H2H data updated: 2026-09-12 00:00 UTC

Nicola Spear vs Ismail El Shafei H2H: 0-2

Ismail El Shafei holds a 2–0 lead over Nicola Spear in their ATP head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Ismail El Shafei leads 1–0 on clay and 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Ismail El Shafei won the 1974 US Open round of 128 6-3 6-3 6-2.

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Nicola Spear
SRB Right-Handed
H2H
0 – 2
2 main-draw meetings
Ismail El Shafei
EGY Age 78 Left-Handed

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Ismail El Shafei 6-3 6-3 6-2 Nicola Spear Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128 US Open Grand Slam Grass
Ismail El Shafei 6-4 4-6 6-4 Nicola Spear Match data Aug 28, 1974* R64 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships ATP 250 Clay

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
Nicola Spear #536 #68 0 1,710 111 173 39.1% 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ismail El Shafei — — — 1,908 — — — 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.

Nicola Spear Ismail El Shafei
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
1968 9–12 42.9% — 1,491 0 0 — — — — — — —
1969 11–14 44.0% — 1,572 0 0 — — — — — — —
1970 28–18 60.9% — 1,659 0 0 — — — — — — —
1971 10–20 33.3% — 1,486 0 0 — — — — — — —
1972 3–12 20.0% — 1,480 0 0 — — — — — — —
1973 5–13 27.8% #124 1,470 0 0 — — — — — — —
1974 3–14 17.6% #153 1,453 0 0 — — — — — — —
1975 20–26 43.5% #92 1,538 0 0 — — — — — — —
1976 5–16 23.8% #151 1,498 0 0 — — — — — — —
1977 15–19 44.1% #95 1,563 0 0 — — — — — — —
1978 1–4 20.0% #357 1,532 0 0 — — — — — — —
1979 1–3 25.0% #312 1,509 0 0 — — — — — — —
1980 0–2 0.0% #383 1,480 0 0 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. 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.

Nicola Spear Ismail El Shafei
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
1968 — — — — 6 9 15 40.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 1968 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 0 2 100.0%
1969 3 3 6 50.0% 5 7 12 41.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1969 6 4 10 60.0% 10 8 18 55.6% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
1970 5 3 8 62.5% 22 12 34 64.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 1970 4 7 11 36.4% 2 5 7 28.6% 2 9 11 18.2% 3 6 9 33.3%
1971 6 9 15 40.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 3 3 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 1971 5 8 13 38.5% 12 8 20 60.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 4 11 15 26.7%
1972 — — — — 2 7 9 22.2% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 1972 8 8 16 50.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 10 11 21 47.6%
1973 1 1 2 50.0% 4 12 16 25.0% — — — — — — — — 1973 0 2 2 0.0% 2 11 13 15.4% 4 3 7 57.1% 4 6 10 40.0%
1974 0 1 1 0.0% 2 9 11 18.2% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 1974 9 5 14 64.3% 15 10 25 60.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 1 3 4 25.0%
1975 0 2 2 0.0% 20 21 41 48.8% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1975 5 6 11 45.5% 6 10 16 37.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 5 9 44.4%
1976 2 2 4 50.0% 3 12 15 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1976 3 5 8 37.5% 7 14 21 33.3% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 2 2 0.0%
1977 3 2 5 60.0% 12 16 28 42.9% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1977 4 2 6 66.7% 8 11 19 42.1% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
1978 — — — — 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — — 1978 4 5 9 44.4% 4 7 11 36.4% 2 5 7 28.6% 0 3 3 0.0%
1979 — — — — 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — 1979 3 3 6 50.0% 4 6 10 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
1980 — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1980 — — — — 2 4 6 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1981 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1982 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
Career 20 23 43 46.5% 81 120 201 40.3% 6 19 25 24.0% 4 11 15 26.7% Career 51 55 106 48.1% 78 102 180 43.3% 29 40 69 42.0% 32 53 85 37.6%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. 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.

