Ena Shibahara and Tara Wurth will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Prague Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 14. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tara Wurth who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tara Wurth is the pick to win this match.
Tara Wurth -> 1.87
Ena Shibahara -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Ena Shibahara vs. Tara Wurth

There is no head to head record between Ena Shibahara and Tara Wurth since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ena Shibahara

Ranked no. 261, Ena got to the qualifications after defeating Dejana Radanovic 0-6 6-4 7-6(7).

In the qualifications against Radanovic, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-4 7-6⁷).During the match, Shibahara scored less points (5) than Radanovic. In fact, the world no. 261 won 106 points vs Radanovic’s. That means that Shibahara was more focused during the important points. Shibahara was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shibahara blasted 8 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Ena Shibahara lost the serve 6 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Shibahara put 68% of her first serves in, winning 61% (45/74) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (14/35) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Radanovic 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Shibahara has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (110-74). 27-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shibahara has a composed79-54 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

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

The American has a compiled 32-11 win-loss record in 2024, 27-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Prague

Shibahara has never competed in this tournament before.

Tara Wurth

Ranked no. 465, Wurth got to the qualifications after defeating Priscilla Hon 6-3 7-5.

In the qualifications, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Hon (6-3 7-5). During the match Wurth scored 71 points vs Hon’s 57. Wurth was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Wurth couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Tara Wurth lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Wurth put 75% of her first serves in, winning 60% (29/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Hon 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W75 Zagreb where she defeated Lola Radivojevic in the final 7-5 6-3.

Wurth has a composed 18-14 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shibahara	Wurth
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	29	21
Pts	106-111	71-57
Total Points	217	128
Winners	45	29
%Winners	42%	41%

Both Shibahara and Wurth played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ena Shibahara conceded 1 set while Tara Wurth hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shibahara has played 1 set more than Wurth (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shibahara played 8 games more than Wurth. Shibahara scored 45 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Wurth bagged 29 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shibahara	Wurth
Aces	8	0
Avg per match	8	0
1st in	74/109	48/64
%1st in	68%	75%
1st pts	45/74	29/48
%1st pts	61%	60%
2nd pts	14/35	9/16
%2nd pts	40%	56%

Shibahara bagged 8 aces . Wurth didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Shibahara won 61% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Wurth won 60% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shibahara	Wurth
Won	4	5
Converted	4/10	5/8
% Converted	40%	63%
Conceded	15	7
Saved	9	4
% Saved	60%	57%
Times Broken	6	3

Ena broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Shibahara lost her serve 6 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Tara broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.

Shibahara
	Q1 Radanovic	Total
Score	0-6 6-4 7-67
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	106-111	106-111
Total points	217	217
Winners	45	45
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	74/109	74/109
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	45/74	45/74
% 1st pts	61%	61%
2nd pts	14/35	14/35
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	15	15
Saved	9/15	9
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	6	6

Wurth
	Q1 Hon	Total
Score	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	71-57	71-57
Total points	128	128
Winners	29	29
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	48/64	48/64
% 1st in	75%	75%
1st pts	29/48	29/48
% 1st pts	60%	60%
2nd pts	9/16	9/16
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4/7	4
Saved %	57%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

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