Given a wildcard into qualifying at the
2022 Wimbledon Championships, McDonald pushed veteran American
Coco Vandeweghe to a third set tie-break.
2023 McDonald started 2023 in the British team at the
United Cup alongside
Cameron Norrie,
Harriet Dart,
Dan Evans,
Katie Swan,
Jan Choinski,
Jonny O'Mara and Ranah Stoiber. McDonald won her first ITF World Tour title in February 2023. She won the women's doubles alongside
Maia Lumsden at the W25 Glasgow event held at the Stirling National Academy against
Dominika Salkova and
Anna Sisková. It was Lumsden and McDonald's debut tournament as a pair.
2024 In January 2024, partnered with Finland's
Laura Hietaranta she won the Sunderland ITF doubles title 6–4, 6–1 against
Julie Belgraver and Katarina Stresnakova to win back-to-back 35k ITF doubles titles. At the
2024 Ilkley Trophy she defeated
Arianne Hartono in three sets and reached the quarter finals with a win over
Lanlana Tararudee before losing to
Jessika Ponchet. She defeated world number 50
Ana Bogdan in three sets in qualifying at the
2024 Eastbourne International. Playing with
Holly Hutchinson she won the ladies doubles at the Roehampton W35 in August 2024, to claim their third trophy in four tournaments. She won final of the women's doubles at the W50 Funchal tournament in Portugal in a November 2024 alongside compatriot Holly Hutchinson, where they defeated
Martyna Kubka and
Sarah Beth Grey in the semi final before defeating
Riya Bhatia and Polina Iatchenko in the final.
2025 Alongside
Mingge Xu, she won the final of the women's doubles at the Wrexham Open in Wales in October 2025, where they defeated
Valentina Ryser and Amarni Banks. ==Personal life==