Ismail El Shafei

Ismail El Shafei

Country (sports)	Egypt
Residence	Cairo, Egypt
Born	November 15, 1947 Cairo, Egypt
Turned pro	1968 (amateur tour from 1964)
Retired	March 1983
Plays	Left-handed (1-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	202–253 (Open era)
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 34 (8 April 1975)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (1971)
French Open	3R (1969)
Wimbledon	QF (1974)
US Open	4R (1974)
Doubles
Career record	232–216 (Open era)
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 26 (30 August 1977)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1978)
French Open	3R (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978)
Wimbledon	QF (1981)
US Open	4R (1970)

Ismail El-Shafei (Arabic: إسماعيل الشافعي‎) (born 15 November 1947) is a former Head of the Egyptian Tennis Federation and a member of the International Tennis Federation. El Shafei is the only Egyptian player to make the Top 40 in Grand Prix/ATP ranking history. He had the distinction of being one of only four players to beat Björn Borg at Wimbledon, knocking him out in the third round in 1974 (the other three were John McEnroe, Roger Taylor and Arthur Ashe.)

El-Shafei won the 1964 Boys' Singles tournament at Wimbledon.

He is the son of Adli El Shafei and father of Adli El Shafei II.

Singles (1)

Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in final
1974	Manila, Philippine	Hard	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	7–6, 6–1

Doubles (9)

Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1974	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Clay	Brian Fairlie	Geoff Masters Ross Case	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
1974	Christchurch, New Zealand	N/A	Roscoe Tanner	Syd Ball Ray Ruffels	w/o
1974	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Jurgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	7–5, 6–3
1976	ATP Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Brian Fairlie	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	7–5, 6–7, 7–6
1977	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Brian Fairlie	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
1978	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Brian Fairlie	Lito Álvarez George Hardie	6–3, 7–5, 6–2
1980	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Tom Okker	Christophe Freyss Bernard Fritz	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–4
1981	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Paolo Bertolucci Gianni Ocleppo	6–7, 6–3, 6–1

Grand Slam Success

Won Wimbledon Championship for Boys 1964 & was Runner Up in 1963

Tournament	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	Career SR	Career W–L	Career Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	33.33
French Open	A	3R	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 7	4–7	36.36
Wimbledon	2R	1R	3R	1R	A	A	QF	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 11	10–11	47.61
US Open	A	3R	1R	1R	A	3R	4R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	8–6	53.33
Win–Loss	1–1	4–3	2–2	2–3	0–0	2–2	8–3	1–2	3–3	1–2	0–3	0–1	0–1	0 / 26	24–26	48.00

Davis Cup

El Shafei participated in 17 ties for Egypt, where he played 42 matches.

External links

• Ismail El Shafei at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ismail El Shafei at the International Tennis Federation