Career 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 Too close to call — 5–3 on categories El Shafei wins on games lost. Cooper’s case rests on games won. ATP Tour career: Cooper 139 matches, El Shafei 524 matches.
Cooper averages 13.9 games won a match to El Shafei’s 12.1 (14% more). El Shafei averages 12.4 games lost a match to Cooper’s 14.4. El Shafei averages 1.3 sets lost a match to Cooper’s 1.5. Longevity: El Shafei has 524 matches across 15 seasons, Cooper 139 in 7 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, masters/1000 matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 1 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 2 total · best 1
13.9 1,930 total · best 36 Games wonper game 12.1 6,358 total · best 34
47.7 Sets won % 47.9
49.1 Games won % 49.5
0.0 1 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 4 total · best 1
1.4 189 total · best 3 Sets wonper game 1.2 620 total · best 3
Head to head 1 3 matches since 1970 2
Grass · 1 match Cooper 1 Shafei 0 Clay · 1 match Cooper 0 Shafei 1 Hard · 1 match Cooper 0 Shafei 1 Last meetings 23 Aug 1971 · South Orange · Round of 64 · Grass Cooper won 3-6 6-3 7-6 5 July 1971 · Gstaad · Round of 16 · Clay Shafei won 6-4 6-4 19 Sept 1970 · Los Angeles · Round of 64 · Hard Shafei won 6-1 6-1 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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