R16 St. Petersburg Wct 1975

Rod Laver def. Ismail El Shafei

7-6(5) 6-2

Rod Laver defeated Ismail El Shafei 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 1975 St. Petersburg Wct round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 7, 1975*
Tournament: St. Petersburg Wct
Edition: 1975
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Ismail El Shafei
Country	AUS	EGY
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Nov 15, 1947
Age	36	27
Height	175 cm	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,132	1,840
Current career W-L	570–145	—
Current career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 3 – 3 Ismail El Shafei

Path

Rod Laver's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jim Mcmanus	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 6, 1975	R32

Rod Laver's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Brian Gottfried	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 8, 1975	QF

Ismail El Shafei's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Robert Maud	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data	Feb 6, 1975	R32