Darian King vs Mackenzie McDonaldPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Darian King and Mackenzie McDonald have met 4 times since 2016; they are level 2–2. Their first meeting came at Tiburon in 2016 on hard. On hard courts they are level 2–2. Across all meetings King has taken 4 sets to McDonald's 6. Their most recent meeting: Darian King won at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (2018).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | King | McDonald | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Darian King | Mackenzie McDonald | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 100% | 1/1 | 65% | 13/20 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 2/4 | 32% | 9/28 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 40% | 2/5 | 33% | 16/48 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/2 | 42% | 11/26 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 0% | 0/2 | 37% | 7/19 |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 24% | 4/17 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 1/1 | 74% | 14/19 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 100% | 1/1 | 68% | 13/19 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 2 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (King 0, McDonald 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
King
⚔️ The Gladiator
McDonald
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
⚔️ The Gladiator vs ⚙️ Grinder is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 233 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Mar 21, 2018
ATP Masters 1000 Miami
H Hard · 2nd Round Qualifying
Oct 12, 2017
Fairfield
H Hard · Round of 16
Sep 27, 2017
Tiburon
H Hard · Round of 32
Oct 1, 2016
Tiburon
H Hard · Semifinals
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | King | McDonald |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–2 | 3–7 |
| Avg odds | 4.66 | 2.21 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -56.3% |
| Units P/L | -2.00u | -5.63u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | King | McDonald |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 1 | 1 |
| Matches | 1 | 1 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | USA | POR |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Timo Legout
San Diego 2 Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Masamichi Imamura
Bloomfield Hills Challenger · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 20
Noah Zamora
Bloomfield Hills Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 19
Dragos Nicolae Cazacu
M15 Naples 1 · 1st Round
Jan 28
Mathis Bondaz
M25 Norman 1 · 1st Round
Oct 22
Daniel Milavsky
Fairfield Challenger · 1st Round
Oct 7
Gus Grumet
Fairfield · 2nd Round Qualifying
Oct 6
Andre Ilagan
Las Vegas Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 23
Ryan Nijboer
Braga Challenger · 1st Round
Oct 7
Toby Samuel
Porto Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 29
Dalibor Svrcina
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 28
Thiago Seyboth Wild
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 26
Stefano Napolitano
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Jacob Fearnley
Quebec City Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 20
Yibing Wu
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Alex Michelsen
Citi Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 28
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 5–51 matches
| Metric | King | McDonald |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 20% | 41% |
| Sets won | 33% | 43% |
| Games won | 42% | 49% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | King | McDonald |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Masters 1000 | 1 | 0 |
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | King | McDonald |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 2 |
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