Ena Shibahara

Ena Shibahara

Shibahara at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	United States (2014 – 14 July 2019) Japan (15 July 2019 – current)
Residence	Rancho Palos Verdes, United States
Born	(1998-02-12) February 12, 1998 Mountain View, California
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	UCLA Bruins
Prize money	$227,988
Singles
Career record	47–37
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 416 (19 August 2019)
Current ranking	No. 519 (16 March 2020)
Doubles
Career record	78–42
Career titles	3 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 25 (17 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 25 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2020)
US Open	1R (2016, 2019)
US Open Junior	W (2016)
Last updated on: 31 March 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 25 in doubles, set on 17 February 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 in girls' doubles.

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

In July 2019, Shibahara switched nationalities to represent Japan.

WTA finals

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (2–1) International (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) 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, Bogota, Colombia	International	Clay	Hayley Carter	Zoe Hives Astra Sharma	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2019	Silicon Valley Classic, San Jose, United States	Premier	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, Moscow, Russia	Premier	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Kirsten Flipkens Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6–2, 6–1
Win	3–2	Feb 2020	St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Russia	Premier	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Kaitlyn Christian Alexa Guarachi	4–6, 6–3, [10–3]

WTA 125K 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(7–1)
Loss	1–1	Nov 2019	Houston Challenger, United States	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Ellen Perez Luisa Stefani	6–1, 4–6, [5–10]

ITF finals

Doubles (7–1)

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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 October 2015	$25,000	Makinohara, Japan	Hard	Yukina Saigo	Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata	4–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	23 June 2018	$25,000	Baton Rouge, United States	Hard	Hayley Carter	Astra Sharma Gabriela Talaba	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	4 August 2018	$60,000	Lexington, United States	Hard	Hayley Carter	Sanaz Marand Victoria Rodríguez	6–3, 6–1
Winner	3.	7 October 2018	$60,000	Stockton, United States	Hard	Hayley Carter	Quinn Gleason Luisa Stefani	7–5, 5–7, [10–7]
Winner	4.	9 November 2018	$25,000	Lawrence, United States	Hard (i)	Vladica Babić	Anna Danilina Ksenia Laskutova	6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	17 November 2018	$25,000	Norman, United States	Hard	Vladica Babić	María José Portillo Ramírez Sofia Sewing	6–2, 6–3
Winner	6.	24 February 2019	$25,000	Rancho Santa Fe, United States	Hard	Hayley Carter	Francesca Di Lorenzo Caty McNally	7–5, 6–2
Winner	7.	18 May 2019	$60,000	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Hiroko Kuwata	Erina Hayashi Moyuka Uchijima	0–6, 6–4, [10–7]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles

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

External links

• Ena Shibahara at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ena Shibahara at the International Tennis Federation