Marie Bouzkova and Ena Shibahara will face off in the 1st round of the Japan Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on CENTER. 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 Marie Bouzkova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marie Bouzkova is the pick to win this match.
Marie Bouzkova -> 1.132
Ena Shibahara -> 5.85
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Prediction and head to head Marie Bouzkova vs. Ena Shibahara
There is no head to head record between Marie Bouzkova and Ena Shibahara since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Marie Bouzkova
30 - 19win/loss
42
24
LLWLWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-21 | 20-12 | 9-6 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-22 | 17-16 | 7-3 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-24 | 19-16 | 5-5 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-14 | 33-10 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-21 | 11-13 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 41, Bouzkova will start her run in Osaka after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 6-1 6-1 to Swiatek in the 2nd round on the 7th of October.
Bouzkova has a composed 30-19 win-loss record in 2025, 19-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Prague where she beat Linda Noskova in the final 2-6 6-1 6-3.
Talking about her overall career, Bouzkova has an overall 387-226 record. She has a positive 262-132 record on hard.
Previously in Osaka
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.
Ena Shibahara
25 - 24win/loss
196
116
LLLLLLWLWW | 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. 184, the American will start her run in Osaka after she played her last match in Beijing where she lost 3-6 7-5 6-1 to Hon in the qualifications on the 22nd of September.
Ena has an overall 25-24 win-loss record in 2025, 14-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the W100 Tokyo and the W75 Prague.
In terms of her career, Ena has an overall 154-106 record. She has a positive 108-73 record on hard.
Previously in Osaka
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLWLWW Tennis Scores in Osaka
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Linda NoskovaNoskova (7-63 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (2-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Wakana SonobeSonobe (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Suzan LamensLamens – Emiliana ArangoArango (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Maria SakkariSakkari (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Nao HibinoHibino (6-4 1-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Simone Bolelli/Guillermo DuranBolelli/Guillermo Duran – Ariel Behar/Gonzalo EscobarBehar/Gonzalo Escobar (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Niklas GuttauGuttau (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Maximilian MartererMarterer (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gonzalo EscobarEscobar – Joao DominguesDomingues (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Julian LenzLenz (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Daniel MasurMasur (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker (6-4 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (3-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Steven DiezDiez – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-63 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Peter HellerHeller (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Karim-Mohamed MaamounMaamoun (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Attila BalazsBalazs – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 6-75 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro CachinCachin – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Elise MertensMertens – Cristina BucsaBucsa (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Suzan LamensLamens (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
