Kimberly Birrell and Ena Shibahara will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the ATX Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kimberly Birrell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kimberly Birrell is the pick to win this match.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.59
Ena Shibahara -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Ena Shibahara
This will be the 3rd time that Kimberly Birrell and Ena Shibahara face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Birrell and Shibahara (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Shibahara won 6-4 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Guadalajara back in 2024.
Highlights Ena Shibahara vs Kimberly Birrell – Guadalajara 10-September-2024
Kimberly Birrell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-29 | 31-17 | 1-5 | 3-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-30 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 1-6 | 12-4 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 42-33 | 32-21 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 41-25 | 38-20 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 76, the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Yue Yuan 7-6(5) 7-6(5).
In the 1st round, Birrell had a good straight sets win against Yuan (7-65 7-65). During the match, Birrell and Yuan scored the same amount of points (89). However, the world no. 76 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Birrell bagged 2 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 59% of her first serves in, winning 62% (33/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Kimberly broke Yuan 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Birrell has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (204-167). 12-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Birrell has a composed 151-108 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W75 Brisbane where she beat Maddison Inglis in the final 6-2 4-6 7-6(2).
Kimberly has an overall 14-3 win-loss record in 2025, 12-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Austin
Kimberly has never competed in this tournament before.
Ena Shibahara
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148, Ena reached the 2nd round after beating Lauren Davis 7-6(6) 6-4, Viktorija Golubic 6-0 7-5 and Kaja Juvan 2-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Juvan, Ena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Shibahara scored 87 points vs Juvan’s 75. Shibahara was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Shibahara struck 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Ena Shibahara lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shibahara put 66% of her first serves in, winning 74% (40/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Shibahara broke Juvan 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
The American has an overall 4-4 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Birrell | Shibahara |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 66 |
| Pts | 89-89 | 240-209 |
| Total Points | 178 | 449 |
| Winners | 33 | 96 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Birrell played 1 match while Shibahara competed in 3 matches. Shibahara started her run from the qualifications while Birrell had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ena Shibahara conceded 1 set while Kimberly Birrell hasn’t lost a set so far. Birrell has played 5 set(s) less than Shibahara (2 vs 7). Therefore, Birrell played 40 games less than Shibahara. The Australian scored 33 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Ena managed to score 96 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Birrell | Shibahara |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 53/90 | 138/233 |
| %1st in | 59% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 33/53 | 96/138 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 17/37 | 41/95 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 43% |
Birrell blasted 2 aces . Shibahara blasted 10 aces (3.3 per match). Birrell won 62% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Shibahara won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Birrell | Shibahara |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 15 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 15/30 |
| % Converted | 56% | 50% |
| Conceded | 13 | 26 |
| Saved | 8 | 17 |
| % Saved | 62% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 9 |
Birrell broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Kimberly conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded. Ena broke her opponents 15 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.
| Birrell | |||
| R1 Yuan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 89-89 | 89-89 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 53/90 | 53/90 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/53 | 33/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/37 | 17/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Shibahara | |||||
| Q1 Davis |
Q3 Golubic |
R1 Juvan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | 6-0 7-5 | 2-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 18 | 25 | 66 | |
| pts | 82-80 | 71-54 | 87-75 | 240-209 | |
| Total points | 162 | 125 | 162 | 449 | |
| Winners | 30 | 26 | 40 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | 46% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 46/85 | 38/66 | 54/82 | 138/233 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 58% | 66% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 30/46 | 26/38 | 40/54 | 96/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 68% | 74% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/39 | 11/28 | 14/28 | 41/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 39% | 50% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 7/11 | 3/8 | 15/30 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 64% | 38% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 6/9 | 6/8 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 67% | 75% | 198% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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