H2H, PREDICTION Alex Bolt vs Mackenzie Mcdonald | Melbourne odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald

Alex Bolt and Mackenzie Mcdonald will face off in the 2nd round of the Murray River Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mackenzie Mcdonald who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.39
Alex Bolt -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald

This will be the 3rd time that Alex Bolt and Mackenzie Mcdonald face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Bolt and Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Bolt won 7-5 6-73 6-2 in the qualifications in the Nottingham Challenger back in 2017.

Alex Bolt

Ranked no. 174, the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis 2-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round against Kokkinakis, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3).-82) than Kokkinakis. In fact, the world no. 174 won 82 points vs Kokkinakis’s. That means that Bolt was more focused during the important points. Bolt was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bolt bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alex Bolt was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alex broke Kokkinakis twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Bolt has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (238-176). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Bolt has a 148-114 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Australian has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Melbourne

Bolt lost in the 2nd round to Dominic Thiem.

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Ranked no. 194, the American got to the qualifications after beating Richard Gasquet 7-62 7-5.

In the 1st round, Mackenzie had a good straight sets win against Gasquet (7-62 7-5). During the match Mcdonald scored 75 points vs Gasquet’s 66. Mcdonald was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Mcdonald bagged 8 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mackenzie Mcdonald lost the serve once. Furthermore, Mcdonald put 76% of his first serves in, winning 81% (42/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Gasquet twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

The American has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Melbourne

The American lost in the 1st round to Daniel Evans.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bolt Mcdonald
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 27 25
Pts 82-84 75-66
Total Points 166 141
Winners 39 42
%Winners 48% 56%

Both Bolt and Mcdonald played 1 match. At the moment, Alex Bolt dropped 1 set while Mackenzie Mcdonald hasn’t lost a set so far. Bolt has played 1 set more than Mcdonald (3 vs 2). Therefore, Bolt played 2 games more than Mcdonald. The Australian scored 39 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 42 winners (56%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bolt Mcdonald
Aces 3 8
Avg per match 3 8
1st in 55/94 52/68
%1st in 59% 76%
1st pts 39/55 42/52
%1st pts 71% 81%
2nd pts 21/39 8/16
%2nd pts 54% 50%

Bolt fired 3 aces . Mcdonald made 8 aces . Bolt won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Mcdonald won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bolt Mcdonald
Won 2 2
Converted 2/3 2/5
% Converted 67% 40%
Conceded 10 1
Saved 8 0
% Saved 80% 0%
Times Broken 2 1

Bolt broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Mcdonald conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Bolt
R1
Kokkinakis
Total
Score 2-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 82-84 82-84
Total points 166 166
Winners 39 39
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 55/94 55/94
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 39/55 39/55
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 21/39 21/39
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/3 2/3
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 8/10 8
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 2 2
Mcdonald
R1
Gasquet
Total
Score 7-62 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 25 25
pts 75-66 75-66
Total points 141 141
Winners 42 42
%Winners 56% 56%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 52/68 52/68
% 1st in 76% 76%
1st pts 42/52 42/52
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 8/16 8/16
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/5 2/5
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Bolt
WWWLLLWLWL
Mcdonald
LWLWWWWWWW
2024 2023 2022
46 - 23
25 - 23
25-19
Hard
18-12
0-0
I Hard
2-1
21-4
Grass
5-6

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