Mackenzie Mcdonald and Hiroki Moriya will play each other in the 2nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 13. 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 -> 1.082
Hiroki Moriya -> 6.6

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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Hiroki Moriya

This will be the 2nd time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Hiroki Moriya play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Mcdonald won 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in the Ilkley Challenger back in 2017.

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Mackenzie Mcdonald

26 - 22win/loss

Hard
18-11
I Hard
3-1
Clay
0-4
Grass
5-6
Rank
131
High
37
LWLWWWWWWW
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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
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Ranked no. 118, Mackenzie reached the 2nd round after defeating Jie Cui 6-3 6-0.

In the 1st round, Mackenzie had a good straight sets win against Cui (6-3 6-0). During the match, Mcdonald scored 57 points vs Cui’s 29. Mackenzie was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mcdonald recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald was quite efficient on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mcdonald broke Cui 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Mcdonald has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (298-228). 18-11 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mcdonald has a compiled 190-126 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Shenzhen Challenger where he overcame Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-4 7-6(4).

Mackenzie has an overall 26-22 win-loss record in 2024, 18-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Seoul Challenger
Mcdonald's Record

Hiroki Moriya

Hiroki Moriya

31 - 27win/loss

Hard
31-24
I Hard
0-1
Grass
0-2
Rank
397
High
143
LWWLWWLWLW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-32 36-28 0-0 2-2 0-2 0-0
2023 31-28 31-27 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 27-30 18-19 0-0 7-9 1-1 1-1
2021 22-28 13-17 0-0 8-9 0-0 1-2
2020 7-15 5-5 1-2 0-7 0-0 1-1
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Ranked no. 407, Hiroki got to the 2nd round after defeating Seon Yong Han 3-6 6-3 6-1

, Duckhee Lee 6-3 6-3 and Guy Den Ouden 5-7 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round against Den Ouden, Moriya recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match Moriya scored 109 points vs Den Ouden’s 100. Moriya was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Moriya scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Hiroki Moriya lost the serve 6 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Moriya put 60% of his first serves in, winning 63% (40/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (19/42) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Den Ouden 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).

The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Traralgon,M25 Takasaki and M25 Cairns.

Hiroki has a compiled 31-27 win-loss record in 2024, 31-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2013 and 2017. See his history.

Seoul Challenger
Moriya's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Mcdonald
H.Moriya
0h:51
0h:51
Time on court​
!
6h:14
6h:14
!
0h:51
0h:51
Last match​
!
2h:45
2h:45
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
15
15
Games Played​
75
75
2
2
Set played​​
8
8
57
57
Total points​
263
263
57
57
Avg point​
87.7
87.7
23
23
Winners
94
94
23
23
Avg Winners​
31.3
31.3
40%
40%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
4
4
6
6
Avg Aces
1.3
1.3
2
2
Double Faults
11
11
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3.7
3.7
23/25
23/25
1st won total​
94/145
94/145
!
92%
92%
1st won %
65%
65%
9/14
9/14
2nd won total​
55/115
55/115
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
BP won
18/35
18/35
4/8
4/8
Avg BP won
6/11.7
6/11.7
50%
50%
Won
!
51%
51%
0
0
Conceded
34
34
0
0
Avg Conceded
11.3
11.3
0
0
Broken
12
12
!
0
0
Avg Broken
4
4
0
0
Saved
22
22
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mcdonald Moriya
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 8
Tot Games 15 75
Pts 57-29 263-230
Total Points 86 493
Winners 23 94
%Winners 40% 36%

Mcdonald played 1 match while Moriya competed in 3 matches. Moriya started his run from the qualifications while Mcdonald had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Hiroki Moriya conceded 2 sets while Mackenzie Mcdonald hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mcdonald has played 6 set(s) less than Moriya (2 vs 8). Therefore, Mcdonald played 60 games less than Moriya. Mackenzie scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Hiroki struck 94 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mcdonald Moriya
Aces 6 4
Avg per match 6 1.3
1st in 25/39 145/260
%1st in 64% 56%
1st pts 23/25 94/145
%1st pts 92% 65%
2nd pts 9/14 55/115
%2nd pts 64% 48%

Mcdonald fired 6 aces . Moriya recorded 4 aces (1.3 per match). Mcdonald won 92% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Moriya won 65% 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 Moriya
Won 4 18
Converted 4/8 18/35
% Converted 50% 51%
Conceded 0 34
Saved 0 22
% Saved 0% 65%
Times Broken 0 12

Mackenzie broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Moriya broke his opponents 18 times with a 51% conversion rate. Hiroki conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Mcdonald
R1
Cui		 Total
Score 6-3 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 57-29 57-29
Total points 86 86
Winners 23 23
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 25/39 25/39
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 23/25 23/25
% 1st pts 92% 92%
2nd pts 9/14 9/14
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Moriya
Q1
Yong		 Q3
Hee Lee		 R1
Den		 Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 25 18 32 75
pts 84-76 70-54 109-100 263-230
Total points 160 124 209 493
Winners 31 23 40 94
%Winners 37% 33% 37% 36%
SERVE
Aces 3 0 1 4
Double Faults 5 4 2 11
1st in 49/80 33/75 63/105 145/260
% 1st in 61% 44% 60% 56%
1st pts 31/49 23/33 40/63 94/145
% 1st pts 63% 70% 63% 65%
2nd pts 16/31 20/42 19/42 55/115
% 2nd pts 52% 48% 45% 48%
Breaks
Won 6 5 7 18
Converted 6/12 5/9 7/14 18/35
Converted % 50% 56% 50% 51%
Conceded 13 8 13 34
Saved 9/13 6/8 7/13 22
Saved % 69% 75% 54% 198%
Times Broken 4 2 6 12

Tennis Scores in Seoul Challenger

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