Caroline Garcia and Ena Shibahara will play each other in the 2nd round of the Guadalajara Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Akron Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Caroline Garcia who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Caroline Garcia is the pick to win this match.
Caroline Garcia -> 1.615
Ena Shibahara -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Caroline Garcia vs. Ena Shibahara
There is no head to head record between Caroline Garcia and Ena Shibahara since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Caroline Garcia
17 - 16win/loss
51
4
LWLLLWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-17 | 10-10 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-27 | 23-17 | 4-4 | 7-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-21 | 21-13 | 11-4 | 4-1 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-26 | 15-14 | 8-6 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-11 | 5-6 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 30, the French player will start her run in Guadalajara after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-1 6-4 to Zarazua in the 1st round on the 27th of August.
Garcia has a composed 16-16 win-loss record in 2024, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Caroline’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Australia and Rouen.
Talking about her overall career, Caroline has an overall 454-343 record. She has a positive 223-183 record on hard.
Previously in Guadalajara
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See her history.
Ena Shibahara
43 - 16win/loss
135
132
LWWLWWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-19 | 42-14 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2021 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 169 (career-high), Shibahara reached the 2nd round after defeating Emiliana Arango 6-4 6-1, Elizabeth Mandlik 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3 and Kimberly Birrell 6-4 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Shibahara had a good straight sets win against Birrell (6-4 7-64). During the match Shibahara scored 72 points vs Birrell’s 65. Ena was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Shibahara recorded 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Ena Shibahara lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Shibahara put 59% of her first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. Ena was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Birrell 5 times.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W35 Spring where she overcame Iva Jovic in the final 6-2 4-6 6-3.
Ena has an overall 43-15 win-loss record in 2024, 36-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guadalajara
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWWLL Tennis Scores in Guadalajara
- Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Olivia GadeckiGadecki – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-2 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-6 6-72 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo – Federico ZeballosZeballos (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sergio Gutierrez-FerrolGutierrez-Ferrol – Paul CayreCayre (6-2 6-75 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Luis Diego Chavez VillalpandoDiego Chavez Villalpando (7-64 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (7-62 2-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Boris AriasArias (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alberto Barroso CamposBarroso Campos – Gabriel Diaz FreireDiaz Freire (1-6 6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Olivia GadeckiGadecki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
