Mackenzie Mcdonald hustles Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Chengdu on Thursday. Mcdonald will face off with Nikoloz Basilashvili in the 2nd round. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours.

Chengdu
Mcdonald's Record

Mackenzie added to his prize money $ 8,120 after winning this match. He has already won $ 20,885 after this win. If he wins the next match, Mackenzie will add $ 15,085 to his earnings to get in total $ 35,970 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mcdonald
Zandschulp
6-4 3-6 6-3
2h:00
84
84
Total points
82
82
45
45
Winners
41
41
54%
54%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
7
7
0
0
Double Faults
8
8
67%
67%
1st in
62%
62%
76%
76%
1st won
85%
85%
45/59
45/59
1st won
41/48
41/48
41%
41%
2nd won
33%
33%
12/29
12/29
2nd won
10/30
10/30
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
2/6
2/6
50%
50%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 84 points vs. the Dutch’s 82.

Mcdonald

Mackenzie served extremely well to win 76% of the points (45/59) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 41% points (12/29) on his second serve. Mcdonald was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).

Van De Zandschulp

On the other side, Botic was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Mcdonald and Van De Zandschulp is 2-1 for Mackenzie.

Draw and next match H2H: Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili – stats

Mcdonald will take on Basilashvili in the 2nd round.

This will be the 5th time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Nikoloz Basilashvili square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Mcdonald won 6-1 6-74 3-2 ret. in the qualifications in Miami back in March 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Mcdonald 6-4
McdonaldZandschulp
6
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
McdonaldZandschulp
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
McdonaldZandschulp
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
McdonaldZandschulp
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
McdonaldZandschulp
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
McdonaldZandschulp
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
McdonaldZandschulp
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
McdonaldZandschulp
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
McdonaldZandschulp
1
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
McdonaldZandschulp
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
McdonaldZandschulp
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
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40
40
A

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the American snatched in the 5th game (3-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Mackenzie converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Mcdonald didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 60 points. This set was so close that, Mackenzie won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Mackenzie dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). on the other side of the net, Botic conceded 10 points on serve (23-10).

2nd Set -
Zandschulp 6-3
ZandschulpMcdonald
6
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
ZandschulpMcdonald
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZandschulpMcdonald
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
ZandschulpMcdonald
5
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
ZandschulpMcdonald
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
ZandschulpMcdonald
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZandschulpMcdonald
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
ZandschulpMcdonald
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZandschulpMcdonald
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40

Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Botic clinched in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).

Van De Zandschulp was on the money in converting all his break points in the 6th

game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Botic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 51 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Van De Zandschulp won just 3 more points than Mcdonald (27-24

). Botic lost 5 points on serve (17-5). On the losing side, Mackenzie conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
3rd Set -
Mcdonald 6-3
McdonaldZandschulp
6
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
McdonaldZandschulp
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
McdonaldZandschulp
5
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
McdonaldZandschulp
5
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
McdonaldZandschulp
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
McdonaldZandschulp
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
McdonaldZandschulp
3
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
McdonaldZandschulp
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Mcdonald had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Mackenzie to win the set as Van De Zandschulp succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.

Mcdonald failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.

Mackenzie converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (4-1 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Dutch converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 7th (1-5 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 55 points. Mackenzie was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Botic (30-25). The American conceded 14 points on serve (18-14). On the losing side, Van De Zandschulp conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).

1st
Mcdonald
Zandschulp
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Mcdonald
Zandschulp
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Mcdonald
Zandschulp
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0

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