Brandon Nakashima and Mackenzie Mcdonald will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM COURT . In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.63
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald
This will be the 6th time that Brandon Nakashima and Mackenzie Mcdonald clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Mcdonald won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Atlanta back in 2024.
Highlights Mackenzie Mcdonald vs Brandon Nakashima – Atlanta 23-July-2024
Brandon Nakashima
11 - 8win/loss
32
31
LLLWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-11 | 10-7 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 61-32 | 24-12 | 13-7 | 15-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-26 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 9-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-25 | 17-10 | 4-7 | 20-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 33, Brandon will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-4 7-5 to Dimitrov in the 4th round on the 25th of March.
Nakashima has an aggregate 10-8 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
Nakashima’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Acapulco.
Talking about his overall career, Brandon has an overall 236-148 record. He has a positive 29-27 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Mackenzie Mcdonald
16 - 9win/loss
100
37
LLWLWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-10 | 10-6 | 1-2 | 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. 100, Mcdonald got to the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4.
In the 1st round, Mackenzie defeated Elahi Galan Riveros (6-2 6-73 6-4). During the match Mcdonald scored 94 points vs Elahi Galan Riveros’s 80. The American was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Mcdonald scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald was quite effective on serve to win 79% (42/53) of his 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Elahi Galan Riveros 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Mcdonald’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the San Diego Challenger.
Mackenzie has a composed 16-8 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018, 2019 and 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWLWLW Tennis Scores in Houston
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tommy PaulPaul – Cristian GarinGarin (2-6 6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (3-6 6-4 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Colton SmithSmith – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-1) – H2H and prediction
