Ena Shibahara vs Kimberly BirrellPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇯🇵Ena Shibahara
#586 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
5Title2 meetings · sets 4–1
🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell
#40 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
TitleEna Shibahara and Kimberly Birrell have met 2 times since 2024; Ena Shibahara leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara in 2024 on hard. On hard courts Shibahara leads 2–0. Shibahara has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Shibahara has taken 4 sets to Birrell's 1. Their most recent meeting: Ena Shibahara won at ATX Open - Austin (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Shibahara | Birrell | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Ena Shibahara | Kimberly Birrell | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 69% | 9/13 | 59% | 22/37 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 6/12 | 42% | 11/26 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 40% | 10/25 | 41% | 26/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 44% | 7/16 | 44% | 14/32 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 4/7 | 62% | 18/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 80% | 4/5 | 45% | 9/20 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 11/13 | 88% | 29/33 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 69% | 9/13 | 67% | 22/33 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Shibahara 1, Birrell 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Shibahara
🤖 Servebot
Birrell
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 728 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Feb 26, 2025
ATX Open - Austin
H Hard · 2nd Round
Sep 10, 2024
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Shibahara | Birrell | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Ena Shibahara | Kimberly Birrell | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 9/9 | 77% | 10/13 |
| 3 or more | 89% | 8/9 | 23% | 3/13 |
| 5 or more | 78% | 7/9 | 8% | 1/13 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/13 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Shibahara | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–2 | 7–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.83 | 2.12 |
| ROI % | +3.9% | +4.8% |
| Units P/L | +0.39u | +0.63u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Shibahara | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 7 | 7 |
| Distance | — | 592 mi · 952 km |
| Route | ESP → POR | POR → ROU |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 4 shared opponents, both Shibahara and Birrell posted a 75% win rate.
| Opponent | Shibahara | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| I Wen Wan | W 63 75 | L 67 46 |
| Ya Yi Yang | W 61 46 75 | W 63 62 |
| Ye Xin Ma | W 63 76 | W 75 63 |
| Caroline Dolehide | L 26 64 46 | W 64 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Naho Sato
W35 Wagga Wagga · Final
Oct 11
I Wen Wan
W35 Wagga Wagga · Semifinals
Oct 10
Mutsumi Uemura
W35 Wagga Wagga · Quarterfinals
Oct 8
Monique Barry
W35 Wagga Wagga · 2nd Round
Oct 7
Ya Yi Yang
W35 Wagga Wagga · 1st Round
Oct 6
Jia Jing Lu
W35 Kyoto · Semifinals
Sep 19
Natsuki Yoshimoto
W35 Kyoto · Quarterfinals
Sep 18
Yuno Kitahara
W35 Kyoto · 2nd Round
Sep 17
Marie Bouzkova
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Aoi Ito
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Maya Joint
Korea Open - Seoul · Final
Sep 27
Anna Bondar
Korea Open - Seoul · Semifinals
Sep 26
Katie Volynets
Korea Open - Seoul · Quarterfinals
Sep 26
Ye Xin Ma
Korea Open - Seoul · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Tamara Zidansek
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Ekaterina Alexandrova
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 25–63 matches
| Metric | Shibahara | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 52% | 59% |
| Sets won | 53% | 56% |
| Games won | 51% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Shibahara | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Shibahara | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
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