Ena Shibahara

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

Professional 2016: Major debut

Shibahara made her major main-draw debut at the US Open in the doubles event, partnering with Jada Hart as wildcard entrants, where they lost to seventh seeds Sania Mirza and Barbora Strýcová in the first round. Later in the tournament, Shibahara and Hart won the girls' doubles title.

2019: Doubles focus, Aoyama partnership 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.

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. By the end of the year, Shibahara's WTA doubles ranking was world No. 31. She won four more titles, three being at the WTA 500 level, during 2021 with Aoyama. In singles, Shibahara also made her WTA Tour-level main draw debut in Cleveland as a lucky loser but lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands. 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.

2023: Australian doubles final, Canada doubles title 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 tournament final. However, they were defeated in straight sets by defending champions, Krejčíková and Siniaková.

She won her ninth title at the Rosmalen Open and her first WTA 1000 title at the Canadian Open, partnering Aoyama.

She qualified for the singles main draw of the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open but lost to Karolína Plíšková. In doubles, the pair Shibahara and Aoyama qualified for the WTA Finals for the second time with a seeding of No. 3 but lost in the round robin stage. She also made her Grand Slam tournament singles debut at the 2024 US Open, after qualifying into the main draw. 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. 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.

She won her 11th doubles title at the 2024 Japan Women's Open in Osaka, partnering Laura Siegemund. Shibahara and Siegemund ended runners-up at the Pan Pacific Open, losing to Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi in the final.

At the 2025 ATX Open, Shibahara qualified for the main draw and reached her first singles tour-level 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. She also qualified for a consecutive year at the 2025 US Open in singles.

In doubles at the 2026 Australian Open she reached the semifinals with Vera Zvonareva.

Performance timelines

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.

Mixed doubles

Grand Slam tournament finals Women's doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2023Australian Open Hard Shuko Aoyama Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 4–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 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)

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 19 (11 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam (0–1)WTA 1000 (2–1)WTA 500 (5–4)WTA 250 (4–2)Finals by surfaceHard (9–5)Clay (0–2)Grass (2–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (9–8)Indoor (2–0)

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (0–2)W75 tournaments (0–3)W35 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–4)Clay (0–1)

Doubles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–0)W60 tournaments (3–1)W25 tournaments (4–1)Finals by surfaceHard (7–1)Grass (0–1)Carpet (1–0)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Girls' doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Win 2016 US Open Hard Jada Hart Kayla Day Caroline Dolehide 4–6, 6–2, [13–11]