Recent form
Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis 2026, WTA 500, women’s singles, second round, outdoor hard court, best-of-three sets format with a tiebreak at 6-6. Parks qualified and defeated Ena Shibahara on October 24 (2-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(5)), Heather Watson on October 25 (6-1, 6-2), then Wang Xinyu in the first round of the main draw on October 26 (6-1, 7-6(7)).
Birrell, a lucky loser, defeated Aoi Ito on October 24 (6-4, 6-2), then lost to Daria Kasatkina on October 25 (3-6, 4-6) before entering the main draw; she subsequently received a bye. A published ranking higher than Parks’ is mentioned for Birrell, approximately 41 versus 64–65, but her recent result in Seoul does not constitute direct evidence for this matchup.
