Ena Shibahara

Ena Shibahara (柴原 瑛菜, Shibahara Ena, born 12 February 1998) is an American-born Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.[1]

The native form of this personal name is Shibahara Ena. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Ena Shibahara
Shibahara at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports) United States (2014 – 7 July 2019)
 Japan (8 July 2019 – current)
ResidenceRancho Palos Verdes, California, U.S.
Born (1998-02-12) February 12, 1998
Mountain View, California, U.S.[1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUCLA Bruins
Prize moneyUS$ 1,290,823
Singles
Career record69–60 (53.5%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 416 (19 August 2019)
Current rankingNo. 581 (13 February 2023)
Doubles
Career record161–86 (65.2%)
Career titles8 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 4 (21 March 2022)
Current rankingNo. 20 (30 January 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (2023)
French OpenQF (2020)
WimbledonSF (2021)
US Open3R (2021, 2022)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2021)
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Mixed doubles
Career titles1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2022)
French OpenW (2022)
Wimbledon2R (2021, 2022)
US OpenQF (2022)
Last updated on: 13 February 2023.

She won her first Grand Slam title at the 2022 French Open alongside Wesley Koolhof in mixed doubles, and also reached the women's doubles semifinals at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and 2022 Australian Open with Shuko Aoyama. Shibahara reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in March 2022, and has won eight titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2021 Miami Open, also reaching the semifinals at the 2021 WTA Finals.

She made her Billie Jean King Cup debut for Japan in 2020, and also participated in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Until July 2019, Shibahara represented her country of birth, the United States.

College career

In 2016, she graduated from Palos Verdes Peninsula High School and attended UCLA before turning pro after her sophomore season.[2]

Professional career

2016: First major main draw

Shibahara made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the US Open in the girls' doubles draw, partnering with Jada Hart as a wildcard. Shibahara and Hart then won the US Open girls' doubles title. The pair also entered with wildcards the women’s doubles event in which they lost in the first round.

2019: Focus on doubles, start of partnership with Shuko Aoyama

Shibahara played her first five doubles tournaments of the year with Hayley Carter winning two titles and reaching another final. This raised her doubles ranking from 205 at the beginning of the year to an entry into the top 100 with a ranking of 98 on May 20th.[3]

Shibahara then played tournaments with eight other partners before playing her first tournament with Shuko Aoyama in August at the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, where they reached the final. Shibahara said, "Our chemistry was spot on from the beginning, where I would set her up from the baseline and she just moves all over the net[4]".

Shibahara and Aoyama played five more tournaments together in 2019, winning their first two titles together at the Tianjin Open (Shibahara's first WTA tour level title) and Kremlin Cup in Moscow. By the end of the year Shibahara's WTA doubles ranking was 31.

In singles Shibahara started the year playing a mixture of ITF and WTA challenger tournaments. Following a quarter final result at the $100k Vancouver tournament her ranking reach her career high (so far) of 416 on August 19th.[3] Following this Shibahara focused mainly on doubles.

2020–2021: WTA 1000 title, Olympics, Grand Slam & WTA Finals SF

Partnering Shuko Aoyama she won her maiden WTA 1000 title at the 2021 Miami Open, reached the semifinals at Wimbledon, participated in the Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan and reached the semifinals of the 2021 WTA Finals. She won seven more titles, five being at the WTA 500 level, during her successful partnership with Aoyama.

2022: World No. 4 in doubles, maiden mixed-doubles title

At the Australian Open, she reached the semifinals of a major for the second time in her career, partnering Aoyama. Later, she set a new career-high ranking of No. 4, on 21 March 2022, after making the Indian Wells Open final where she partnered with Asia Muhammad.

At the French Open, she won the first Grand Slam title of her career in mixed doubles, partnering with Wesley Koolhof.[5] She became the first Japanese player in 25 years to win the mixed doubles championship in Paris, since Rika Hiraki and Mahesh Bhupathi took home the title in 1997.[6]

2023: Australian Open finalist

At the Australian Open, she reached the semifinals of a major for the third time in her career, partnering again with Aoyama. The pair defeated second-seeded pair of Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula to reach their first major final.

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records and career statistics.

Doubles

Current after the 2023 Australian Open.

Tournament 2016 ... 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 3R QF SF F 0 / 4 13–4 76%
French Open A A QF 2R 3R 0 / 3 6–3 67%
Wimbledon A A NH SF 3R 0 / 2 6–2 75%
US Open 1R 1R 2R 3R 3R 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 5–3 10–4 10–4 5–1 0 / 14 30–14 68%
National representation
Summer Olympics A NH 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals DNQ NH SF DNQ 0 / 1 2–2 50%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A A 1R 2R QF 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Indian Wells Open A A NH SF F 0 / 2 7–2 78%
Miami Open A A NH W 2R 1 / 2 5–1 83%
Madrid Open A A NH 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A SF SF A 0 / 2 5–2 71%
Canadian Open A A NH 2R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati Open A A 2R QF 2R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wuhan Open A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
China Open A SF NH 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 12 11 21 17 3 Career total: 65
Titles 0 2 1 5 0 0 Career total: 8
Finals 0 4 1 5 1 1 Career total: 12
Overall win–loss 0–1 22–10 17–10 39–17 30–16 6–3 8 / 65 114–57 67%
Win % 0% 69% 63% 70% 65% 67% Career total: 67%
Year-end ranking 1061 31 23 5 22 $820,745

Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Tournaments202120222023SRW–LWin%
Australian Open 2R QF 1R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
French Open A W 1 / 1 5–1 83%
Wimbledon 2R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open 2R QF 0 / 2 3–2 33%
Win–loss 2–3 10–4 0–1 1 / 8 12–8 60%

Significant finals

Women's doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2023 Australian Open Hard Shuko Aoyama Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková		 4–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win2022French OpenClay Wesley Koolhof Ulrikke Eikeri
Joran Vliegen		7–6(7–5), 6–2

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2021 Miami Open Hard Shuko Aoyama Hayley Carter
Luisa Stefani		 6–2, 7–5
Loss 2022 Indian Wells Open Hard Asia Muhammad Xu Yifan
Yang Zhaoxuan		 5–7, 6–7(4–7)

WTA career finals

Doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam (0–1)
WTA 1000 (1–1)
WTA 500 (5–1)
WTA 250 (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–3)
Grass (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2019 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International[lower-alpha 2] Clay Hayley Carter Zoe Hives
Astra Sharma		 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2019 Silicon Valley Classic, United States Premier[lower-alpha 3] Hard Shuko Aoyama Nicole Melichar
Květa Peschke		 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2019 Tianjin Open, China International Hard Shuko Aoyama Nao Hibino
Miyu Kato		 6–3, 7–5
Win 2–2 Oct 2019 Kremlin Cup, Russia Premier Hard (i) Shuko Aoyama Kirsten Flipkens
Bethanie Mattek-Sands		 6–2, 6–1
Win 3–2 Feb 2020 St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia Premier Hard (i) Shuko Aoyama Kaitlyn Christian
Alexa Guarachi		 4–6, 6–0, [10–3]
Win 4–2 Jan 2021 Abu Dhabi Open, U.A.E. WTA 500 Hard Shuko Aoyama Hayley Carter
Luisa Stefani		 7–6(5), 6–4
Win 5–2 Feb 2021 Yarra Valley Classic, Australia WTA 500 Hard Shuko Aoyama Anna Kalinskaya
Viktória Kužmová		 6–3, 6–4
Win 6–2 Apr 2021 Miami Open, United States WTA 1000 Hard Shuko Aoyama Hayley Carter
Luisa Stefani		 6–2, 7–5
Win 7–2 Jun 2021 Eastbourne International, UK WTA 500 Grass Shuko Aoyama Nicole Melichar
Demi Schuurs		 6–1, 6–4
Win 8–2 Aug 2021 Tennis in Cleveland, United States WTA 250 Hard Shuko Aoyama Christina McHale
Sania Mirza		 7–5, 6–3
Loss 8–3 Mar 2022 Indian Wells Open, United States WTA 1000 Hard Asia Muhammad Xu Yifan
Yang Zhaoxuan		 5–7, 6–7(4)
Loss 8–4 Jan 2023 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard Shuko Aoyama Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková		 4–6, 3–6

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2019 Newport Beach Challenger,
United States		 Hard Hayley Carter Taylor Townsend
Yanina Wickmayer		 6–3, 7–6(1)
Loss 1–1 Nov 2019 Houston Challenger, United States Hard Sharon Fichman Ellen Perez
Luisa Stefani		 6–1, 4–6, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (3–1)
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (4–1)
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2015 ITF Makinohara, Japan 25,000 Grass Yukina Saigo Kanae Hisami
Kotomi Takahata		 4–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2018 ITF Baton Rouge, United States 25,000 Hard Hayley Carter Astra Sharma
Gabriela Talaba		 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Aug 2018 Lexington Challenger, United States 60,000 Hard Hayley Carter Sanaz Marand
Victoria Rodríguez		 6–3, 6–1
Win 3–1 Oct 2018 Stockton Challenger, United States 60,000 Hard Hayley Carter Quinn Gleason
Luisa Stefani		 7–5, 5–7, [10–7]
Win 4–1 Nov 2018 ITF Lawrence, United States 25,000 Hard (i) Vladica Babić Anna Danilina
Ksenia Laskutova		 6–4, 6–2
Win 5–1 Nov 2018 ITF Norman, United States 25,000 Hard Vladica Babić María Portillo Ramírez
Sofia Sewing		 6–2, 6–3
Win 6–1 Feb 2019 ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States 25,000 Hard Hayley Carter Francesca Di Lorenzo
Caty McNally		 7–5, 6–2
Win 7–1 May 2019 Kurume Cup, Japan 60,000 Carpet Hiroko Kuwata Erina Hayashi
Moyuka Uchijima		 0–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 7–2 Feb 2023 Burnie International, Australia 60,000 Hard Arina Rodionova Mai Hontama
Eri Hozumi		 6–4, 3–6, [6–10]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2016 US Open Hard Jada Hart Kayla Day
Caroline Dolehide		 4–6, 6–2, [13–11]

Notes
  1. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  3. The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

References
  1. "Ena Shibahara | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  2. "Ena Shibahara - Women's Tennis". UCLA. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  3. "WTA ranking history Ena Shibahara". Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. "SoCal's Shibahara continues steady ascent on the WTA Pro Tour". Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. "Koolhof/Shibahara Top Vliegen/Eikeri for Roland Garros Mixed Doubles Title | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  6. "Shibahara and Koolhof win mixed doubles title in historic French Open final".
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