H2H data updated: 2026-09-06 00:00 UTC

Brian Gottfried vs Ismail El Shafei H2H: 4-1

Brian Gottfried holds a 4–1 lead over Ismail El Shafei in their ATP head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, Brian Gottfried leads 2–1 on clay and 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Brian Gottfried won the 1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships round of 32 6-7 6-3 6-2.

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Brian Gottfried

USA Age 74 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H

4 – 1

5 main-draw meetings

Ismail El Shafei

EGY Age 78 Left-Handed

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Brian Gottfried	6-7 6-3 6-2	Ismail El Shafei	Match data	Aug 26, 1976*	R32	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships	ATP 250	Clay
Brian Gottfried #28	6-3 4-6 6-3	Ismail El Shafei	Match data	Apr 19, 1975*	SF	Denver Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Brian Gottfried	7-5 6-0	Ismail El Shafei	Match data	May 31, 1974*	R16	Italian Open	ATP 500	Clay
Ismail El Shafei	6-3 6-2	Brian Gottfried #18	Match data	Apr 25, 1974*	R32	St. Louis	ATP 250	Clay
Brian Gottfried	7-6(6) 6-2	Ismail El Shafei	Match data	Feb 8, 1974*	R16	St. Petersburg Wct	ATP 250	Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player	Current	Peak	Pts	Elo	W	L	Win %	GS	1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	Finals	500 including documented historical predecessor categories	250 including documented historical predecessor categories	Titles
Brian Gottfried	#431	#3	0	2,250	690	321	68.2%	0	0	0	0	25	25
Ismail El Shafei	—	—	—	1,907	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age	Brian Gottfried							Ismail El Shafei
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
18	1970	0–4	0.0%	—	1,446	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	1971	5–8	38.5%	—	1,524	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	1972	11–13	45.8%	—	1,584	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	1973	52–33	61.2%	#21	1,789	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	1974	53–32	62.4%	#33	1,947	0	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	1975	68–30	69.4%	#23	1,966	0	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	1976	68–29	70.1%	#10	2,130	0	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	1977	107–22	82.9%	#4	2,092	0	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	1978	72–25	74.2%	#7	1,999	0	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	1979	54–23	70.1%	#16	1,982	0	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1980	68–23	74.7%	#11	1,998	0	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	1981	47–22	68.1%	#18	1,949	0	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	1982	43–22	66.2%	#22	1,950	0	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	1983	29–17	63.0%	#21	1,876	0	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	1984	13–18	41.9%	#90	1,723	0	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age	Brian Gottfried																	Ismail El Shafei
	Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet
	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
18	1970	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	1971	2	4	6	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	1972	2	3	5	40.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	3	3	6	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	1968	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	0	2	100.0%
21	1973	28	11	39	71.8%	8	8	16	50.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	9	9	18	50.0%	1969	6	4	10	60.0%	10	8	18	55.6%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
22	1974	21	11	32	65.6%	17	12	29	58.6%	2	3	5	40.0%	13	6	19	68.4%	1970	4	7	11	36.4%	2	5	7	28.6%	2	9	11	18.2%	3	6	9	33.3%
23	1975	24	12	36	66.7%	21	11	32	65.6%	4	2	6	66.7%	19	5	24	79.2%	1971	5	8	13	38.5%	12	8	20	60.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	4	11	15	26.7%
24	1976	14	6	20	70.0%	23	11	34	67.6%	3	2	5	60.0%	28	10	38	73.7%	1972	8	8	16	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	10	11	21	47.6%
25	1977	34	5	39	87.2%	32	8	40	80.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	33	6	39	84.6%	1973	0	2	2	0.0%	2	11	13	15.4%	4	3	7	57.1%	4	6	10	40.0%
26	1978	16	6	22	72.7%	21	8	29	72.4%	8	2	10	80.0%	27	9	36	75.0%	1974	9	5	14	64.3%	15	10	25	60.0%	7	2	9	77.8%	1	3	4	25.0%
27	1979	23	6	29	79.3%	9	5	14	64.3%	7	3	10	70.0%	15	9	24	62.5%	1975	5	6	11	45.5%	6	10	16	37.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
