Career 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 Arthur Ashe takes it, 9–0 on categories Ashe wins on titles. ATP Tour career: El Shafei 524 matches, Ashe 1,065 matches.
Ashe has 48 titles (one every 20 matches) to El Shafei’s 2 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Ashe averages 14.3 games won a match to El Shafei’s 12.1 (18% more). Ashe averages 1.8 sets won a match to El Shafei’s 1.2 (52% more). Winners’ edge: Ashe’s team won 76%, El Shafei’s team won 45% of the matches they played. Longevity: Ashe has 1,065 matches across 12 seasons, El Shafei 524 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here. 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 48 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 3 total · best 1
12.1 6,358 total · best 34 Games wonper game 14.3 15,265 total · best 44
47.9 Sets won % 69.2
49.5 Games won % 56.1
0.0 4 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 89 total · best 1
Head to head 7 15 matches since 1968 8
Carpet · 6 matches Shafei 4 Ashe 2 Hard · 4 matches Shafei 2 Ashe 2 Clay · 3 matches Shafei 1 Ashe 2 Grass · 2 matches Shafei 0 Ashe 2 Grand Slams · 2 matches Shafei 0 Ashe 2 Last meetings 3 Nov 1975 · Stockholm · Round of 64 · Hard Ashe won 6-4 6-3 19 Mar 1973 · Washington WCT · Round of 32 · Carpet Ashe won 6-3 6-7 6-0 19 Feb 1973 · Cologne WCT · Round of 16 · Carpet Shafei won 6-7 6-3 6-2 23 Oct 1972 · Essen WCT · Quarterfinal · Carpet Shafei won 6-3 6-4 7 Aug 1972 · Cleveland WCT · Round of 16 · Carpet Shafei won 6-4 6-7 6-3 18 Apr 1972 · Charlotte WCT · Round of 32 · Clay Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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