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

Kimberly Birrell

14 - 4win/loss

Hard
12-3
I Hard
2-1
Rank
95
High
60
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-28 28-16 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
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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.

Austin
Birrell's Record

Ena Shibahara

Ena Shibahara

5 - 4win/loss

Hard
4-3
I Hard
1-1
Rank
197
High
116
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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
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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).

Austin
Shibahara's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

K.Birrell
E.Shibahara
2h:12
2h:12
Time on court​
!
5h:10
5h:10
!
2h:12
2h:12
Last match​
1h:47
1h:47
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
26
26
Games Played​
66
66
2
2
Set played​​
7
7
89
89
Total points​
240
240
89
89
Avg point​
80
80
33
33
Winners
96
96
33
33
Avg Winners​
32
32
37%
37%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
10
10
2
2
Avg Aces
3.3
3.3
9
9
Double Faults
8
8
!
9
9
Avg Double Faults
2.7
2.7
33/53
33/53
1st won total​
96/138
96/138
62%
62%
1st won %
70%
70%
17/37
17/37
2nd won total​
41/95
41/95
46%
46%
2nd won %
43%
43%
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
BP won
15/30
15/30
5/9
5/9
Avg BP won
5/10
5/10
!
56%
56%
Won
50%
50%
13
13
Conceded
26
26
13
13
Avg Conceded
8.7
8.7
5
5
Broken
9
9
!
5
5
Avg Broken
3
3
8
8
Saved
17
17
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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

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