28	1980	15	5	20	75.0%	16	5	21	76.2%	16	4	20	80.0%	21	9	30	70.0%	1976	3	5	8	37.5%	7	14	21	33.3%	4	3	7	57.1%	0	2	2	0.0%
29	1981	27	9	36	75.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	11	8	19	57.9%	1977	4	2	6	66.7%	8	11	19	42.1%	3	2	5	60.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
30	1982	26	10	36	72.2%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	2	6	66.7%	12	8	20	60.0%	1978	4	5	9	44.4%	4	7	11	36.4%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	3	3	0.0%
31	1983	13	7	20	65.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	1979	3	3	6	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
32	1984	4	5	9	44.4%	7	6	13	53.8%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	1980	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1981	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—
Career	—	249	101	350	71.1%	169	92	261	64.8%	74	39	113	65.5%	198	89	287	69.0%	—	51	55	106	48.1%	78	102	180	43.3%	29	40	69	42.0%	32	53	85	37.6%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age	Brian Gottfried																Ismail El Shafei
Age	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
18	1970	1446	93.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-1.75	0–2	0–1	—	+0.15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	1971	1525	121.6	—	—	—	—	+18	+48	—	42.9%	-0.57	3–4 (43%)	4–3 (57%)	103.9	-1.19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	1972	1584	123.4	—	—	—	—	+2	+10	-60	49.2%	+0.03	2–4 (33%)	1–4 (20%)	96.3	-0.59	1968	1540	108.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	58.8%	+0.29	0–1	—	—	-0.37
21	1973	1790	142.5	—	—	—	—	+66	-132	-163	56.9%	+0.58	13–8 (62%)	9–9 (50%)	106.0	-1.09	1969	1656	128.0	—	—	—	—	-8	+11	-112	52.0%	+0.11	5–7 (42%)	—	—	-0.82
22	1974	1948	144.7	—	—	—	—	+47	-172	-312	59.2%	+0.66	16–10 (62%)	11–9 (55%)	103.7	-3.32	1970	1611	132.3	—	—	—	—	+51	0	-116	36.6%	-0.96	2–10 (17%)	1–3 (25%)	91.9	-3.33
23	1975	1966	153.4	—	—	—	—	+58	-83	-266	65.3%	+1.12	18–17 (51%)	6–9 (40%)	95.1	-2.87	1971	1712	135.3	—	—	—	—	-81	+32	-221	43.5%	-0.64	5–12 (29%)	5–4 (56%)	96.3	-3.44
24	1976	2130	163.6	—	—	—	—	+44	-146	-384	64.8%	+1.11	19–10 (66%)	16–10 (62%)	106.5	-9.58	1972	1852	151.6	—	—	—	—	-8	-77	—	44.6%	-0.18	9–5 (64%)	6–9 (40%)	105.2	-6.93
25	1977	2092	165.3	—	—	—	—	+120	-27	-298	73.9%	+1.70	31–8 (79%)	11–13 (46%)	104.2	-2.47	1973	1728	136.4	—	—	—	—	+59	-100	-128	38.7%	-0.99	3–7 (30%)	7–4 (64%)	101.9	-6.77
26	1978	2000	164.6	—	—	—	—	+107	-19	-69	69.3%	+1.32	17–14 (55%)	14–9 (61%)	95.8	-2.64	1974	1874	144.5	—	—	—	—	-57	-120	-72	58.6%	+0.70	9–5 (64%)	11–8 (58%)	110.9	-2.55
27	1979	1982	159.7	—	—	—	—	+81	-11	-51	67.2%	+1.36	12–10 (55%)	9–10 (47%)	92.4	-2.54	1975	1739	136.8	—	—	—	—	+70	-77	+57	42.4%	-0.34	8–7 (53%)	3–11 (21%)	94.0	-2.24
28	1980	1999	156.9	—	—	—	—	+21	+11	+43	70.0%	+1.36	14–9 (61%)	16–10 (62%)	101.6	-2.29	1976	1640	135.7	—	—	—	—	+75	-11	+177	42.7%	-0.49	2–9 (18%)	4–8 (33%)	91.7	-1.80
29	1981	1950	153.8	—	—	—	—	+48	+6	+46	62.4%	+0.92	12–5 (71%)	10–9 (53%)	100.2	-2.94	1977	1669	125.0	—	—	—	—	+59	-76	+111	49.4%	-0.08	5–4 (56%)	9–7 (56%)	101.7	+1.94
30	1982	1950	154.9	—	—	—	—	+55	-43	-5	62.1%	+1.01	12–7 (63%)	11–11 (50%)	98.6	-1.35	1978	1575	137.1	—	—	—	—	+69	+26	+160	42.3%	-0.28	2–9 (18%)	7–5 (58%)	95.2	-0.37
31	1983	1877	141.1	—	—	—	—	+60	-49	+102	56.9%	+0.45	11–3 (79%)	9–8 (53%)	101.9	-1.19	1979	1559	115.8	—	—	—	—	+56	+25	—	41.9%	-0.44	2–3 (40%)	2–6 (25%)	95.5	+1.44
32	1984	1724	135.1	—	—	—	—	+113	+69	+143	46.3%	-0.15	4–6 (40%)	4–1 (80%)	98.1	-1.29	1980	1522	112.0	—	—	—	—	—	+26	—	38.1%	-0.52	0–2	2–3 (40%)	—	+1.52
33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1981	1549	109.4	—	—	—	—	—	+5	—	50.0%	-0.10	2–2 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	98.4	+0.91
34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982	1543	104.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.5%	-1.13	1–1	—	—	+0.17
Career	—	2251	158.8	—	—	—	—	+67	-60	-86	63.8%	+1.01	184–117 (61%)	131–116 (53%)	99.7	-3.50	—	1908	141.9	—	—	—	—	+10	-35	-26	45.5%	-0.28	55–84 (40%)	59–71 (45%)	94.3	-5.20

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.

Brian Gottfried's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Raul Ramirez	15	11	26	Apr 27, 1983	H2H
Harold Solomon	10	14	24	Nov 4, 1982	H2H
Jimmy Connors	2	17	19	Sep 1, 1984	H2H
Stan Smith	7	11	18	Oct 27, 1983	H2H
Bob Lutz	12	6	18	Apr 24, 1981	H2H

Ismail El Shafei's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Arthur Ashe	7	8	15	Nov 8, 1975	—
Marty Riessen	4	10	14	Jul 19, 1973	—
Tom Okker	4	7	11	Nov 8, 1978	—
Rod Laver	4	6	10	Apr 18, 1975	—
John Newcombe	3	7	10	Nov 21, 1974	—