Head to head
Rivalry summary
Jimmy Connors and Ismail El Shafei met 5 times on the ATP tour between 1972 and 1978. Jimmy Connors leads the head-to-head 5–0 against Ismail El Shafei. By surface, Connors leads 2–0 on hard; Connors leads 2–0 on grass.
2
Hard
0
1
Clay
0
2
Grass
0
Jimmy Connors's wins on the left · Ismail El Shafei's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 1978 | Birmingham-2 | Grass | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1976 | Wimbledon | Grass | R32 | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-0 6-3 |
| 1973 | Indianapolis | Clay | R32 | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1972 | Stockholm | Hard | R64 | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1972 | Los Angeles-2 | Hard | R32 | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 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.