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.

As per the initial odds, Soon-Woo Kwon is the pick to win this match.
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

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. 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

Tokyo
Mcdonald's Record

Soon-Woo Kwon

Soon-Woo Kwon

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
481
High
52
WLWWWLWWWW
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.

Tokyo
Kwon's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Mcdonald
S.Kwon
!
2h:26
2h:26
Time on court​
1h:16
1h:16
!
2h:26
2h:26
Last match​
1h:16
1h:16
1
1
Match played
1
1
35
35
Games Played​
17
17
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
110
110
Total points​
61
61
110
110
Avg point​
61
61
54
54
Winners
19
19
54
54
Avg Winners​
19
19
49%
49%
Ratio winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
3
3
!
13
13
Avg Aces
3
3
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
54/70
54/70
1st won total​
19/25
19/25
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
20/35
20/35
2nd won total​
13/17
13/17
57%
57%
2nd won %
!
76%
76%
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
BP won
4/12
4/12
2/7
2/7
Avg BP won
4/12
4/12
!
29%
29%
Won
33%
33%
2
2
Conceded
0
0
2
2
Avg Conceded
0
0
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
2
2
Saved
0
0

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

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