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Geerts vs McDonald 2:1: result and our tips

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Michael GeertsATP #353Elo 1588hard 1599
2:1final4:6 6:4 6:3
Niels McDonaldATP #480Elo 1555hard 1481

Our tips

Tips and chances as published: . A published tip never changes.

Our tip
Total Games: Under 23.5Lost59%

Where the number comes from: chance from the market; the pick and the reasoning come from our data

Under 23.5 games in recent matches: Geerts 14 of 20, McDonald 15 of 20 (tour average 63%)

Long shot
Total Games: Under 21.5Lost46%

Where the number comes from: chance from the market; the pick and the reasoning come from our data

Under 21.5 games in recent matches: Geerts 12 of 20, McDonald 12 of 20 (tour average 51%)

Match chances

Winner chance from the market (no margin). The other markets come from the history of matches with a similar balance of strength. Chances and profiles as they stood before the match.

Winner

Michael Geerts53%
Niels McDonald47%

Elo: M. Geerts 67% · N. McDonald 34%

from the market (no margin)

Set score

2:0 M. Geerts34%
2:1 M. Geerts20%
2:1 N. McDonald18%
2:0 N. McDonald28%

First set

Michael Geerts53%
Niels McDonald47%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes38%
no62%

Total games

The bookmakers' lineUnder 22.5 · 54%market (no margin): 52%

The 22.5 line offered by bookmakers before the match: our chance on that line, and next to it the market's (from the odds, without the margin).

Expected total: 23.3

Distribution of total games
LineOverUnderTour over
18.575%25%71%
19.567%33%62%
20.559%41%54%
21.554%46%49%
22.546%54%42%
23.541%59%37%
24.540%60%35%

Sample: 5,434 matches

Games handicap

M. Geerts −1.549%

Tie-break in the match

Tie-break: yes34%

tour average 32%

Bookmakers offer no tie-break bet on this match.

How the forecast did

  • Favouritefavourite won
  • Most likely set scorewas 2:1
  • Total games Under 22.5out · 29 games
  • Games handicapcovered

Match stats

Michael GeertsNiels McDonald
7Aces10
3Double faults0
60%First serves in78%
83%First-serve points won60%
55%Second-serve points won65%
3/12Break points converted2/3
13/15Service games held11/14
71%Service points won61%
39%Return points won29%
95Total points won84

Serve profile (12 months)

Matches with stats from the last 12 months, pulled towards the tour average on a small sample.

M. GeertsTourN. McDonald
Service points won63%62%58%
Return points won38%38%37%
Service games held77%76%69%
Breaks of serve23%24%22%
Aces per service game0.410.24
Double faults per game0.290.33
Sets with a tie-break21%10%
Tie-breaks won10/182/6
Wins in straight sets72%56%
Matches in the sample3727

Form

The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.

Michael Geerts

  • 25/10/26WLeo Raquillet#702Challenger Brest · Q16:0 6:1
  • 13/10/26LPavel Lagutin#388Challenger Catania · R324:6 1:6
  • 30/09/26LEdas Butvilas#208Challenger Porto 2 · R324:6 1:6
  • 28/09/26WJoao Domingues#563Challenger Porto 2 · Q23:6 6:4 7:6
  • 27/09/26WVladyslav Orlov#518Challenger Porto 2 · Q17:6 6:2
  • 22/09/26LCarlos Sanchez Jover#329Challenger Plovdiv 4 · R324:6 5:7
  • 25/08/26LJay Friend#266Challenger Roehampton 2 · R323:6 4:6
  • 20/08/26LLucas Poullain#328Challenger Roehampton · QF7:6 3:6 5:7
  • 19/08/26WRadu Albot#561Challenger Roehampton · R164:6 6:4 6:4
  • 18/08/26WBilly BlaydesChallenger Roehampton · R326:3 7:6

Niels McDonald

Elo over the last year

Michael GeertsNiels McDonald

Record by surface (12 months)

Wins–losses over the last 12 months.

M. GeertsN. McDonald
Hard court17–1553%2–625%
Clay1–420%7–1237%

Head to head

They have not met yet.

Road through the tournament

Michael Geerts

Niels McDonald