Botic Van De Zandschulp and Mackenzie Mcdonald will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Chengdu Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Botic Van De Zandschulp is the pick to win this match.
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.79
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald

This will be the 3^rd time that Botic Van De Zandschulp and Mackenzie Mcdonald 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, Mcdonald won 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the 1^st round in S hertogenbosch back in 2024.

Highlights Mackenzie Mcdonald vs Botic Van De Zandschulp – S hertogenbosch 11-June-2024

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Ranked no. 83, Van De Zandschulp will start his run in Chengdu after he played his last match in 3 where he lost 7-6(4) 6-1 to Cerundolo in the Rubber 2 on the 12^th of September.

Botic has an overall 24-24 win-loss record in 2025, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Dutch’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Salem.

Talking about his overall career, Botic has an overall 370-231 record. He has a positive 73-51 record on hard.

Previously in Chengdu

Botic has never competed in this tournament before.

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Ranked no. 98, the American got to the 1^st round after beating James McCabe 6-3 3-0 ret. and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer 4-6 7-5 6-0.

In the qualifications against Budkov Kjaer, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-0). During the match Mcdonald scored 86 points vs Budkov Kjaer’s 74. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Mcdonald bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mcdonald put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. Mackenzie broke Budkov Kjaer 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

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

Mcdonald has a compiled 27-22 win-loss record in 2025, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

• Marcos GironGiron – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yi ZhouZhou – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-7³ 6-4 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Juncheng ShangShang – Zizou BergsBergs (6-1 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Quentin HalysHalys (6-7³ 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taro DanielDaniel – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filip MisolicMisolic – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Gael MonfilsMonfils (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – (0-0) – H2H and prediction