Alex Michelsen and Mackenzie Mcdonald will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on P&G GRANDSTAND. 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 -> 1.87
Alex Michelsen -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Michelsen and Mackenzie Mcdonald face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Michelsen (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Michelsen won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Newport back in 2023.
Highlights Alex Michelsen vs Mackenzie Mcdonald – Newport 21-July-2023
Alex Michelsen
26 - 25win/loss
55
55
WLLWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-25 | 14-9 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 61-27 | 30-13 | 4-3 | 19-7 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-10 | 14-8 | 0-1 | 9-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 55 (career-high), Michelsen got to the qualifications after beating Zizou Bergs 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Bergs (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match, Michelsen scored 93 points vs Bergs’s 84. The American was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Michelsen scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alex Michelsen was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (36/50) of his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Bergs 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Michelsen has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (110-62). 14-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Michelsen has an overall58-30 record in the last 3 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Newport.
Alex has an overall 26-25 win-loss record in 2024, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Mackenzie Mcdonald
9 - 16win/loss
93
37
WLWWLLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-16 | 4-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 10-11 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 93, Mackenzie reached the qualifications after beating Sumit Nagal 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Mackenzie had a good straight sets win against Nagal (6-2 6-4). During the match Mcdonald scored 63 points vs Nagal’s 45. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about serving, Mcdonald managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Mackenzie Mcdonald was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (15/21) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Mcdonald broke Nagal 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The American has a compiled 9-16 win-loss record in 2024, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michelsen | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 |
| Pts | 93-84 | 63-45 |
| Total Points | 177 | 108 |
| Winners | 36 | 15 |
| %Winners | 39% | 24% |
Both Michelsen and Mcdonald played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alex Michelsen dropped 1 set while Mackenzie Mcdonald hasn’t conceded a set so far. Michelsen has played 1 set more than Mcdonald (3 vs 2). Therefore, Michelsen played 11 games more than Mcdonald. Alex scored 36 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 15 winners (24%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Michelsen | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 50/84 | 21/47 |
| %1st in | 60% | 45% |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 15/21 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 14/26 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 54% |
Michelsen recorded 1 ace . Mcdonald also fired 3 aces . Michelsen won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Mcdonald won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Michelsen | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 71% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 60% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Michelsen broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Mcdonald broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Mackenzie conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Michelsen | |||
| Q1 Bergs |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 93-84 | 93-84 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/84 | 50/84 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 36/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 22/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Mcdonald | |||
| Q1 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 63-45 | 63-45 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 24% | 24% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 21/47 | 21/47 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 15/21 | 15/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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