Ena Shibahara

Ena Shibahara

Shibahara at the 2024 US Open
Country (sports)	United States (2014 – July 2019)  Japan (8 July 2019 – current)
Residence	Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Born	(1998-02-12) February 12, 1998 (age 26) Mountain View, California, U.S.[1]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	UCLA
Prize money	US$2,041,500
Singles
Career record	133–93
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 132 (21 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 137 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	206–119
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 4 (21 March 2022)
Current ranking	No. 40 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (2023)
French Open	QF (2020)
Wimbledon	SF (2021)
US Open	3R (2021, 2022)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2021)
Olympic Games	2R (2024)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2022)
French Open	W (2022)
Wimbledon	QF (2024)
US Open	SF (2023)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–1
Last updated on: 28 October 2024.

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] She reached her career-high rankings of world No. 4 in doubles and No. 132 in singles, and has won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including two WTA 1000, the 2021 Miami Open and the 2023 National Bank Open.

Shibahara won her first Grand Slam at the 2022 French Open, alongside Wesley Koolhof in mixed doubles. Partnering with Shuko Aoyama, she reached the women's doubles finals at the 2023 Australian Open, in addition to the semifinals at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, the 2022 Australian Open, and 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.

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

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.

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 20.^[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 at the Tianjin Open (Shibahara's first WTA Tour-level title) and Kremlin Cup in Moscow.^{[citation needed]} By the end of the year, Shibahara's WTA doubles ranking was 31.^{[citation needed]}

In singles, she started the year playing a mixture of ITF and WTA Challenger tournaments. Following a quarterfinal result at the $100k Vancouver Open, her ranking reached a career-high (so far) of 416, on August 19.^[3] Following this, Shibahara focused mainly on doubles.^{[citation needed]}

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Partnering 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 WTA Finals. She won seven more titles, five being at the WTA 500 level, during her successful partnership with Aoyama.

At the Australian Open, she reached the semifinals of a major for the second time in her career, partnering again with Shuko Aoyama.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

At the French Open, she won the first major 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]

At the Australian Open, she reached the semifinals of a major for the third time in her career, partnering again with Shuko Aoyama. The pair defeated second-seeded pair of Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula to reach their first Grand Slam final.^[7] However, they were defeated in straight sets by defending champions, Krejčíková and Siniaková.^[8][9]

She won her ninth title at the Rosmalen Open^[10] and her first WTA 1000 title at the Canadian Open, partnering Aoyama.^[11]

She qualified for the singles main draw of the WTA 1000 2023 Guadalajara Open Akron but lost to Karolina Pliskova.^[12]

In doubles, the pair Shibahara and Aoyama qualified for the 2023 WTA Finals for the second time.^{[citation needed]}

After entering the main draw as a lucky loser, Shibahara won her first WTA Tour singles main draw match, when she defeated Tamara Korpatsch in three sets in the first round at the WTA 250 Prague Open, her second career victory over a Top 100 player.^[13] She also made her Grand Slam debut in singles at the 2024 US Open, after qualifying into the main draw.^[14][15] She recorded her first singles win at a Grand Slam over Australian Daria Saville, before losing to world no. 1, Iga Swiatek in the second round in straight sets.^[16] She also qualified for the main draw at the WTA 500 2024 Guadalajara Open for the second time and defeated another Australian and fellow qualifier Kimberly Birrell, for her second WTA Tour win.^[17][18] She won her 11th doubles title at the 2024 Japan Women's Open in Osaka partnering Laura Siegemund.^[19] Shibahara and Siegemund were runners-up at the Pan Pacific Open, losing to Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi in the final.^[20]

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

Current through the 2023 Indian Wells Open.

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2023	Australian Open	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 3–6

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2022	French Open	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Ulrikke Eikeri Joran Vliegen	7–6(7–5), 6–2

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)
Win	2023	Canadian Open	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs	6–4, 4–6, [13–11]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2019	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International[b]	Clay	Hayley Carter	Zoe Hives Astra Sharma	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2019	Silicon Valley Classic, United States	Premier[c]	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, United Kingdom	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, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 3–6
Loss	8–5	Apr 2023	Charleston Open, United States	WTA 500	Clay	Giuliana Olmos	Danielle Collins Desirae Krawczyk	6–0, 4–6, [12–14]
Win	9–5	Jun 2023	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	WTA 250	Grass	Shuko Aoyama	Viktória Hrunčáková Tereza Mihalíková	6–3, 6–3
Win	10–5	Aug 2023	Canadian Open, Canada	WTA 1000	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs	6–4, 4–6, [13–11]
Loss	10–6	Oct 2023	Zhengzhou Open, China	WTA 500	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe	2–6, 4–6
Win	11–6	Oct 2024	Japan Women's Open, Japan	WTA 250	Hard	Laura Siegemund	Cristina Bucșa Monica Niculescu	3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
Loss	11–7	Oct 2024	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	WTA 500	Hard	Laura Siegemund	Shuko Aoyama Eri Hozumi	4–6, 6–7 (4–7)

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]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2024	ITF Spring, United States	W35	Hard	Iva Jovic	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Apr 2024	Ando Securities Open, Japan	W100	Hard	Maddison Inglis	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Sep 2024	Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States	W75	Hard	Iva Jovic	3–6, 3–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2015	ITF Makinohara, Japan	W25	Grass	Yukina Saigo	Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata	4–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2018	ITF Baton Rouge, US	W25	Hard	Hayley Carter	Astra Sharma Gabriela Talaba	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–1	Aug 2018	Lexington Challenger, US	W60	Hard	Hayley Carter	Sanaz Marand Victoria Rodríguez	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–1	Oct 2018	Stockton Challenger, US	W60	Hard	Hayley Carter	Quinn Gleason Luisa Stefani	7–5, 5–7, [10–7]
Win	4–1	Nov 2018	ITF Lawrence, US	W25	Hard (i)	Vladica Babić	Anna Danilina Ksenia Laskutova	6–4, 6–2
Win	5–1	Nov 2018	ITF Norman, US	W25	Hard	Vladica Babić	María Portillo Ramírez Sofia Sewing	6–2, 6–3
Win	6–1	Feb 2019	Rancho Santa Fe Open, US	W25	Hard	Hayley Carter	Francesca Di Lorenzo Caty McNally	7–5, 6–2
Win	7–1	May 2019	Kurume Cup, Japan	W60	Carpet	Hiroko Kuwata	Erina Hayashi Moyuka Uchijima	0–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	7–2	Feb 2023	Burnie International, Australia	W60	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Mai Hontama Eri Hozumi	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2016	US Open	Hard	Jada Hart	Kayla Day Caroline Dolehide	4–6, 6–2, [13–11]

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