Mackenzie Mcdonald and Nick Kyrgios will play each other in the 1st round of the Miami Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.41
Nick Kyrgios -> 2.91

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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Nick Kyrgios

This will be the 3rd time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Nick Kyrgios face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kyrgios won 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Houston back in 2022.

Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs Mackenzie Mcdonald – Houston 05-April-2022

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Mackenzie Mcdonald

15 - 7win/loss

Hard
10-5
I Hard
5-2
Rank
101
High
37
WWLWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-7 10-5 0-0 5-2 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. 101, Mackenzie reached the 1st round after defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1 6-7(4) 3-2 ret. and Pavel Kotov 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Kotov (6-2 6-2). During the match, Mcdonald scored 63 points vs Kotov’s 39. Mcdonald was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mcdonald scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Mcdonald put 80% of his first serves in, winning 88% (29/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (4/8) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kotov 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Mcdonald has good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (283-222). 10-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mcdonald has an overall 176-120 record in the last years on hard.

Mackenzie’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the San Diego Challenger.

The American has a composed 15-7 win-loss record in 2025, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Miami
Mcdonald's Record

Nick Kyrgios

Nick Kyrgios

0 - 3win/loss

Hard
0-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
892
High
13
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 37-10 23-6 2-1 0-0 12-3 0-0
2021 7-8 5-6 0-0 0-1 2-1 0-0

Ranked no. 892, Nick will start his run in Miami after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 7-6(7) 3-0 ret. to Van De Zandschulp in the 1st round on the 6th of March.

Nick has a compiled 0-3 win-loss record in 2025, 0-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Nick has an overall 262-138 record. He has a positive 163-80 record on hard.

Miami
Kyrgios's Record

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