Quentin Halys and Mackenzie Mcdonald will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on SHOW COURT 3 . In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.54
Quentin Halys -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Quentin Halys vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald

This will be the 2^nd time that Quentin Halys and Mackenzie Mcdonald fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halys (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Halys won 7-6(2) 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Miami back in 2023.

Highlights Quentin Halys vs Mackenzie Mcdonald – Miami 27-March-2023

Quentin Halys

Ranked no. 75, Halys will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 4-6 5-1 ret. to Cazaux in the qualifications on the 24^th of September.

Halys has an aggregate 17-25 win-loss record in 2025, 11-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Quentin’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Dubai.

Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 424-337 record. He has a positive 126-106 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. See his history.

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Ranked no. 96, the American got to the 1^st round after beating Omar Jasika 6-0 6-4 and Rei Sakamoto 6-4 6-3.

Mcdonald’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the San Diego Challenger.

Mcdonald has a composed 32-25 win-loss record in 2025, 20-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – August HolmgrenHolmgren (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-1 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁶ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zizou BergsBergs – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-5 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Luca NardiNardi – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marin CilicCilic – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (2-19) – H2H and prediction
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Quentin HalysHalys (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yibing WuWu – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (2-1) – H2H and prediction