Mackenzie Mcdonald and Anton Matusevich will face off in the quarter of the Nottingham 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mackenzie Mcdonald who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.21
Anton Matusevich -> 4.4
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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Anton Matusevich
There is no head to head record between Mackenzie Mcdonald and Anton Matusevich since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mackenzie Mcdonald
Ranked no. 114, Mackenzie got to the quarter after beating Antoine Hoang 6-4 6-2 and Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 6-73 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Zhang (6-4 6-73 6-4). During the match, Mcdonald scored 112 points vs Zhang’s 103. Mcdonald was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mcdonald struck 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mcdonald put 61% of his first serves in, winning 66% (45/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Zhang 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mcdonald started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Mcdonald has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (218-154). 2-1 on grass in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Mcdonald has an aggregate 15-11 record in the last years on grass.
Mackenzie’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Sultan 1 Challenger.
Mackenzie has an overall 28-13 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Anton Matusevich
Ranked no. 547 (career-high), the Brit reached the quarter after beating Mikael Ymer 6-3 7-5 and Thomas Fabbiano 7-610 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Matusevich had a good straight sets win against Fabbiano (7-610 6-4). During the match Matusevich scored 91 points vs Fabbiano’s 86. Anton was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Matusevich blasted 7 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Anton Matusevich lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Matusevich put 52% of his first serves in, winning 75% (36/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (18/44) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Fabbiano 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Matusevich started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Matusevich’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Kouvola.
Anton has an aggregate 7-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mcdonald | Matusevich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 44 |
| Pts | 174-148 | 165-144 |
| Total Points | 322 | 309 |
| Winners | 71 | 62 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Both Mcdonald and Matusevich played 2 matches. At the moment, Mackenzie Mcdonald conceded 1 set while Anton Matusevich hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mcdonald has played 1 set more than Matusevich (5 vs 4). Therefore, Mcdonald played 7 games more than Matusevich. Mackenzie scored 71 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Matusevich blasted 62 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mcdonald | Matusevich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 101/157 | 78/148 |
| %1st in | 64% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 71/101 | 62/78 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 32/56 | 33/70 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 47% |
Mcdonald recorded 11 aces (5.5 per match). Matusevich struck 10 aces (5 per match). Mcdonald won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Matusevich won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mcdonald | Matusevich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 8/19 |
| % Converted | 47% | 42% |
| Conceded | 8 | 15 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 63% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Mcdonald broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Anton broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Matusevich conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mcdonald | ||||
| R1 Hoang |
R2 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-73 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 33 | 51 | |
| pts | 62-45 | 112-103 | 174-148 | |
| Total points | 107 | 215 | 322 | |
| Winners | 26 | 45 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/46 | 68/111 | 101/157 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 45/68 | 71/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 66% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 22/43 | 32/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 51% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/9 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 56% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 63% | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Matusevich | ||||
| R1 Ymer |
R2 Fabbiano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 7-610 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 23 | 44 | |
| pts | 74-58 | 91-86 | 165-144 | |
| Total points | 132 | 177 | 309 | |
| Winners | 26 | 36 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 48/92 | 78/148 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 52% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 36/48 | 62/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 75% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 18/44 | 33/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 41% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/9 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 44% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 9/12 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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