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.

As per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
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

Nikoloz Basilashvili

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Rank
110
High
16
LWWWLWWLWL
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.

Cincinnati
Basilashvili's Record

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Mackenzie Mcdonald

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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. 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.

Cincinnati
Mcdonald's Record

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