TENNISGOAT

Head to head

vs

🇦🇺 John Newcombe

6

41 titles · 5 Slams

🇪🇬 Ismail El Shafei

2

1 titles · 0 Slams

4
Clay
2
2
Carpet
0

John Newcombe's wins on the left · Ismail El Shafei's on the right · bar lengths share one scale

Momentum

John Newcombe leads ↑ Ismail El Shafei leads ↓

Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).

All meetings (10)

1974 Manila Clay SF Ismail El Shafei 6-4 7-6
1974 St. Louis WCT Carpet QF John Newcombe 7-6(2) 7-6(1)
1972 Washington WCT Clay QF John Newcombe 7-6 6-0
1972 St. Louis WCT Hard R16 John Newcombe W/O
1972 Hollywood WCT Clay R16 Ismail El Shafei 6-4 6-0
1972 Toronto WCT Carpet R32 John Newcombe 4-6 6-1 6-1
1971 Gstaad Clay SF John Newcombe 6-2 6-3 6-4
1969 Wembley Carpet R32 Ismail El Shafei W/O
1969 Brussels Clay QF John Newcombe 5-7 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-1
1969 Bournemouth Clay R32 John Newcombe 6-2 3-6 6-4 3-6 6-1
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.