Who Will Win: Sinner Vs Mcdonald? Prediction For ATP Us Open 2024

What Time Will Jannik Sinner Play Against Mackenzie McDonald?

Sinner and McDonald are on the Day 2 Schedule at Us Open 2024 on Tuesday 27 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Jannik Sinner from Italy has a head-to-head record of 3-0 against Mackenzie McDonald from the USA. Their previous matches took place in Washington (U.S.A.) on hard court, where Sinner won 7-5, 4-6, 7-5; Roland Garros (France) on clay court, where Sinner won 6-3, 7-6(6), 6-3; and ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) on hard court, where Sinner won 6-7(6), 7-5, 6-1.

Jannik Sinner was born on August 16, 2001, and is currently ranked No. 1 in the ATP Rankings. His highest ranking was No. 37 on October 16, 2023. He was born in San Candido, Italy.

In the 2024 season, Sinner has a win-loss record of 48-5, with a 28-2 record on hard courts. Throughout his career, Sinner has a total win-loss record of 238-79, with a 163-48 record on hard courts. He has won 15 career titles, but none of them have been on hard courts. His best finish in a Grand Slam event was reaching the fourth round at both the 2018 Wimbledon and the 2021 Australian Open.

Sinner has made two comebacks from being two sets down in matches. He has a career tiebreak win-loss record of 78-52, with a 16-6 record in 2024. His career prize money is $24,034,144, with $6,990,709 earned in 2024.

Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill are Sinner’s coaches.

Sinner is the first Italian No. 1 seed in the tournament’s history, and he is the third Italian man to be a No. 1 seed at a Grand Slam event. The previous Italian men to achieve this were Pietrangeli at the 1961 French Championships and Sinner at Wimbledon in this year.

In previous US Open tournaments, Sinner defeated former champion Stan Wawrinka in the third round but lost to runner-up Alexander Zverev in the fourth round, after playing for 4 hours and 41 minutes.

In 2022, Sinner achieved the feat of reaching the quarterfinals in all four Grand Slam events in his career. He became the youngest man at 21 years old since Djokovic in 2007-2008 to accomplish this. He is also the first man born in the 2000s to achieve this.

Sinner also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2022 but lost a marathon match lasting 5 hours and 15 minutes to eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz, despite holding a match point

in the fourth set. He reached the fourth round or better in all four Grand Slam events in 2022.

Sinner joined Matteo Berrettini in 2022 as the first pair of Italian men to reach the same US Open quarterfinals in the event’s history.

In the 2020 US Open, Sinner squandered a two-set lead and lost in a fifth-set tiebreak to Karen Khachanov in the first round.

Sinner is currently on a four-match winning streak, having won the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati on August 19.

After winning the Australian Open earlier this year, Sinner aims to become the fourth man to win both the Australian Open and US Open in the same season since both events switched to hard courts. The previous players to achieve this were Djokovic, Federer (three times), and Wilander in 1988.

Sinner has a perfect 11-0 record in opening rounds this year and is 12-0 in Grand Slam first rounds since his loss to Dennys Molchanov in the first round of the 2020 US Open.

On the other hand, Mackenzie McDonald has notable victories over No. 30 David Goffin in the first round of the 2021 Australian Open and No. 15 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round of last year’s US Open.

McDonald has had early exits in all previous Grand Slam events this year, losing in the first round to Shang in the Australian Open, Griekspoor in Roland Garros, and Ruusuvuori in Wimbledon, despite holding two match points.

McDonald aims to become the lowest-ranked player to defeat a World No. 1 since No. 175 Kokkinakis defeated No. 1 Federer at the 2018 ATP Masters 1000 Miami. The last time a player with a ranking as low as No. 144 defeated a World No. 1 at a Grand Slam event was when No. 144 Kyrgios defeated No. 1 Nadal at the 2014 Wimbledon.

McDonald has a 5-16 record against Top 10 players, with a 4-3 record against them in 2023. In Grand Slams, he is 1-4 against Top 10 players, with his biggest career win being against defending champion and World No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the second round of the 2023 Australian Open.

Overall, Sinner’s head-to-head advantage, higher ranking, and recent form make him the favorite going into the match against McDonald at the US Open.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Sinner will win.
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