Head to head
3
Hard
0
1
Grass
1
2
Carpet
1
Stan Smith's wins on the left · Ismail El Shafei's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 1978 | Birmingham-2 | Grass | R32 | Ismail El Shafei | 2-6 9-8 6-4 |
| 1975 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | R32 | Ismail El Shafei | 7-6(6) 6-3 |
| 1974 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | Stan Smith | 9-8 7-5 6-8 7-5 |
| 1974 | Orlando WCT | Hard | R16 | Stan Smith | 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 |
| 1974 | Long Island WCT | Carpet | QF | Stan Smith | 5-7 6-3 6-4 |
| 1971 | Los Angeles | Hard | R16 | Stan Smith | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1970 | Wembley | Carpet | R32 | Stan Smith | 6-2 9-8 |
| 1969 | Salisbury | Hard | F | Stan Smith | 6-3 6-8 6-4 6-4 |
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.