Mackenzie Mcdonald and Zhizhen Zhang will play each other in the quarter of the Tennis Napoli Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CAMPO D’AVALOS. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mackenzie Mcdonald who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.666
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Zhizhen Zhang
This will be the 2nd time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Zhizhen Zhang square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mcdonald won 6-4 6-7(3) 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Nottingham 2 Challenger back in 2021.
Mackenzie Mcdonald
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-11 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 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 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 10-11 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 74, the American got to the quarter after beating Francesco Passaro 6-3 7-5 and Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Mcdonald had a good straight sets win against Bautista-Agut (6-4 6-4). During the match, Mcdonald scored 71 points vs Bautista-Agut’s 51. The American was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mcdonald scored 6 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mcdonald put 65% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. Mackenzie broke Bautista-Agut 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mackenzie hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Mcdonald has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (250-186). 15-15 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mcdonald has a composed 162-112 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Mcdonald has a composed 26-28 win-loss record in 2022, 15-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Naples
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-17 | 4-7 | 7-5 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 12-13 | 15-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-28 | 11-5 | 31-11 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-12 | 1-1 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109 (career-high), the Chinese reached the quarter after beating Riccardo Bonadio 6-4 6-2, Giulio Zeppieri 7-5 3-6 6-3, Marton Fucsovics 6-4 7-68 and Sebastian Baez 7-65 7-611.
In the 2nd round, Zhizhen had a good straight sets win against Baez (7-65 7-611). During the match Zhang scored 88 points vs Baez’s 81. Zhizhen was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Zhang fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Zhizhen Zhang was very effective on serve to win 74% (34/46) of his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Chinese broke Baez twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Zhang’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Luedenscheid Challenger,the Trieste Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger and the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger.
The Chinese has an aggregate 49-25 win-loss record in 2022, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mcdonald | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 97 |
| Pts | 147-108 | 323-291 |
| Total Points | 255 | 614 |
| Winners | 61 | 142 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Mcdonald played 2 matches while Zhang competed in 4 matches. Zhang started his run from the qualifications while Mcdonald had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Zhizhen Zhang dropped 1 set while Mackenzie Mcdonald hasn’t lost a set so far. Mcdonald has played 5 set(s) less than Zhang (4 vs 9). Therefore, Mcdonald played 56 games less than Zhang. Mackenzie scored 61 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Zhang bagged 142 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mcdonald | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 1st in | 77/117 | 189/301 |
| %1st in | 66% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 61/77 | 142/189 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 23/40 | 69/112 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 62% |
Mcdonald fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Zhang bagged 19 aces (4.8 per match). Mcdonald won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mcdonald | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/18 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 39% | 41% |
| Conceded | 8 | 18 |
| Saved | 5 | 14 |
| % Saved | 63% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Mackenzie dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Zhizhen broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Zhizhen conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mcdonald | ||||
| R1 Passaro |
R2 Bautista-Agut |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 41 | |
| pts | 76-57 | 71-51 | 147-108 | |
| Total points | 133 | 122 | 255 | |
| Winners | 35 | 26 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 37/57 | 77/117 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 35/40 | 26/37 | 61/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 70% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 13/20 | 23/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 65% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/9 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 44% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Zhang | ||||||
| Q1 Bonadio |
Q3 Zeppieri |
R1 Fucsovics |
R2 Baez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | 6-4 7-68 | 7-65 7-611 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 97 | |
| pts | 70-51 | 87-87 | 78-72 | 88-81 | 323-291 | |
| Total points | 121 | 174 | 150 | 169 | 614 | |
| Winners | 26 | 49 | 33 | 34 | 142 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 56% | 42% | 39% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 32/50 | 64/93 | 47/79 | 46/79 | 189/301 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 69% | 59% | 58% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 49/64 | 33/47 | 34/46 | 142/189 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 77% | 70% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 15/29 | 22/32 | 20/33 | 69/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 52% | 69% | 61% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 40% | 50% | 50% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 6/7 | 3/4 | 3/5 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 86% | 75% | 60% | 161% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
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