ATLANTA DRAW. Mackenzie Mcdonald’s prediction with Nakashima next. H2H and rankings – Tennis Tonic

Atlanta draw – Mackenzie Mcdonald. Check out the draw preview and prediction with Brandon Nakashima, Yoshihito Nishioka, Frances Tiafoe, Adrian Mannarino, Ben Shelton in the Atlanta Open.

Mackenzie McDonald is set to begin his run in the draw in Atlanta.

Draw prediction with head-to-head records

This is Mackenzie Mcdonald’s expected draw alongside his likely opponents in the Atlanta Open. The American has a unfavorable record (9-12) with the expected opposition.

R1 – Brandon Nakashima (55) – H2H 3-1

R2 – Yoshihito Nishioka (86) – H2H 2-5

1/4 – Frances Tiafoe (29) – H2H 4-3

or Aslan Karatsev (107) – H2H 2-2

1/2 – Adrian Mannarino (32) – H2H 0-2

or Miomir Kecmanovic (52) – H2H 2-2

Vin – Ben Shelton (14) – H2H 0-1

or Jordan Thompson (41) – H2H 1-1

R1 – Brandon Nakashima’s rankings and achievements.

Head to head 3-1 for Mackenzie Mcdonald

Year	Total	Difficult	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	44-20	11-4	13-7	11-4	9-5	0-0
2023	21-26	9-15	3-4	8-3	1-4	0-0
2022	41-26	17-13	5-5	9-4	10-4	0-0
2021	45-25	17-10	4-7	20-5	4-3	0-0
2020	28-14	19-6	4-4	5-3	0-0	0-1
2019	18-9	11-6	0-0	7-3	0-0	0-0
2018	9-5	9-5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2017	1-1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Brandon Nakashima has a 44-20 record in 2024, 11-4 on hard. As for the previous 9 years, Nakashima has a 95-61 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Nakashima has won 6 of his last 10 matches.

Brandon’s main achievement of the past year was reaching the finals of the Tenerife 1 Challenger and the Koblenz Challenger.

Last year at Atlanta Open Nakashima lost in the 2 to Christopher Eubanks^nd round 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5.

H2H Mackenzie McDonald vs. Brandon Nakashima

This match would represent the 5^e time Mackenzie Mcdonald and Brandon Nakashima play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard in major tournaments.

R2 – Yoshihito Nishioka’s rankings and achievements.

Head-to-head 5-2 for Yoshihito Nishioka

Year	Total	Difficult	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	17-17	5-8	6-7	1-0	5-2	0-0
2023	23-22	14-15	5-5	4-1	0-1	0-0
2022	44-25	25-13	2-5	17-6	0-1	0-0
2021	19-26	5-11	8-7	5-5	1-3	0-0
2020	16-13	10-6	2-4	4-3	0-0	0-0
2019	30-24	20-13	4-6	6-4	0-1	0-0
2018	40-23	32-14	5-4	3-3	0-2	0-0
2017	14-10	13-7	0-0	1-3	0-0	0-0

Yoshihito Nishioka has a 17-17 record in 2024, 5-8 on hard. Speaking of the previous 14 years, the Japanese has a 226-142 record on hard (Click here to see the full career record). The Japanese has won 7 of his last 10 matches.

Last year at Atlanta Open Yoshihito surrendered to Aleksandar Vukic in the 2nd minute^nd round 4-6 7-5 7-6(3).

H2H Mackenzie McDonald vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

This would be the 8^e time Mackenzie Mcdonald and Yoshihito Nishioka play each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard in major tournaments.

1/4 – Frances Tiafoe’s rankings and achievements.

Head to head 4-3 for Mackenzie Mcdonald

Year	Total	Difficult	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	15-16	6-6	5-6	1-1	3-3	0-0
2023	40-21	21-10	8-4	4-5	7-2	0-0
2022	35-25	19-11	8-6	5-5	3-3	0-0
2021	42-27	19-13	4-7	10-4	9-3	0-0
2020	19-15	7-9	6-3	6-3	0-0	0-0
2019	23-27	13-13	4-5	5-6	1-3	0-0
2018	30-29	13-11	7-7	6-9	4-2	0-0
2017	33-25	17-13	10-3	5-6	1-3	0-0

Frances Tiafoe has a 15-16 record in 2024, 6-6 on hard. Over the last 11 years, the American has a 164-115 record on hard (Click here to see the full career record). Tiafoe has won 5 of his last 10 matches.

Tiafoe’s best performance of the current season was reaching the Houston final.

Last year at Atlanta Open Tiafoe did not play in this tournament.

H2H Mackenzie McDonald vs. Frances Tiafoe

This would be the 8^e time Mackenzie Mcdonald and Frances Tiafoe fight each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard in major tournaments.

Mackenzie Mcdonald is likely to fight Aslan Karatsev. Their head to head record is 2-2

1/2 – Adrian Mannarino’s rankings and achievements.

Head to head 2-0 for Adrian Mannarino

Year	Total	Difficult	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	8-19	5-8	0-5	2-1	1-5	0-0
2023	44-29	15-13	2-8	15-4	12-4	0-0
2022	31-32	18-14	1-6	8-7	4-5	0-0
2021	14-26	5-7	0-7	5-8	4-4	0-0
2020	19-17	8-7	0-3	11-7	0-0	0-0
2019	30-31	13-14	5-7	6-7	6-3	0-0
2018	26-30	8-11	1-6	8-8	9-5	0-0
2017	49-27	23-12	8-4	10-6	8-5	0-0

Adrian Mannarino has a 8-19 win-loss record in 2024, 5-8 on hard. Over the last 19 years Adrian has a 263-185 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Adrian needs to find his way after losing his previous 5 matches.

Adrian’s main achievement of the current season was reaching the semi-finals between Australia and Dallas.

Last year at Atlanta Open The French player did not participate in this event.

H2H Mackenzie McDonald vs. Adrian Mannarino

This match would be 3^rd time Mackenzie Mcdonald and Adrian Mannarino play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Mannarino (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard in major tournaments.

Nevertheless, Mackenzie Mcdonald could face Miomir Kecmanovic. Their head to head record is 2-2.

Finals – Ben Shelton’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Ben Shelton

Year	Total	Difficult	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	23-15	9-6	8-4	2-1	4-4	0-0
2023	28-26	21-13	4-8	1-2	2-3	0-0
2022	40-11	16-9	0-0	24-2	0-0	0-0
2021	18-7	7-3	5-2	6-2	0-0	0-0

Ben Shelton has a 23-15 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on hard. Speaking of the last 4 years, Ben has a 53-31 record on hard. Ben has won 5 of his last 10 matches.

His main achievement of the current season was winning the tournament in Houston, where he defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-5 4-6 6-3.

Last year at Atlanta Open Ben lost to Juncheng Shang in the 1^st round 6-4 6-4.

H2H Mackenzie McDonald vs. Ben Shelton

These would be the 2^nd time Mackenzie Mcdonald and Ben Shelton have played each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard in major tournaments.

Anyway, Mackenzie Mcdonald can face Jordan Thompson. Their H2H record is 1-1.