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Jimmy Connors def. Ismail El Shafei

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 21, 1972*
Tournament	Los Angeles Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Ismail El Shafei

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Ismail El Shafei
Country	USA	EGY
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Nov 15, 1947
Age	20	24
Height	177	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,915	1,786
Career W-L	1,262–294	—
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 0 – 0 Ismail El Shafei

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1972	R64	Paul Gerken	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1972	R16	Ken Rosewall	6-3 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Ismail El Shafei's path

No prior matches in this tournament.