Career 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 Ismail El Shafei takes it, 7–1 on categories El Shafei wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Ulrich 205 matches, El Shafei 524 matches.
El Shafei has 2 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Ulrich’s 1 title (one every 50 matches). El Shafei averages 12.1 games won a match to Ulrich’s 10.9 (11% more). El Shafei averages 1.2 sets won a match to Ulrich’s 1.0 (16% more). Winners’ edge: El Shafei’s team won 45%, Ulrich’s team won 36% of the matches they played. Longevity: El Shafei has 524 matches across 15 seasons, Ulrich 205 in 8 — 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
10.9 2,238 total · best 29 Games wonper game 12.1 6,358 total · best 34
41.8 Sets won % 47.9
46.6 Games won % 49.5
0.0 2 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 4 total · best 1
1.0 209 total · best 3 Sets wonper game 1.2 620 total · best 3
Head to head 1 5 matches since 1968 4
Hard · 2 matches Ulrich 0 Shafei 2 Carpet · 2 matches Ulrich 1 Shafei 1 Clay · 1 match Ulrich 0 Shafei 1 Last meetings 17 Feb 1975 · La Costa WCT · Round of 32 · Hard Shafei won 6-3 7-5 15 Apr 1974 · Charlotte WCT · Round of 32 · Clay Shafei won 7-5 6-1 21 Apr 1971 · Denver · Round robin · Carpet Ulrich won 6-4 10 Feb 1969 · Salisbury · Semifinal · Hard Shafei won 6-2 8-6 6-1 22 Jan 1968 · Bremen Indoors · Semifinal · Carpet Shafei won 7-5 10-8 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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