Mackenzie Mcdonald and Brandon Holt will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court 13. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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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 -> 1.37
Brandon Holt -> 3

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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Brandon Holt

There is no head to head record between Mackenzie Mcdonald and Brandon Holt since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Ranked no. 130, the American reached the qualifications after beating Alex Bolt 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, Mackenzie had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-2 6-2). During the match, Mcdonald scored 70 points vs Bolt’s 46. The American was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mcdonald fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mackenzie Mcdonald was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (29/40) 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. The American broke Bolt 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Mcdonald has good record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (269-216). 1-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mcdonald has an aggregate 167-116 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

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

Previously at the Australian Open

Brandon Holt

Ranked no. 204, the American got to the qualifications after beating Gianluca Mager 7-6(6) 6-2.

In the qualifications, Holt had a good straight sets win against Mager (7-6⁶ 6-2). During the match Holt scored 77 points vs Mager’s 60. Holt was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.

About the serving games, Holt struck 10 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Brandon Holt was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (46/59) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Mager twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

The American has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mcdonald	Holt
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	21
Pts	70-46	77-60
Total Points	116	137
Winners	29	46
%Winners	41%	60%

Both Mcdonald and Holt played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mcdonald and Holt have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mcdonald played 5 games less than Holt. Mcdonald scored 29 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Holt managed to score 46 winners (60%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mcdonald	Holt
Aces	4	10
Avg per match	4	10
1st in	40/54	59/69
%1st in	74%	86%
1st pts	29/40	46/59
%1st pts	73%	78%
2nd pts	9/14	7/10
%2nd pts	64%	70%

Mcdonald fired 4 aces . Holt managed to score 10 aces . Mcdonald won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mcdonald	Holt
Won	4	2
Converted	4/10	2/7
% Converted	40%	29%
Conceded	5	8
Saved	5	8
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The American had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Holt broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Holt was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points.

Mcdonald
	Q1 Bolt	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	70-46	70-46
Total points	116	116
Winners	29	29
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	40/54	40/54
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	29/40	29/40
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	9/14	9/14
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Holt
	Q1 Mager	Total
Score	7-66 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	77-60	77-60
Total points	137	137
Winners	46	46
%Winners	60%	60%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	59/69	59/69
% 1st in	86%	86%
1st pts	46/59	46/59
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	7/10	7/10
% 2nd pts	70%	70%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/7	2/7
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	8/8	8
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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