Nikoloz Basilashvili and Mackenzie Mcdonald will square off in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 8:30 pm on CENTER 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.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.444
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald
This will be the 3rd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Mackenzie Mcdonald face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Mcdonald won 6-3 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in at the French Open back in May 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. 29, the Georgean will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Hamburg where he lost 6-4 6-0 to Karatsev in the 1st round on the 19th of July.
The Georgean has a compiled 12-23 win-loss record in 2022, 3-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Nikoloz’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Doha.
Talking about his overall career, The Georgean has an overall 384-332 record. He has a positive 164-136 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2017. See his history.
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. 72, Mackenzie will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 7-6(1) 6-4 to Molcan in the 1st round on the 8th of August.
Mcdonald has an aggregate 17-22 win-loss record in 2022, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Mcdonald has an overall 242-183 record. He has a positive 156-110 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Daniel EvansEvans (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – John IsnerIsner (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Bradley KlahnKlahn (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Dusan LajovicLajovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-1) – H2H and prediction