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C. Zipf #309 def. Ismail El Shafei

7-6 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Dec 18, 1981*
Tournament	Sofia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	C. Zipf
Score	7-6 3-6 6-3
Loser	Ismail El Shafei

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	C. Zipf	Ismail El Shafei
Country	GER	EGY
Birth date	Dec 5, 1962	Nov 15, 1947
Age	19	34
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	309	—
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,518	1,567
Career W-L	15–27	—
Career earnings	$3,305	—

Pre-match H2H

C. Zipf 0 – 0 Ismail El Shafei

Path

C. Zipf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 17, 1981	R32	D. Keretic	3-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

C. Zipf's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1981	QF	L. Palin	4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

Ismail El Shafei's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 17, 1981	R32	C. Bernelle	6-7 7-6 7-6	W	—	Match data