Career 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 Ismail El Shafei takes it, 7–0 on categories El Shafei wins on games won. ATP Tour career: Letcher 177 matches, El Shafei 524 matches.
El Shafei has the better sets won %: 47.9 to Letcher’s 37.7. El Shafei averages 1.3 sets lost a match to Letcher’s 1.6. El Shafei averages 12.1 games won a match to Letcher’s 11.2 (8% more). Best single match: El Shafei 34 games won, Letcher 29. Winners’ edge: El Shafei’s team won 45%, Letcher’s team won 33% of the matches they played. Longevity: El Shafei has 524 matches across 15 seasons, Letcher 177 in 13 — 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.
– Titlesper game 0.0 2 total · best 1
11.2 1,982 total · best 29 Games wonper game 12.1 6,358 total · best 34
37.7 Sets won % 47.9
45.4 Games won % 49.5
– Finalsper game 0.0 4 total · best 1
1.0 174 total · best 3 Sets wonper game 1.2 620 total · best 3
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Head to head 2 3 matches since 1976 1
Clay · 2 matches Letcher 1 Shafei 1 Hard · 1 match Letcher 1 Shafei 0 Last meetings 21 Mar 1977 · Cairo · Round of 16 · Clay Letcher won 6-2 3-6 6-4 15 Nov 1976 · Manila · Round of 32 · Clay Shafei won 6-3 6-2 18 Oct 1976 · Sydney Indoor · Round of 32 · Hard Letcher won 2-6 7-6 6-3 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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