Mackenzie Mcdonald and Taro Daniel will face off in the 2nd round of the Cagliari Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CAMPO 14. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.85
Taro Daniel -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Taro Daniel
This will be the 5th time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Taro Daniel face off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Mcdonald won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Delray beach back in February 2023.
Highlights Mackenzie Mcdonald vs Taro Daniel – Delray beach 14-February-2023
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. 54, the American will start his run in the Cagliari Challenger after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) to Zapata Miralles in the 1st round on the 27th of April.
Mackenzie has a compiled 14-11 win-loss record in 2023, 0-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 266-203 record. He has a negative 22-28 record on clay.
Previously in the Cagliari Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Taro Daniel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-31 | 10-19 | 1-8 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-33 | 16-16 | 5-11 | 9-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-30 | 34-16 | 7-10 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-29 | 27-17 | 12-7 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 5-7 | 21-15 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109, Daniel got to the 2nd round after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-1 4-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Daniel defeated Kovacevic (6-1 4-6 6-1). During the match Daniel scored 84 points vs Kovacevic’s 54. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Daniel recorded 4 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Taro Daniel was very effective on serve to win 89% (31/35) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Daniel broke Kovacevic 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Taro has an overall 16-11 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLLLWWW Tennis Scores in Cagliari Challenger
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Flavio CobolliCobolli (5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Francesco PassaroPassaro (3-6 7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-76 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Gianluca MagerMager (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Steven DiezDiez (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (7-60 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander Erler/Lucas MiedlerErler/Lucas Miedler – Nikola Cacic/Aleksandr NedovyesovCacic/Aleksandr Nedovyesov (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-1 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-7(6) 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (7-6(7) 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Gianluca MagerMager (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Francesco PassaroPassaro (3-6 7-6(7) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Steven DiezDiez (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Laslo DjereDjere (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Taro DanielDaniel (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (1-0) – H2H and prediction
