Alexandra Eala and Ena Shibahara will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Rothesay Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Court 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexandra Eala who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexandra Eala is the pick to win this match.
Alexandra Eala -> 1.6
Ena Shibahara -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Alexandra Eala vs. Ena Shibahara

There is no head to head record between Alexandra Eala and Ena Shibahara since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Alexandra Eala

Ranked no. 157 (career-high), Alexandra reached the qualifications after beating Sarah Beth Grey 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Filipino had a good straight sets win against Beth Askew (6-3 6-4). During the match, Eala scored 69 points vs Beth Askew’s 53. The Filipino was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Eala scored just 1 ace during the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Alexandra Eala lost the serve 4 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Eala put 71% of her first serves in, winning 51% (18/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the 2nd serve. The Filipino broke Beth Askew 7 times after converting 39% of her break points (7/18).

Eala has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of her matches (129-76). 1-0 on grass in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Eala has an aggregate1-0 record in the last 6 years on grass.

Alexandra’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the W50 Indore.

Alexandra has a compiled 17-16 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Nottingham

The Filipino has never competed in this tournament before.

Ena Shibahara

Ranked no. 279 (career-high), Shibahara reached the qualifications after defeating Maddison Inglis 7-6¹ 6-2.

In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Inglis (7-6¹ 6-2). During the match Shibahara scored 73 points vs Inglis’s 56. The American was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Shibahara managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ena Shibahara lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shibahara put 63% of her first serves in, winning 83% (33/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Inglis 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).

Her best result of the year was winning the title the W35 Spring where she beat Iva Jovic in the final 6-2 4-6 6-3.

Ena has a compiled 29-8 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Eala	Shibahara
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	21
Pts	69-53	73-56
Total Points	122	129
Winners	18	33
%Winners	26%	45%

Both Eala and Shibahara played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Eala and Shibahara have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Eala played 2 games less than Shibahara. Eala scored 18 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 33 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Eala	Shibahara
Aces	1	4
Avg per match	1	4
1st in	35/49	40/64
%1st in	71%	63%
1st pts	18/35	33/40
%1st pts	51%	83%
2nd pts	8/14	11/24
%2nd pts	57%	46%

Eala fired 1 ace . Shibahara also scored 4 aces . Eala won 51% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Shibahara won 83% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Eala	Shibahara
Won	7	3
Converted	7/18	3/4
% Converted	39%	75%
Conceded	5	4
Saved	1	3
% Saved	20%	75%
Times Broken	4	1

The Filipino broke her opponent 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Eala dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 20% of the break points that she conceded. Ena broke her opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Ena conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Eala
	Q1 Beth Askew	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	69-53	69-53
Total points	122	122
Winners	18	18
%Winners	26%	26%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	35/49	35/49
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	18/35	18/35
% 1st pts	51%	51%
2nd pts	8/14	8/14
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/18	7/18
Converted %	39%	39%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	1/5	1
Saved %	20%	20%
Times Broken	4	4

Shibahara
	Q1 Inglis	Total
Score	7-61 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	73-56	73-56
Total points	129	129
Winners	33	33
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	40/64	40/64
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	33/40	33/40
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	11/24	11/24
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

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