Mikael Ymer and Mackenzie Mcdonald will clash against each other in the quarter of the Rothesay International for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines 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 -> 1.65
Mikael Ymer -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Mikael Ymer vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald
This will be the 3rd time that Mikael Ymer and Mackenzie Mcdonald play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played, Ymer won 3-6 7-6(2) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Adelaide back in January 2023.
Mikael Ymer
22 - 16win/loss
136
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LWWLWWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24-18 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 9-6 | 3-8 | 17-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-24 | 9-5 | 10-7 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-11 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 54-20 | 13-4 | 20-7 | 17-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 61, Ymer got to the quarter after defeating Botic Van De Zandschulp 3-6 6-4 6-2 and Liam Broady 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Swede had a good straight sets win against Broady (6-2 6-4). During the match, Ymer scored 63 points vs Broady’s 45. Ymer was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ymer fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Mikael Ymer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ymer broke Broady 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mikael has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Ymer has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (276-165). 2-2 on grass in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ymer has an overall 11-10 record in the last years on grass.
Mikael’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Neuve Challenger.
Ymer has an overall 22-16 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
Mackenzie Mcdonald
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 64, Mackenzie reached the quarter after beating Marco Cecchinato 6-3 6-3 and Taylor Fritz 7-63 7-68.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Fritz (7-63 7-68). During the match Mcdonald scored 93 points vs Fritz’s 89. Mcdonald was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Mcdonald managed to score 6 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Mackenzie Mcdonald was very effective on serve to win 77% (36/47) of his 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Mackenzie broke Fritz twice after converting 14% of his break points (2/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Mcdonald’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Delray Beach.
Mackenzie has an aggregate 20-17 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
Mackenzie has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ymer | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 44 |
| Pts | 158-135 | 161-139 |
| Total Points | 293 | 300 |
| Winners | 71 | 54 |
| %Winners | 45% | 34% |
Both Ymer and Mcdonald played 2 matches. At the moment, Mikael Ymer lost 1 set while Mackenzie Mcdonald hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ymer has played 1 set more than Mcdonald (5 vs 4). Therefore, Ymer played 1 game more than Mcdonald. The Swede scored 71 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 54 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ymer | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 95/147 | 66/136 |
| %1st in | 65% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 71/95 | 54/66 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 23/52 | 42/70 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 60% |
Ymer blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Mcdonald scored 14 aces (7 per match). Ymer won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Mcdonald won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ymer | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/20 | 5/28 |
| % Converted | 40% | 18% |
| Conceded | 12 | 8 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
The Swede broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Ymer dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 18% conversion rate. Mcdonald conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ymer | ||||
| R1 Van De Zandschulp |
R2 Broady |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 18 | 45 | |
| pts | 95-90 | 63-45 | 158-135 | |
| Total points | 185 | 108 | 293 | |
| Winners | 41 | 30 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 54/94 | 41/53 | 95/147 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 77% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 41/54 | 30/41 | 71/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 73% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 7/12 | 23/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 58% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/11 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 36% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 75% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mcdonald | ||||
| R1 Cecchinato |
R2 Fritz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 7-63 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 | 44 | |
| pts | 68-50 | 93-89 | 161-139 | |
| Total points | 118 | 182 | 300 | |
| Winners | 18 | 36 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 39% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 19/46 | 47/90 | 66/136 | |
| % 1st in | 41% | 52% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 18/19 | 36/47 | 54/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 77% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/27 | 23/43 | 42/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 53% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 2/14 | 5/28 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 14% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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