli broke Zahraj 3 times after converting 18% of his break points (3/17).
Lokoli has a composed 8-4 win-loss record in 2026, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cassone | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 |
| Pts | 55-34 | 89-78 |
| Total Points | 89 | 167 |
| Winners | 23 | 34 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Both Cassone and Lokoli played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cassone and Lokoli have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cassone played 9 games less than Lokoli. Cassone scored 23 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Laurent fired 34 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cassone | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 30/44 | 49/71 |
| %1st in | 68% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 34/49 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 14/22 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 64% |
Cassone made 5 aces . Lokoli struck 8 aces . Cassone won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Lokoli won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cassone | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/17 |
| % Converted | 67% | 18% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Laurent broke his opponent 3 times with a 18% conversion rate. Laurent conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cassone | |||
| Q1 Bertimon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 55-34 | 55-34 | |
| Total points | 89 | 89 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lokoli | |||
| Q1 Zahraj |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 89-78 | 89-78 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/71 | 49/71 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/49 | 34/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/17 | 3/17 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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