Luciano Darderi and Mackenzie Mcdonald will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Winston-Salem for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.59
Luciano Darderi -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald

This will be the 2^nd time that Luciano Darderi and Mackenzie Mcdonald face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Mcdonald won 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in Acapulco back in 2023.

Luciano Darderi

Ranked no. 34, Darderi will start his run in Winston-Salem after he played his last match in Cincinnati where he lost 6-4 3-1 ret. to Comesana in the 2^nd round on the 10^th of August.

Darderi has a compiled 28-21 win-loss record in 2025, 1-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Marrakech where he overcame Tallon Griekspoor in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(4) and in Bastad where he defeated Jesper De Jong in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3 and in Umag where he defeated Carlos Taberner in the final 6-3 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 208-137 record. He has a flat 25-25 record on hard.

Previously in Winston-Salem

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Ranked no. 95, Mcdonald reached the 2^nd round after defeating Brandon Holt 6-4 6-7(2) 7-6(2).

In the 1^st round, Mcdonald defeated Holt (6-4 6-7² 7-6²). During the match Mcdonald scored 113 points vs Holt’s 106. The American was very aggressive to blast 53 winners.

About the serving games, Mcdonald managed to score 15 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Mackenzie Mcdonald was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (53/69) of his 1st serve and 56% (24/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Mcdonald broke Holt 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Mackenzie’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the San Diego Challenger.

Mcdonald has an overall 25-20 win-loss record in 2025, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Winston-Salem

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2016. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Salem Open

• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Stefan DostanicDostanic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Sebastian BaezBaez – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction