Challenger KobeChallenger 75Round of 32hard, indoorbest of three sets
McDonald vs Smith: prediction and tips
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Match chances
Winner chance from the market (no margin). The other markets come from the history of matches with a similar balance of strength.
Winner
Niels McDonald32%
Keegan Smith68%
Elo: N. McDonald 32% · K. Smith 68%
from the market (no margin)
Set score
2:0 N. McDonald19%
2:1 N. McDonald14%
2:1 K. Smith22%
2:0 K. Smith45%
First set
Niels McDonald37%
Keegan Smith63%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes37%
no63%
Total games
Expected total: 23.6
| Line | Over | Under | Tour over |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19.5 | 70% | 30% | 62% |
| 20.5 | 62% | 38% | 54% |
| 21.5 | 55% | 45% | 49% |
| 22.5 | 49% | 51% | 42% |
| 23.5 | 43% | 57% | 37% |
| 24.5 | 39% | 61% | 35% |
| 25.5 | 36% | 64% | 32% |
Sample: 5,373 matches
Games handicap
K. Smith −3.549%
Tie-break in the match
Tie-break: yes40%
tour average 32%
Bookmakers offer no tie-break bet on this match.
Serve profile (12 months)
Matches with stats from the last 12 months, pulled towards the tour average on a small sample.
| N. McDonald | Tour | K. Smith | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service points won | 59% | 62% | 67% |
| Return points won | 37% | 38% | 34% |
| Service games held | 70% | 76% | 85% |
| Breaks of serve | 22% | 24% | 16% |
| Aces per service game | 0.25 | 0.62 | |
| Double faults per game | 0.31 | 0.15 | |
| Sets with a tie-break | 9% | 26% | |
| Tie-breaks won | 2/6 | 21/43 | |
| Wins in straight sets | 60% | 54% | |
| Matches in the sample | 30 | 66 |
Form
The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.
Niels McDonald
- 11/11/26LYu Hsiou Hsu#312Challenger Matsuyama · R163:6 3:6
- 10/11/26WKoki Matsuda#484Challenger Matsuyama · R326:4 6:4
- 26/10/26LMichael Geerts#356Challenger Brest · Q26:4 4:6 3:6
- 25/10/26WPierre Delage#557Challenger Brest · Q16:3 6:1
- 11/10/26LJakub PaulChallenger Roanne · Q13:6 7:6 5:7
- 28/09/26LNiels Visker#419Challenger Mouilleron-le-Captif · Q23:6 4:6
- 27/09/26WZaccharie CadoChallenger Mouilleron-le-Captif · Q16:2 6:2
- 01/09/26LEnrico Dalla Valle#304Challenger Porto · R323:6 4:6
- 25/08/26LCezar Cretu#273Challenger Augsburg · R322:6 0:6
- 14/08/26LMarvin Moeller#229Challenger Hamburg · QF4:6 0:6
Keegan Smith
- 09/11/26LYu Hsiou Hsu#312Challenger Matsuyama · R323:6 3:6
- 03/11/26LJake Delaney#338Challenger Taipei · R326:3 3:6 4:6
- 27/10/26LYu Hsiou Hsu#312Challenger Ningbo · R326:4 5:7 6:7
- 23/10/26LTristan Schoolkate#144Challenger Guangzhou Nansha · QF6:7 3:6
- 22/10/26WFajing Sun#297Challenger Guangzhou Nansha · R163:6 6:4 7:6
- 20/10/26WMax Purcell#619Challenger Guangzhou Nansha · R326:4 7:6
- 16/10/26LMartin Landaluce#71Challenger Jinan · QF6:3 2:6 3:6
- 14/10/26WVit Kopriva#69Challenger Jinan · R166:3 3:6 6:3
- 13/10/26WStefanos Sakellaridis#130Challenger Jinan · R327:6 3:6 6:3
- 06/10/26LHiroki Moriya#450Challenger Wuning 3 · R326:3 6:7 3:6
Elo over the last year
Niels McDonaldKeegan Smith
Record by surface (12 months)
Wins–losses over the last 12 months.
| N. McDonald | K. Smith | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard court | 3–827% | 25–2451% |
| Clay | 7–1237% | 6–367% |
| Grass | 0–0 | 4–450% |
Head to head
N. McDonald 1–0 K. Smith
- 07/07/26Winner: N. McDonald6:1 6:3
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