Ena Shibahara

The native form of this personal name is Shibahara Ena. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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. 119 in singles.^[3] Shibahara has won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including two WTA 1000, the 2021 Miami Open and the 2023 National Bank Open.

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 27) 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$ 2,190,998
Singles
Career record	151–108
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 119 (9 June 2025)
Current ranking	No. 119 (9 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2025)
French Open	Q2 (2025)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2025)
US Open	2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	217–126
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 4 (21 March 2022)
Current ranking	No. 59 (9 June 2025)
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)[2]
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)[2]
Team competitions
Fed Cup	12–2
Last updated on: 11 June 2025.

Shibahara won her first major title 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.

College

In 2016, she graduated from Palos Verdes Peninsula High School and attended UCLA before turning pro after her sophomore season.^[4]

Professional

2016: Major debut

Shibahara at the 2016 US Open

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, 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 ranking from No. 205 to an entry into the top 100, with a doubles ranking of world No. 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^[5]".

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.^[6] By the end of the year, Shibahara's WTA doubles ranking was world No. 31.^[3]

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 singles ranking reached a career-high of world No. 416, on 19 August 2019.^[3]

2020–2021: WTA 1000 title, Olympic & WTA Finals semifinalist

Partnering Aoyama, Shibahara won her maiden WTA 1000 title at the 2021 Miami Open and participated in the Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan. She also reached the semifinals at Wimbledon and of the WTA Finals, seeded No. 2.^[7][8] She won seven more titles, five being at the WTA 500 level, during her successful partnership with Aoyama. Also in 2021 Shibahara made her WTA Tour-level main draw debut in singles in Cleveland as a lucky loser but lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands.^[6]

2022: Maiden mixed-doubles title, world No. 4 in doubles

At the Australian Open, she reached the semifinals of a major for the second time in her career, partnering again with Shuko Aoyama. Later, she set a new career-high ranking of No. 4, on 21 March 2022,^[3] after making the Indian Wells Open final where she partnered with Asia Muhammad.^[6]

At the French Open, she won the first major title of her career in mixed doubles, partnering with Wesley Koolhof.^[9] 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.^[10]

2023: Australian finalist & Canadian champion in doubles, WTA 1000 debut in singles

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.^[11] However, they were defeated in straight sets by defending champions, Krejčíková and Siniaková.^[12][13]

She won her ninth title at the Rosmalen Open^[14] and her first WTA 1000 title at the Canadian Open, partnering Aoyama.^[15]

She qualified for the singles main draw of the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open but lost to Karolína Plíšková.^[16] In doubles, the pair Shibahara and Aoyama qualified for the WTA Finals for the second time with a seeding of No. 3 ^[17] but lost in the round robin stage.^[18][6]

2024–2025: First WTA wins & quarterfinal, major & top 150 debuts in singles

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.^[19] She also made her major debut in singles at the 2024 US Open, after qualifying into the main draw.^[20][21] She recorded her first singles win at a major over Australian Daria Saville, before losing to world No. 1, Iga Świątek in the second round, in straight sets.^[22] She also qualified for the main draw at the WTA 500 Guadalajara Open for the second time and defeated another Australian and fellow qualifier, Kimberly Birrell, for her second WTA Tour win.^[23][24] She won her 11th doubles title at the 2024 Japan Women's Open in Osaka partnering Laura Siegemund.^[25] Shibahara and Siegemund ended runners-up at the Pan Pacific Open, losing to Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi in the final.^[26]

At the 2025 ATX Open, Shibahara qualified for the main draw and reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal defeating Kaja Juvan and again Kimberly Birrell. As a result, she returned to world No. 134 in the singles rankings on 3 March 2025.^[27][28]

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, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records and career statistics.

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Indian Wells 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	2R	0 / 4	7–4	64%
Wimbledon	A		A	NH	SF	3R	1R	0 / 3	6–3	67%
US Open	1R		1R	2R	3R	3R	1R	0 / 6	5–6	45%
Win–loss	0–1		0–1	5–3	10–4	10–4	6–4	0 / 17	31–17	65%
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[a]	A		A	1R	2R	QF	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Indian Wells Open	A		A	NH	SF	F	SF	0 / 3	9–3	75%
Miami Open	A		A	NH	W	2R	1R	1 / 3	5–2	71%
Madrid Open	A		A	NH	1R	A	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Italian Open	A		A	SF	SF	A	QF	0 / 3	7–3	70%
Canadian Open	A		A	NH	2R	2R	W	1 / 3	6–2	75%
Cincinnati Open	A		A	2R	QF	2R	1R	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Guadalajara Open	NH					A	2R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
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	16	Career total: 73
Titles	0		2	1	5	0	2	Career total: 10
Finals	0		4	1	5	1	4	Career total: 15
Overall win–loss	0–1		22–10	17–10	39–17	30–16	29–23	10 / 73	137–77	64%
Win %	0%		69%	63%	70%	65%	56%	Career total: 64%
Year-end ranking	1061		31	23	5	22		$1,134,447

Mixed doubles

Tournaments	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Australian Open	2R	QF	1R	2R	0 / 4	4–4	50%
French Open	A	W	1R	2R	1 / 3	6–2	75%
Wimbledon	2R	2R	2R	QF	0 / 4	5–4	56%
US Open	2R	QF	SF		0 / 3	6–3	67%
Win–loss	3–3	10–3	4–4	4–3	1 / 14	21–13	62%

Grand Slam tournament 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
Win	2022	French Open	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Ulrikke Eikeri Joran Vliegen	7–6(7–5), 6–2

Other significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 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)
Win	2023	Canadian Open	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs	6–4, 4–6, [13–11]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 19 (11 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (0–1) WTA 1000 (2–1) WTA 500 (5–4) WTA 250 (4–2)

Finals by surface Hard (9–5) Clay (0–2) Grass (2–1)

Finals by setting Outdoor (9–8) Indoor (2–0)

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, US	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, US	WTA 250	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Christina McHale Sania Mirza	7–5, 6–3
Loss	8–3	Mar 2022	Indian Wells Open, US	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, US	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	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)
Loss	11–8	Jun 2025	Nottingham Open, UK	WTA 250	Grass	Anna Danilina	Laura Siegemund Beatriz Haddad Maia	3–6, 2–6

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2019	Newport Beach Challenger, US	Hard	Hayley Carter	Taylor Townsend Yanina Wickmayer	6–3, 7–6(1)
Loss	1–1	Nov 2019	Houston Challenger, US	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Ellen Perez Luisa Stefani	6–1, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss	1–2	Mar 2025	Puerto Vallarta Open, Mexico	Hard	Maya Joint	Hanna Chang Christina McHale	6–2, 2–6, [7–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Legend W100 tournaments (0–2) W75 tournaments (0–2) W35 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (0–1)

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
Loss	1–3	Apr 2025	Ando Securities Open, Japan	W100	Hard	Wakana Sonobe	4–6, 7–6(1), 3–6
Loss	1–4	May 2025	Advantage Cars Prague Open, Czechia	W75	Clay	Francesca Jones	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend W100 tournaments (1–0) W60 tournaments (3–1) W25 tournaments (4–1)

Finals by surface Hard (7–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (1–0)

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]
Win	8–2	Apr 2025	Ando Securities Open, Japan	W100	Hard	Guo Hanyu	Mananchaya Sawangkaew Lanlana Tararudee	5–7, 7–6(1), [10–5]

Junior Grand Slam 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 Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 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.