Holger Rune and Mackenzie Mcdonald will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the cinch Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:30 pm on ANDY MURRAY ARENA. 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 Holger Rune who should win in 2 sets.
Holger Rune -> 1.36
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald
This will be the 3rd time that Holger Rune and Mackenzie Mcdonald fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Rune and Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mcdonald won 6-4 2-0 ret. in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2023.
Holger Rune
21 - 12win/loss
9
4
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 22-14 | 9-5 | 9-5 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2024 | 45-24 | 21-12 | 11-6 | 10-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 44-24 | 10-10 | 16-4 | 11-8 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 50-27 | 8-9 | 21-11 | 21-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 73-29 | 11-5 | 41-17 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9, the Dane reached the 2nd round after beating Christopher O Connell 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Rune had a good straight sets win against O Connell (6-3 6-4). During the match, Rune scored 66 points vs O Connell’s 51. Holger was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rune bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Holger Rune was very effective on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rune broke O Connell twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Rune has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (272-142). 1-0 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Rune has a compiled11-7 match record in the last 8 years on grass.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Barcelona where he beat Carlos Alcaraz in the final 7-6(6) 6-2.
Rune has an overall 21-12 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in London
Mackenzie Mcdonald
22 - 14win/loss
96
37
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 24-18 | 12-7 | 1-4 | 5-2 | 6-5 | 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. 98, Mcdonald got to the 2nd round after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-2 7-6(6), Henry Searle 6-4 6-2 and Gael Monfils 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Mackenzie had a good straight sets win against Monfils (6-4 6-4). During the match Mcdonald scored 65 points vs Monfils’s 50. Mcdonald was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Mcdonald scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Mackenzie Mcdonald was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Monfils 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Mackenzie’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the San Diego Challenger.
The American has a composed 22-14 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in London
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Rune | Mcdonald |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
Tot Games | 19 | 59 |
Pts | 66-51 | 201-143 |
Total Points | 117 | 344 |
Winners | 30 | 82 |
%Winners | 45% | 41% |
Rune played 1 match while Mcdonald competed in 3 matches. Mcdonald started his run from the qualifications while Rune had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Rune has played 4 set(s) less than Mcdonald (2 vs 6). Therefore, Rune played 40 games less than Mcdonald. The Dane scored 30 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Mackenzie blasted 82 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Rune | Mcdonald |
---|---|---|
Aces | 3 | 7 |
Avg per match | 3 | 2.3 |
1st in | 38/63 | 104/158 |
%1st in | 60% | 66% |
1st pts | 30/38 | 82/104 |
%1st pts | 79% | 79% |
2nd pts | 18/25 | 39/54 |
%2nd pts | 72% | 72% |
Rune struck 3 aces . Mcdonald made 7 aces (2.3 per match). Rune won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Mcdonald won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Rune | Mcdonald |
---|---|---|
Won | 2 | 9 |
Converted | 2/7 | 9/16 |
% Converted | 29% | 56% |
Conceded | 3 | 8 |
Saved | 3 | 6 |
% Saved | 100% | 75% |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Holger broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Dane very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Mcdonald broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Mcdonald conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
Rune | |||
R1 O | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 66-51 | 66-51 | |
Total points | 117 | 117 | |
Winners | 30 | 30 | |
%Winners | 45% | 45% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 38/63 | 38/63 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 18/25 | 18/25 | |
% 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Mcdonald | |||||
Q1 Kovacevic | Q3 Searle | R1 Monfils | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 7-66 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 20 | 59 | |
pts | 77-58 | 59-35 | 65-50 | 201-143 | |
Total points | 135 | 94 | 115 | 344 | |
Winners | 29 | 25 | 28 | 82 | |
%Winners | 38% | 42% | 43% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
1st in | 39/61 | 27/42 | 38/55 | 104/158 | |
% 1st in | 64% | 64% | 69% | 66% | |
1st pts | 29/39 | 25/27 | 28/38 | 82/104 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 93% | 74% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 16/22 | 12/15 | 11/17 | 39/54 | |
% 2nd pts | 73% | 80% | 65% | 72% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Converted | 3/5 | 3/6 | 3/5 | 9/16 | |
Converted % | 60% | 50% | 60% | 56% | |
Conceded | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
Saved | 2/3 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 6 | |
Saved % | 67% | 100% | 67% | 234% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Tennis Scores in London
- Jacob Fearnley/Cameron NorrieFearnley/Cameron Norrie – Joe Salisbury/Neal SkupskiSalisbury/Neal Skupski (6-3 3-6 13-11) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-2 6-79 7-63) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Ben SheltonShelton (7-65 7-64) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-710 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic – Reilly Opelka/Ben SheltonOpelka/Ben Shelton (7-65 7-61) – See score progression
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Alex BoltBolt (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-76 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-66 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Ben SheltonShelton (7-6(5) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Billy HarrisHarris (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-7(5) 7-6(7) 7-5) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-7(10) 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-2 6-7(9) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel EvansEvans – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jack DraperDraper (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Billy HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-1) – H2H and prediction