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Arthur Ashe def. Ismail El Shafei

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 13, 1970*
Tournament	Boston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-3 6-4
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	27	22
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,012	1,728
Career W-L	800–258	—
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 3 – 0 Ismail El Shafei

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1970	R32	Pierre Barthes	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1970	QF	Tony Roche	6-1 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Ismail El Shafei's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1970	R32	Tom Okker	1-6 6-4 7-5	W	—	Match data