Mackenzie Mcdonald and Soon-Woo Kwon will play each other in the 2nd round of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COLOSSEUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Soon-Woo Kwon who should win in 3 sets.
Soon-Woo Kwon -> 1.8
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Soon-Woo Kwon
This will be the 2nd time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Soon-Woo Kwon clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kwon (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kwon won 7-5 7-5 in the quarter in the Gimcheon Challenger back in 2018.
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. 78, Mackenzie got to the 2nd round after beating Kaichi Uchida 7-64 6-72 6-3.
In the 1st round, Mcdonald defeated Uchida (7-64 6-72 6-3). During the match, Mcdonald scored 110 points vs Uchida’s 103. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mcdonald fired 13 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (54/70) of his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Uchida twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Mcdonald has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (246-184). 13-14 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mcdonald has an overall 160-111 match record in the last years on hard.
Mackenzie has a composed 22-26 win-loss record in 2022, 13-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Soon-Woo Kwon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-6 | 26-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 6-9 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-11 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-30 | 15-16 | 5-7 | 5-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-19 | 2-9 | 5-4 | 14-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 120, Kwon reached the 2nd round after beating Alex De Minaur 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Korean had a good straight sets win against De Minaur (6-3 6-2). During the match Kwon scored 61 points vs De Minaur’s 43. Soon-Woo was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Kwon scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Soon-Woo Kwon was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Korean broke De Minaur 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Kwon has an aggregate 21-28 win-loss record in 2022, 11-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mcdonald | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 17 |
| Pts | 110-103 | 61-43 |
| Total Points | 213 | 104 |
| Winners | 54 | 19 |
| %Winners | 49% | 31% |
Both Mcdonald and Kwon played 1 match. At the moment, Mackenzie Mcdonald surrendered 1 set while Soon-Woo Kwon hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mcdonald has played 1 set more than Kwon (3 vs 2). Therefore, Mcdonald played 18 games more than Kwon. Mackenzie scored 54 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Soon-Woo scored 19 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mcdonald | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 3 |
| 1st in | 70/105 | 25/42 |
| %1st in | 67% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 54/70 | 19/25 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 13/17 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 76% |
Mcdonald struck 13 aces . Kwon made 3 aces . Mcdonald won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kwon won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 76% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mcdonald | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/12 |
| % Converted | 29% | 33% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Mackenzie broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Mcdonald was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Soon-Woo broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Korean was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Mcdonald | |||
| R1 Uchida | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-72 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 110-103 | 110-103 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 54 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 70/105 | 70/105 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 54/70 | 54/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kwon | |||
| R1 De Minaur | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-43 | 61-43 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/42 | 25/42 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 19/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 13/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 76% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 3-6 7-61) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Casper RuudRuud (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-64 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-73 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Taro DanielDaniel (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel Evans/John PeersEvans/John Peers – Andre Goransson/Ben McLachlanGoransson/Ben McLachlan (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Casper RuudRuud (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-6(4) 6-7(2) 6-3) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-7(3) 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 3-6 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Steve JohnsonJohnson (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – H2H and prediction