Head to head
Rivalry summary
Ismail El Shafei and Brian Fairlie met 6 times on the ATP tour between 1970 and 1976. Brian Fairlie leads the head-to-head 4–2 against Ismail El Shafei. By surface, Fairlie leads 2–1 on hard; they are level 1–1 on carpet.
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Clay
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Ismail El Shafei's wins on the left · Brian Fairlie's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (6)
| 1976 | Hong Kong | Hard | R64 | Brian Fairlie | 2-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1976 | Palm Springs | Hard | R64 | Brian Fairlie | 6-4 2-0 RET |
| 1975 | Sao Paulo WCT | Carpet | R32 | Brian Fairlie | 6-0 6-3 |
| 1973 | Houston WCT | Clay | R32 | Brian Fairlie | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1972 | Montreal WCT | Carpet | R32 | Ismail El Shafei | 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 1970 | Salisbury | Hard | R32 | Ismail El Shafei | 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.