TENNISGOAT

Head to head

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Rivalry summary

Ismail El Shafei and Marty Riessen met 14 times on the ATP tour between 1969 and 1973. Marty Riessen leads the head-to-head 10–4 against Ismail El Shafei. By surface, Riessen leads 3–1 on hard; Riessen leads 3–1 on clay; Riessen leads 2–0 on grass; they are level 2–2 on carpet.

🇪🇬 Ismail El Shafei

4

1 titles · 0 Slams

🇺🇸 Marty Riessen

10

14 titles · 0 Slams

1
Hard
3
1
Clay
3
0
Grass
2
2
Carpet
2

Ismail El Shafei's wins on the left · Marty Riessen's on the right · bar lengths share one scale

Momentum

Ismail El Shafei leads ↑ Marty Riessen leads ↓

Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).

All meetings (14)

1973 Boston Hard R32 Marty Riessen 6-1 7-5
1973 Copenhagen WCT Carpet R32 Marty Riessen 6-4 3-6 6-3
1972 Essen WCT Carpet R16 Ismail El Shafei 6-2 6-2
1972 Vancouver WCT Carpet R16 Marty Riessen 6-3 6-3
1972 Montreal WCT Carpet QF Ismail El Shafei 7-6 7-6
1971 Washington WCT Clay QF Marty Riessen 6-1 6-7 6-2
1970 Tucson Hard R16 Marty Riessen 6-3 6-0
1970 Los Angeles-2 Hard R32 Marty Riessen 6-3 6-7 6-3
1970 Newport-2 Grass RR Marty Riessen 6-3 2-6 1-0(2)
1970 Toronto Clay R16 Marty Riessen 6-3 1-6 6-2
1970 Dublin Grass QF Marty Riessen 9-11 6-3 6-2
1970 St. Louis Hard R16 Ismail El Shafei 8-6 8-6
1969 Berlin Clay R16 Marty Riessen 6-3 6-4 3-6 2-6 6-1
1969 Rome Clay R32 Ismail El Shafei 2-6 6-2 6-4 1-6 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.