Mackenzie Mcdonald and Nick Kyrgios will clash against each other in the 1st round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nick Kyrgios who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nick Kyrgios is the pick to win this match.
Nick Kyrgios -> 1.47
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Nick Kyrgios
This will be the 2nd time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Nick Kyrgios fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Mcdonald won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Washington back in 2021.
Highlights Mackenzie Mcdonald vs Nick Kyrgios – Washington 03-August-2021
Mackenzie Mcdonald
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-31 | 24-16 | 1-4 | 9-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-23 | 18-12 | 0-4 | 3-1 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-30 | 23-15 | 0-6 | 4-3 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 16-16 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-26 | 15-12 | 12-5 | 9-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 52, the American will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Zverev in the 3rd round on the 27th of March.
Mcdonald has a compiled 9-9 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
Talking about his overall career, Mcdonald has an overall 234-170 record. He has a negative 18-19 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018 and 2019. See his history.
Nick Kyrgios
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-10 | 23-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 94, Kyrgios will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 7-6(3) 6-3 to Sinner in the 4th round on the 29th of March.
The Australian has an aggregate 7-3 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 234-129 record. He has a positive 37-24 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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LWLLL Tennis Scores in Houston
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Michael MmohMmoh (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Moez EcharguiEchargui (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Steven DiezDiez (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Tommy PaulPaul (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Denis KudlaKudla (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Steven DiezDiez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Jack SockSock (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Pablo CuevasCuevas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Marcos GironGiron (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Feliciano LopezLopez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
