H2H, PREDICTION Rafael Nadal vs Mackenzie Mcdonald | French Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald

Rafael Nadal and Mackenzie Mcdonald will face off in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.006
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 21

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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald

There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Mackenzie Mcdonald since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Rafael Nadal

Ranked no. 2, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Egor Gerasimov 6-4 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round, Rafael had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (6-4 6-4 6-2). During the match Nadal scored 88 points vs Gerasimov’s 60. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nadal blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Rafael Nadal was pretty efficent on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rafael was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Gerasimov 5 times.

Nadal has a a great record in the last 10 years having won 84% of his matches (531-104). 3-1 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nadal has a 236-24 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Acapulco where he defeated Taylor Harry Fritz in the final 6-3 6-2.

Nadal has a 16-4 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the French Open

Rafael won the title last year in Roland-garros after ousting Dominic Thiem .

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Ranked no. 236, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Steven Diez 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round against Diez, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3 6-4). During the match Mcdonald scored 131 points vs Diez’s 108. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about serving, Mcdonald scored 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mcdonald put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (52/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Diez 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).

Mackenzie has a 7-10 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the French Open

Mackenzie lost in the 1st round to Yoshihito Nishioka.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nadal Mcdonald
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 28 38
Pts 88-60 131-108
Total Points 148 239
Winners 37 52
%Winners 42% 40%

Both Nadal and Mcdonald played 1 match. At the moment, Mackenzie Mcdonald dropped 1 set while Rafael Nadal hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Nadal has played 1 set(s) less than Mcdonald (3 vs 4). Therefore, Nadal played 10 games less than Mcdonald. Rafael scored 37 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Mackenzie scored 52 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Nadal Mcdonald
Aces 3 11
Avg per match 3 11
1st in 45/71 77/113
%1st in 63% 68%
1st pts 37/45 52/77
%1st pts 82% 68%
2nd pts 17/26 21/36
%2nd pts 65% 58%

Nadal managed to score 3 aces . Mcdonald blasted 11 aces . Nadal won 82% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Mcdonald won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Nadal Mcdonald
Won 5 7
Converted 5/5 7/10
% Converted 100% 70%
Conceded 2 8
Saved 1 4
% Saved 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 4

Nadal broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Nadal lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Mcdonald broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Mackenzie conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Nadal
R1
Gerasimov
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 88-60 88-60
Total points 148 148
Winners 37 37
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 45/71 45/71
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 37/45 37/45
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 17/26 17/26
% 2nd pts 65% 65%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/5 5/5
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Mcdonald
R1
Diez
Total
Score 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 38 38
pts 131-108 131-108
Total points 239 239
Winners 52 52
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 77/113 77/113
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 52/77 52/77
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 21/36 21/36
% 2nd pts 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/10 7/10
Converted % 70% 70%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 4/8 4
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 4 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Nadal
LLWLWWWWLL
Mcdonald
LWLWWWWWWW
2024 2023 2022
12 - 7
25 - 23
2-1
Hard
18-12
0-0
I Hard
2-1
10-6
Clay
0-4
0-0
Grass
5-6

Tennis Scores at the French Open

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