Alexander Zverev and Mackenzie Mcdonald will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 9:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.26
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald

This will be the 3rd time that Alexander Zverev and Mackenzie Mcdonald clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Zverev won 6-2 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Montpellier back in February 2022.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Mackenzie Mcdonald – Montpellier 03-February-2022

Alexander Zverev

Alexander Zverev

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
3
High
2
WWLLWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 57-25 24-9 18-7 9-6 6-3 0-0
2024 69-21 29-10 23-6 11-3 6-2 0-0
2023 55-27 22-13 20-7 8-5 5-2 0-0
2022 29-10 9-4 17-5 3-1 0-0 0-0
2021 59-15 28-6 14-4 13-3 4-2 0-0

Ranked no. 4, the German reached the 3rd round after defeating Borna Coric 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Alexander defeated Coric (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match, Zverev scored 81 points vs Coric’s 72. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zverev scored 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Alexander Zverev was quite effective on serve to win 82% (45/55) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alexander broke Coric twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Zverev has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (389-191). 7-3 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zverev has an overall 149-73 match record in the last years on hard.

Zverev’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Montpellier.

The German has a composed 12-4 win-loss record in 2022, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Miami
Zverev's Record

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Mackenzie Mcdonald

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
112
High
37
LWWLWLWLLW
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. 54, the American got to the 3rd round after beating Dominik Koepfer 6-78 6-4 6-4 and Grigor Dimitrov 6-1 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Mcdonald had a good straight sets win against Dimitrov (6-1 6-4). During the match Mcdonald scored 57 points vs Dimitrov’s 43. The American was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Mcdonald scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mcdonald was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Dimitrov 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Mackenzie has a compiled 9-8 win-loss record in 2022, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2021. See his history.

Miami
Mcdonald's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Zverev
M.Mcdonald
2h:01
2h:01
Time on court​
!
3h:53
3h:53
!
2h:01
2h:01
Last match​
1h:12
1h:12
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
28
28
Games Played​
50
50
3
3
Set played​​
5
5
81
81
Total points​
176
176
81
81
Avg point​
88
88
45
45
Winners
69
69
45
45
Avg Winners​
34.5
34.5
56%
56%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
4
4
!
12
12
Avg Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1
1
45/55
45/55
1st won total​
69/110
69/110
!
82%
82%
1st won %
63%
63%
11/20
11/20
2nd won total​
30/54
30/54
55%
55%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
2/3
2/3
BP won
12/19
12/19
2/3
2/3
Avg BP won
6/9.5
6/9.5
!
67%
67%
Won
!
63%
63%
2
2
Conceded
15
15
2
2
Avg Conceded
7.5
7.5
1
1
Broken
7
7
1
1
Avg Broken
3.5
3.5
1
1
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zverev Mcdonald
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 5
Tot Games 28 50
Pts 81-72 176-144
Total Points 153 320
Winners 45 69
%Winners 56% 39%

Zverev played 1 match while Mcdonald competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Zverev surrendered 1 set, while Mackenzie Mcdonald surrendered 1 set. Zverev has played 2 set(s) less than Mcdonald (3 vs 5). Therefore, Zverev played 22 games less than Mcdonald. Zverev scored 45 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, Mackenzie managed to score 69 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zverev Mcdonald
Aces 12 4
Avg per match 12 2
1st in 55/75 110/164
%1st in 73% 67%
1st pts 45/55 69/110
%1st pts 82% 63%
2nd pts 11/20 30/54
%2nd pts 55% 56%

Zverev recorded 12 aces . Mcdonald bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Zverev won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Mcdonald won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zverev Mcdonald
Won 2 12
Converted 2/3 12/19
% Converted 67% 63%
Conceded 2 15
Saved 1 8
% Saved 50% 53%
Times Broken 1 7

The German broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Mackenzie broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. Mcdonald conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
R2
Coric
Total
Score 6-4 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 81-72 81-72
Total points 153 153
Winners 45 45
%Winners 56% 56%
SERVE
Aces 12 12
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 55/75 55/75
% 1st in 73% 73%
1st pts 45/55 45/55
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 11/20 11/20
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/3 2/3
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Mcdonald
R1
Koepfer
R2
Dimitrov
Total
Score 6-78 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 33 17 50
pts 119-101 57-43 176-144
Total points 220 100 320
Winners 43 26 69
%Winners 36% 46% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 4
Double Faults 0 2 2
1st in 74/107 36/57 110/164
% 1st in 69% 63% 67%
1st pts 43/74 26/36 69/110
% 1st pts 58% 72% 63%
2nd pts 16/33 14/21 30/54
% 2nd pts 48% 67% 56%
Breaks
Won 9 3 12
Converted 9/16 3/3 12/19
Converted % 56% 100% 63%
Conceded 15 0 15
Saved 8/15 0/0 8
Saved % 53% 53%
Times Broken 7 0 7

Tennis Scores in Miami

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