Head to head
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Clay
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1
Carpet
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Ismail El Shafei's wins on the left · John Alexander's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (4)
| 1975 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | R16 | John Alexander | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1972 | Gothenburg WCT | Carpet | R32 | Ismail El Shafei | 7-6 7-5 |
| 1971 | Tehran WCT | Clay | R16 | John Alexander | 6-0 6-4 |
| 1971 | Denver | Carpet | RR | John Alexander | 6-3 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.