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Ismail El Shafei def. Rod Laver

6-3 10-8

Match Information

Date Feb 20, 1970*
Tournament Salisbury
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Ismail El Shafei
Score6-3 10-8
Loser Rod Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldIsmail El ShafeiRod Laver
Country EGY AUS
Birth dateNov 15, 1947Aug 9, 1938
Age2231
Height175
HandednessLeft-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)1,7142,174
Career W-L576–147
Career earnings$1,565,413
Pre-match H2H
Ismail El Shafei 0 0 Rod Laver

Path

Ismail El Shafei's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 19, 1970R16 Clark Graebner 12-10 6-3WMatch data
Feb 18, 1970R32 Brian Fairlie 6-2 6-4WMatch data

Ismail El Shafei's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 20, 1970SF Cliff Richey 6-3 7-5 6-4LMatch data

Rod Laver's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 19, 1970R16 Torben Ulrich 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data
Feb 18, 1970R32 Mike Belkin (w/o)WH2HMatch data