Head to head
1
Clay
0
1
Carpet
0
Ismail El Shafei's wins on the left · Frantisek Pala's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (2)
| 1974 | Boston | Clay | R32 | Ismail El Shafei | 7-6 7-6 |
| 1973 | Cologne WCT | Carpet | R32 | Ismail El Shafei | 7-6 7-5 |
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.