Nicola Spear Ismail El Shafei
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
1968 1491 109.4 — — — — — +3 +11 50.0% +0.09 1–4 (20%) — — +0.39 1968 1540 108.5 — — — — — — — 58.8% +0.29 0–1 — — -0.37
1969 1572 117.3 — — — — +67 -28 — 44.9% -0.26 4–2 (67%) — — +0.04 1969 1656 128.0 — — — — -8 +11 -112 52.0% +0.11 5–7 (42%) — — -0.82
1970 1660 126.5 — — — — -15 +22 — 57.0% +0.65 5–4 (56%) 1–0 — +4.00 1970 1611 132.3 — — — — +51 0 -116 36.6% -0.96 2–10 (17%) 1–3 (25%) 91.9 -3.33
1971 1487 101.9 — — — — +53 +121 -22 39.5% -1.01 5–8 (38%) 4–5 (44%) 95.5 +3.78 1971 1712 135.3 — — — — -81 +32 -221 43.5% -0.64 5–12 (29%) 5–4 (56%) 96.3 -3.45
1972 1481 124.0 — — — — — +100 -19 28.2% -1.13 2–3 (40%) — — -1.13 1972 1852 151.6 — — — — -8 -77 — 44.6% -0.18 9–5 (64%) 6–9 (40%) 105.2 -6.93
1973 1470 115.6 — — — — — +47 — 38.6% -0.52 1–4 (20%) 2–0 — +0.32 1973 1728 136.2 — — — — +58 -101 -128 38.7% -0.99 3–7 (30%) 7–4 (64%) 101.9 -6.76
1974 1453 115.1 — — — — — +5 -20 31.6% -0.71 3–6 (33%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.50 1974 1874 144.5 — — — — -57 -120 -72 58.6% +0.70 9–5 (64%) 11–8 (58%) 110.9 -2.56
1975 1538 127.4 — — — — -69 +36 — 43.3% -0.37 2–7 (22%) 4–5 (44%) 95.1 +2.47 1975 1739 136.8 — — — — +69 -77 +57 42.4% -0.34 8–7 (53%) 3–11 (21%) 94.0 -2.24
1976 1498 119.0 — — — — -2 -23 — 32.0% -1.12 0–5 (0%) 2–3 (40%) 93.6 +0.67 1976 1640 135.6 — — — — +75 -11 +177 42.7% -0.49 2–9 (18%) 4–8 (33%) 91.7 -1.80
1977 1564 131.9 — — — — -29 -17 — 47.4% 0.00 4–7 (36%) 3–1 (75%) 99.4 +1.75 1977 1669 125.0 — — — — +59 -76 +111 49.4% -0.08 5–4 (56%) 9–7 (56%) 101.7 +1.94
1978 1532 109.8 — — — — — -12 — 30.8% -0.85 0–1 — — +0.29 1978 1575 137.1 — — — — +69 +26 +160 42.3% -0.28 2–9 (18%) 7–5 (58%) 95.2 -0.37
1979 1510 102.5 — — — — — -25 — 36.4% -0.91 0–2 0–2 — +0.37 1979 1559 115.8 — — — — +56 +25 — 41.9% -0.44 2–3 (40%) 2–6 (25%) 95.5 +1.44
1980 1480 91.1 — — — — — — — 0.0% -4.25 — — — +0.34 1980 1522 112.0 — — — — — +26 — 38.1% -0.52 0–2 2–3 (40%) — +1.52
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1981 1549 109.4 — — — — — +5 — 50.0% -0.10 2–2 (50%) 2–3 (40%) 98.4 +0.91
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1982 1543 104.5 — — — — — — — 37.5% -1.13 1–1 — — +0.17
Career 1710 125.2 — — — — +22 +19 -10 42.9% -0.36 27–53 (34%) 17–18 (49%) 91.5 +4.70 Career 1908 141.9 — — — — +10 -35 -26 45.5% -0.28 55–84 (40%) 59–71 (45%) 94.3 -5.21

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.