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Ena Shibahara

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Ena Shibahara
Shibahara at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports) United States (2014 – 7 July 2019)
 Japan (8 July 2019 – current)
ResidenceRancho Palos Verdes, United States
Born (1998-02-12) February 12, 1998 (age 26)
Mountain View, California, United States
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUCLA Bruins
Prize moneyUS$310,940
Singles
Career record47–37
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 416 (19 August 2019)
Current rankingNo. 536 (7 December 2020)
Doubles
Career record88–47
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 23 (12 October 2020)
Current rankingNo. 23 (7 December 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2020)
French OpenQF (2020)
US Open2R (2020)
Last updated on: 8 December 2020.

Ena Shibahara (柴原 瑛菜, Shibahara Ena, born 12 February 1998) is a Japanese–American tennis player.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 416 in singles, achieved in August 2019, and 23 in doubles, reached on 12 October 2020.

Shibahara made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2016 US Open in the doubles event, partnering with Jada Hart. Shibahara and Hart then won the US Open girls' doubles tournament.

In 2016, she graduated from Palos Verdes Peninsula High School and is currently attending UCLA.

In July 2019, Shibahara switched nationalities to represent Japan.

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.

Doubles

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win%
Grand slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 3R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A A A QF 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Wimbledon A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open 1R A A 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 5–3 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
China Open A A A SF NH 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A SF 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Cincinnati Open A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wuhan Open A A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 1061 603 300 31 $310,940

WTA career finals

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier/WTA 500 (3–1)
International (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
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 Clay United States Hayley Carter Australia Zoe Hives
Australia Astra Sharma
1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2019 Silicon Valley Classic, United States Premier Hard Japan Shuko Aoyama United States Nicole Melichar
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2019 Tianjin Open, China International Hard Japan Shuko Aoyama Japan Nao Hibino
Japan Miyu Kato
6–3, 7–5
Win 2–2 Oct 2019 Kremlin Cup, Russia Premier Hard (i) Japan Shuko Aoyama Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
6–2, 6–1
Win 3–2 Feb 2020 St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia Premier Hard (i) Japan Shuko Aoyama United States Kaitlyn Christian
Chile Alexa Guarachi
4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win 4–2 Jan 2021 Abu Dhabi Open, United Arab Emirates WTA 500 Hard Japan Shuko Aoyama United States Hayley Carter
Brazil Luisa Stefani
7–6(7–5), 6–4

WTA 125K series 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 United States Hayley Carter United States Taylor Townsend
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 1–1 Nov 2019 Houston Challenger, United States Hard Canada Sharon Fichman Australia Ellen Perez
Brazil Luisa Stefani
6–1, 4–6, [5–10]

ITF finals

Doubles: 8 (7 titles, 1 runner–up)

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

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles

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