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Ismail El Shafei def. Rod Laver#3

7-6(6) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 1975*
Tournament	Denver Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Ismail El Shafei
Score	7-6(6) 7-5
Loser	Rod Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ismail El Shafei	Rod Laver
Country	EGY	AUS
Birth date	Nov 15, 1947	Aug 9, 1938
Age	27	36
Height	—	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,788	2,208
Career W-L	—	576–147
Career earnings	—	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

Ismail El Shafei 3 – 6 Rod Laver

Path

Ismail El Shafei's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Ismail El Shafei's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1975	QF	Jaime Fillol	7-6(5) 2-6 6-4	W	—	Match data

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1975	R32	Patricio Cornejo	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data