Francisco Cerundolo and Mackenzie Mcdonald will square off in the 2^nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 5. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.9
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald

This will be the 3^rd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Mackenzie Mcdonald clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Cerundolo won 7-6(4) 7-6(5) in the 2^nd round in Shanghai back in 2023.

Francisco Cerundolo

Ranked no. 26, the Argentine will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Santiago where he lost 6-1 4-6 6-3 to Djere in the semifinal on the 1^st of March.

Cerundolo has a compiled 10-5 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Francisco’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Buenos Aires.

Talking about his overall career, Cerundolo has an overall 323-172 record. He has a flat 35-35 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Ranked no. 109, Mcdonald reached the 2^nd round after beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 2-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Davidovich Fokina, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Mcdonald scored 79 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 74. Mcdonald was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Mcdonald recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mackenzie Mcdonald lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mcdonald put 56% of his first serves in, winning 53% (24/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Davidovich Fokina 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the San Diego Challenger.

Mackenzie has a composed 13-6 win-loss record in 2025, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023. See his history

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• Tommy PaulPaul – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Cameron NorrieNorrie (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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• Jack DraperDraper – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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