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Arthur Ashe def. Ismail El Shafei

6-3 8-6

Match Information

Date	Jul 12, 1969*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-3 8-6
Loser	Ismail El Shafei

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Ismail El Shafei
Country	USA	EGY
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Nov 15, 1947
Age	26	21
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,902	1,694
Career W-L	800–258	—
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 1 – 0 Ismail El Shafei

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 1969	QF	Bill Bowrey	8-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1969	R16	Jean Loup Rouyer	9-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1969	R32	Tom Mozur	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jul 9, 1969	R64	Pancho Castillo	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1969	F	Thomaz Koch	5-7 7-9 6-4 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ismail El Shafei's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 1969	QF	Jaime Fillol	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jul 11, 1969	R16	Jim Osborne	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jul 10, 1969	R32	Steve Faulk	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data