Ena Shibahara and Marina Stakusic will face off in the qualifications of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 10:30 am on Court 1. 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 Marina Stakusic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marina Stakusic is the pick to win this match.
Marina Stakusic -> 1.7
Ena Shibahara -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Ena Shibahara vs. Marina Stakusic

There is no head to head record between Ena Shibahara and Marina Stakusic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Ena Shibahara

Ranked no. 143 (career-high), Ena got to the qualifications after beating Linda Fruhvirtova 3-6 7-6(4) 7-5.

In the qualifications against Fruhvirtova, Ena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6⁴ 7-5). During the match, Shibahara scored 115 points vs Fruhvirtova’s 110. Ena was quite aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shibahara blasted 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ena Shibahara lost the serve 5 times and she saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Shibahara put 69% of her first serves in, winning 67% (54/81) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the 2nd serve. Shibahara broke Fruhvirtova 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).

Shibahara has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (126-81). 41-13 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shibahara has an aggregate93-59 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

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

Ena has an aggregate 48-18 win-loss record in 2024, 41-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Osaka

Ena has never competed in this tournament before.

Marina Stakusic

Ranked no. 149, Marina reached the qualifications after beating Jana Fett 7-6(3) 6-2.

In the qualifications, Marina had a good straight sets win against Fett (7-6³ 6-2). During the match Stakusic scored 75 points vs Fett’s 59. Stakusic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Stakusic recorded 3 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Marina Stakusic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Stakusic put 64% of her first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 27% (6/22) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Fett 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Stakusic has a compiled 22-21 win-loss record in 2024, 7-10 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shibahara	Stakusic
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	34	21
Pts	115-110	75-59
Total Points	225	134
Winners	54	30
%Winners	47%	40%

Both Shibahara and Stakusic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ena Shibahara dropped 1 set while Marina Stakusic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shibahara has played 1 set more than Stakusic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shibahara played 13 games more than Stakusic. The American scored 54 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian managed to score 30 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shibahara	Stakusic
Aces	5	3
Avg per match	5	3
1st in	81/118	39/61
%1st in	69%	64%
1st pts	54/81	30/39
%1st pts	67%	77%
2nd pts	19/37	6/22
%2nd pts	51%	27%

Shibahara recorded 5 aces . Stakusic made 3 aces . Shibahara won 67% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Stakusic won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 27% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shibahara	Stakusic
Won	4	6
Converted	4/12	6/11
% Converted	33%	55%
Conceded	19	8
Saved	14	4
% Saved	74%	50%
Times Broken	5	4

Ena broke her opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Shibahara conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded. The Canadian broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Stakusic conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Shibahara
	Q1 Fruhvirtova	Total
Score	3-6 7-64 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	34	34
pts	115-110	115-110
Total points	225	225
Winners	54	54
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	81/118	81/118
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	54/81	54/81
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	19/37	19/37
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	19	19
Saved	14/19	14
Saved %	74%	74%
Times Broken	5	5

Stakusic
	Q1 Fett	Total
Score	7-63 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	75-59	75-59
Total points	134	134
Winners	30	30
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	39/61	39/61
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	30/39	30/39
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	6/22	6/22
% 2nd pts	27%	27%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

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