Nikoloz Basilashvili and Mackenzie Mcdonald will play each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Court 12. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 5 sets.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.55
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald
This will be the 2nd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Mackenzie Mcdonald 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 each other, Mcdonald won 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Rotterdam back in February 2022.
Highlights Mackenzie Mcdonald vs Nikoloz Basilashvili – Rotterdam 07-February-2022
Nikoloz Basilashvili
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-29 | 18-13 | 9-10 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-32 | 11-8 | 27-15 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 18-11 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, Basilashvili got to the 2nd round after beating Maxime Cressy 3-6 2-6 7-68 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Georgean had a tough win against Cressy to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (3-6 2-6 7-68 6-4 6-4).During the match, Basilashvili scored less points (3) than Cressy. In fact, the world no. 24 won 157 points vs Cressy’s. That means that Basilashvili was more focused during the important points. Nikoloz was pretty aggressive to blast 67 winners.
Talking about the service games, Basilashvili blasted 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Nikoloz Basilashvili was very effective on serve to win 78% (67/86) of his 1st serve and 55% (36/65) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Nikoloz broke Cressy twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).
Basilashvili has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (289-255). 5-6 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Basilashvili has a composed 93-82 record in the last years on clay.
The Georgean’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Doha.
Nikoloz has a composed 8-16 win-loss record in 2022, 5-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
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. 60, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Franco Agamenone 1-6 6-2 6-3 7-63.
In the 1st round against Agamenone, Mcdonald recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-3 7-63). During the match Mcdonald scored 119 points vs Agamenone’s 109. Mackenzie was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Mcdonald scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald lost the serve 6 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Mcdonald put 65% of his first serves in, winning 64% (51/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Agamenone 7 times after converting 88% of his break points (7/8).
Mcdonald has a composed 12-14 win-loss record in 2022, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basilashvili | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 37 |
| Pts | 157-160 | 119-109 |
| Total Points | 317 | 228 |
| Winners | 67 | 51 |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% |
Both Basilashvili and Mcdonald played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost 2 sets, while Mackenzie Mcdonald dropped 1 set. Basilashvili has played 1 set more than Mcdonald (5 vs 4). Therefore, Basilashvili played 13 games more than Mcdonald. Nikoloz scored 67 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Mackenzie fired 51 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basilashvili | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 86/151 | 80/124 |
| %1st in | 57% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 67/86 | 51/80 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 36/65 | 23/44 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 52% |
Basilashvili scored 5 aces . Mcdonald fired 1 ace . Basilashvili won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Mcdonald won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basilashvili | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 7 |
| Converted | 2/12 | 7/8 |
| % Converted | 17% | 88% |
| Conceded | 7 | 15 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 57% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Nikoloz broke his opponent twice with a 17% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 7 times with a 88% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Basilashvili | |||
| R1 Cressy | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 2-6 7-68 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 50 | 50 | |
| pts | 157-160 | 157-160 | |
| Total points | 317 | 317 | |
| Winners | 67 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 86/151 | 86/151 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 67/86 | 67/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 36/65 | 36/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/12 | 2/12 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Mcdonald | |||
| R1 Agamenone | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 37 | 37 | |
| pts | 119-109 | 119-109 | |
| Total points | 228 | 228 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 80/124 | 80/124 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 51/80 | 51/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/44 | 23/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 7/8 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 88% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 9/15 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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