Mccartney Kessler and Caty McNally will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mccartney Kessler who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mccartney Kessler is the pick to win this match.
Mccartney Kessler -> 1.88
Caty McNally -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Mccartney Kessler vs. Caty McNally

There is no head to head record between Mccartney Kessler and Caty McNally since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Mccartney Kessler

Mccartney Kessler

29 - 18win/loss

Hard
19-10
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-6
Grass
6-2
Rank
31
High
30
LWLWWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 37-24 27-16 4-6 0-0 6-2 0-0
2024 39-22 28-13 2-6 5-0 4-3 0-0
2023 44-24 21-12 11-7 12-5 0-0 0-0
2022 8-2 6-2 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 10-5 10-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 32, Kessler will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 5-7 6-3 6-3 to Kostyuk in the 4th round on the 2nd of August.

Mccartney has an overall 29-18 win-loss record in 2025, 19-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Hobart where she beat Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0 and in Nottingham where she beat Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-4 7-5.

Talking about her overall career, Mccartney has an overall 160-87 record. She has a positive 109-53 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Mccartney has never competed in this tournament before.

Cincinnati
Kessler's Record

Caty McNally

Caty McNally

39 - 14win/loss

Hard
14-5
I Hard
0-1
Clay
19-6
Grass
6-2
Rank
81
High
54
LWWLWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-21 21-12 19-6 0-1 6-2 0-0
2024 8-5 2-2 5-0 1-3 0-0 0-0
2023 16-13 5-6 9-4 0-0 2-3 0-0
2022 32-23 7-9 1-6 17-5 7-3 0-0
2021 22-20 10-11 4-5 3-1 5-3 0-0

Ranked no. 104, Caty reached the 2nd round after defeating Maddison Inglis 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Inglis (6-2 6-3). During the match McNally scored 70 points vs Inglis’s 51. McNally was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, McNally blasted 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Caty McNally lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, McNally put 73% of her first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Inglis 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the Newport where she defeated Tatjana Maria in the final 2-6 6-4 6-2 and the W100 Evansville where she overcame Darja Vidmanova in the final 7-5 6-4.

Caty has a compiled 39-14 win-loss record in 2025, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Cincinnati
McNally's Record

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