Mackenzie Mcdonald and Kris Van Wyk will play each other in the quarter of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 1^st 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.

As per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
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

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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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