Moyuka Uchijima and Ena Shibahara will face off in the 1st round of the Japan Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Moyuka Uchijima who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Moyuka Uchijima is the pick to win this match.
Moyuka Uchijima -> 1.5
Ena Shibahara -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ena Shibahara
There is no head to head record between Moyuka Uchijima and Ena Shibahara since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Moyuka Uchijima
26 - 26win/loss
121
47
LLLLWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-26 | 11-12 | 15-12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 24-32 | 15-21 | 7-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-26 | 25-14 | 22-5 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-34 | 23-21 | 7-9 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-28 | 24-15 | 19-5 | 11-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 121, Moyuka will start her run in Osaka after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 6-4 4-1 ret. to Frech in the qualifications on the 10th of October.
Moyuka has an overall 26-26 win-loss record in 2026, 11-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the Antalya where she overcame Anhelina Kalinina in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Malo where she defeated Tereza Valentova in the final 6-7(2) 6-3 6-1.
Talking about her overall career, Moyuka has an overall 289-214 record. She has a positive 165-129 record on hard.
Previously in Osaka
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.
Ena Shibahara
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13-11 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 25-27 | 14-16 | 6-4 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-19 | 42-14 | 5-3 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-15 | 12-12 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-15 | 11-8 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 492, will start her run in Osaka after she won the title in the W35 Wagga Wagga after beating 6-2 6-3 Sato in the final.
Ena has an aggregate 13-11 win-loss record in 2026, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W35 Wagga Wagga where she beat Naho Sato in the final 6-2 6-3.
In terms of her career, The American has an overall 167-120 record. She has a positive 114-84 record on hard.
Previously in Osaka
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024 and 2025. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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