Mackenzie Mcdonald and Max Purcell will face off in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COLOSSEUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.47
Max Purcell -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Max Purcell
There is no head to head record between Mackenzie Mcdonald and Max Purcell since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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. 38 (career-high), Mackenzie will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 7-6(4) 7-6(5) to Cerundolo in the 2nd round on the 6th of October.
The American has an overall 33-28 win-loss record in 2023, 22-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Mackenzie’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach and Eastbourne.
Talking about his overall career, Mackenzie has an overall 285-220 record. He has a positive 186-130 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-13 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 41 (career-high), Max will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 to Hsiou in the 1st round on the 4th of October.
The Australian has a composed 51-24 win-loss record in 2023, 45-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he beat Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he overcame Luca Nardi in the final 6-2 6-3.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 261-183 record. He has a positive 195-126 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Cristian GarinGarin – Rinky HijikataHijikata (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Marcos GironGiron (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-6) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jack DraperDraper (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-3) – H2H and prediction
