Mackenzie Mcdonald and Kokoro Isomura will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Taipei 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.018
Kokoro Isomura -> 10.75

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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Kokoro Isomura

There is no head to head record between Mackenzie Mcdonald and Kokoro Isomura since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Ranked no. 120, Mackenzie reached the 2^nd round after beating Kaito Uesugi 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Mcdonald had a good straight sets win against Uesugi (6-2 6-4). During the match, Mcdonald scored 66 points vs Uesugi’s 42. The American was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mcdonald recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mackenzie Mcdonald was very effective on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Mackenzie broke Uesugi 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Mcdonald has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (296-227). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mcdonald has a composed 50-38 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Shenzhen Challenger where he beat Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-4 7-6(4).

Mcdonald has an overall 24-21 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei 2 Challenger

Mackenzie has never competed in this tournament before.

Kokoro Isomura

Ranked no. 544, Kokoro got to the 2^nd round after beating Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-6(3) 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (7-6³ 7-6⁵). During the match Isomura scored 81 points vs Ramanathan’s 80. Isomura was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Isomura struck 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Kokoro Isomura lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Isomura put 63% of his first serves in, winning 73% (40/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Kokoro broke Ramanathan 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Kokoro’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Tsukuba and M25 Sapporo.

Kokoro has a composed 34-20 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mcdonald	Isomura
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	26
Pts	66-42	81-80
Total Points	108	161
Winners	22	40
%Winners	33%	49%

Both Mcdonald and Isomura played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mcdonald and Isomura have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mcdonald played 8 games less than Isomura. Mcdonald scored 22 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Isomura blasted 40 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mcdonald	Isomura
Aces	4	5
Avg per match	4	5
1st in	29/52	55/88
%1st in	56%	63%
1st pts	22/29	40/55
%1st pts	76%	73%
2nd pts	13/23	16/33
%2nd pts	57%	48%

Mcdonald fired 4 aces . Isomura scored 5 aces . Mcdonald won 76% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Isomura won 73% of the points on 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	Isomura
Won	5	3
Converted	5/8	3/5
% Converted	63%	60%
Conceded	5	6
Saved	3	3
% Saved	60%	50%
Times Broken	2	3

Mcdonald broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Isomura broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Mcdonald
	R1 Uesugi	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	66-42	66-42
Total points	108	108
Winners	22	22
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	29/52	29/52
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	22/29	22/29
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	13/23	13/23
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Isomura
	R1 Ramanathan	Total
Score	7-63 7-65
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	26	26
pts	81-80	81-80
Total points	161	161
Winners	40	40
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	55/88	55/88
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	40/55	40/55
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	16/33	16/33
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	3/6	3
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	3	3

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