Mackenzie Mcdonald and Alex Bolt will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:00 pm on Court 3. In the following lines 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 -> 1.39
Alex Bolt -> 2.9

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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Alex Bolt

This will be the 6th time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Alex Bolt square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Bolt (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Mcdonald won 7-6(3) 6-0 in the 1st round in the Surbiton Challenger back in 2024.

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Mackenzie Mcdonald

0 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
131
High
37
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 131, Mcdonald will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in the Canberra Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-3 to Fonseca in the 1st round on the 31st of December.

Mackenzie has an overall 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 313-246 record. He has a positive 205-144 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021. See his history.

Australian Open
Mcdonald's Record

Alex Bolt

Alex Bolt

0 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
157
High
125
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 48-78 26-21 0-0 1-1 21-56 0-0
2023 27-22 22-17 0-2 0-0 5-3 0-0
2022 11-10 11-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 19-18 7-6 0-7 2-2 10-3 0-0

Ranked no. 157, Alex will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Brisbane where he lost 6-2 7-6(4) to Nishioka in the qualifications on the 28th of December.

Bolt has a composed 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Alex has an overall 339-301 record. He has a positive 210-165 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.

Australian Open
Bolt's Record

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