Mackenzie Mcdonald and Kris Van Wyk will play each other in the quarter of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL COURT. 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 2 sets.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.134
Kris Van Wyk -> 5.15
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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Kris Van Wyk
There is no head to head record between Mackenzie Mcdonald and Kris Van Wyk since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mackenzie Mcdonald
20 - 21win/loss
132
37
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 10-11 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 137, Mcdonald reached the quarter after beating Thomas Fancutt 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-1 and Rio Noguchi 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Mackenzie had a good straight sets win against Noguchi (6-2 6-3). During the match, Mcdonald scored 59 points vs Noguchi’s 40. Mcdonald was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mcdonald made 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald was quite effective on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Noguchi 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mackenzie has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Mcdonald has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (292-227). 14-11 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mcdonald has an overall 186-126 record in the last years on hard.
Mcdonald’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 4 Challenger and the Hangzhou Challenger.
Mcdonald has an aggregate 20-21 win-loss record in 2024, 14-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger
Mackenzie has never competed in this tournament before.
Kris Van Wyk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 57-35 | 56-34 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 54-30 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-17 | 52-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 385, Kris reached the quarter after defeating Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong 7-6(4) 2-6 7-5 and Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4 7-6(6).
In the 2nd round, Van had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (6-4 7-66). During the match Van scored 72 points vs Ramanathan’s 61. Kris was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Van blasted 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Kris Van Wyk was exceptionally effective on serve to win 88% (37/42) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kris broke Ramanathan twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Van has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The South African’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Monastir,M15 Hillcrest and M25 Guiyang.
Van has a compiled 55-31 win-loss record in 2024, 55-31 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mcdonald | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 56 |
| Pts | 174-140 | 175-168 |
| Total Points | 314 | 343 |
| Winners | 71 | 74 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Both Mcdonald and Van played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Mackenzie Mcdonald conceded 1 set, while Kris Van Wyk dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Mcdonald and Van have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Mcdonald played 6 games less than Van. Mackenzie scored 71 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The South African scored 74 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mcdonald | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 88/157 | 101/174 |
| %1st in | 56% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 71/88 | 74/101 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 39/69 | 35/73 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 48% |
Mcdonald scored 17 aces (8.5 per match). Van scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). Mcdonald won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Van won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mcdonald | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 47% | 62% |
| Conceded | 4 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Mackenzie surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The South African broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Van conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mcdonald | ||||
| R1 Fancutt | R2 Noguchi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-75 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 17 | 50 | |
| pts | 115-100 | 59-40 | 174-140 | |
| Total points | 215 | 99 | 314 | |
| Winners | 48 | 23 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 62/109 | 26/48 | 88/157 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 48/62 | 23/26 | 71/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 88% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/47 | 12/22 | 39/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 55% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/8 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Van | ||||
| R1 Wei Kang Leong | R2 Ramanathan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 2-6 7-5 | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 23 | 56 | |
| pts | 103-107 | 72-61 | 175-168 | |
| Total points | 210 | 133 | 343 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 51% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 59/109 | 42/65 | 101/174 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 65% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 37/59 | 37/42 | 74/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 88% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/50 | 12/23 | 35/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 52% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 2/5 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 40% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/12 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 42% | 0% | 21% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
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