Head to head
Rivalry summary
Ismail El Shafei and Tom Edlefsen met 3 times on the ATP tour between 1969 and 1973. Ismail El Shafei leads the head-to-head 2–1 against Tom Edlefsen. By surface, they are level 1–1 on clay.
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Clay
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Ismail El Shafei's wins on the left · Tom Edlefsen's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (3)
| 1973 | Clemmons | Clay | R32 | Tom Edlefsen | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1973 | Louisville | Clay | R64 | Ismail El Shafei | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1969 | Salisbury | Hard | R16 | Ismail El Shafei | 17-15 10-12 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.