Career 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 Rod Laver takes it, 9–0 on categories Laver wins on titles. ATP Tour career: El Shafei 524 matches, Laver 695 matches.
Laver has 70 titles (one every 9.1 matches) to El Shafei’s 2 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Laver averages 15.1 games won a match to El Shafei’s 12.1 (24% more). Laver has the better sets won %: 72.5 to El Shafei’s 47.9. Winners’ edge: Laver’s team won 80%, El Shafei’s team won 45% of the matches they played. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, finals…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 2 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 70 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 5 total · best 1
12.1 6,358 total · best 34 Games wonper game 15.1 10,489 total · best 76
47.9 Sets won % 72.5
49.5 Games won % 58.1
0.0 4 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.2 96 total · best 1
Head to head 4 10 matches since 1970 6
Carpet · 5 matches Shafei 3 Laver 2 Hard · 5 matches Shafei 1 Laver 4 Last meetings 14 Apr 1975 · Denver WCT · Round of 16 · Carpet Shafei won 7-6(6) 7-5 17 Mar 1975 · Caracas WCT · Quarterfinal · Hard Laver won 7-5 6-3 17 Feb 1975 · La Costa WCT · Quarterfinal · Hard Laver won 7-6(5) 4-6 6-2 3 Feb 1975 · St. Petersburg WCT · Round of 16 · Carpet Laver won 7-6(5) 6-2 16 Oct 1972 · Vancouver WCT · Round of 32 · Carpet Shafei won 3-6 6-1 6-0 31 July 1972 · Boston WCT · Round of 16 · Hard Laver won 6-3 6-2 2 Aug 1971 · Boston WCT · Round of 16 · Hard Laver won 4-6 6-2 6-2 3 June 1970 · St. Louis WCT · Quarterfinal · Carpet Laver won 6-2 5-7 6-1 4 Mar 1970 · Wembley · Round of 16 · Carpet Shafei won 6-3 6-3 15 Feb 1970 · Salisbury · Quarterfinal · Hard Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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