Head to head
Rivalry summary
Ismail El Shafei and Cliff Richey met 5 times on the ATP tour between 1969 and 1973. Cliff Richey leads the head-to-head 3–2 against Ismail El Shafei. By surface, Richey leads 2–1 on hard.
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Hard
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Clay
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Grass
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Ismail El Shafei's wins on the left · Cliff Richey's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 1973 | London / Queen's Club | Grass | R32 | Ismail El Shafei | 3-6 7-5 6-3 |
| 1970 | Salisbury | Hard | SF | Cliff Richey | 6-3 7-5 6-4 |
| 1969 | Roland Garros | Clay | R32 | Cliff Richey | 6-2 7-5 6-8 6-1 |
| 1969 | Salisbury | Hard | R32 | Ismail El Shafei | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1969 | Omaha | Hard | R16 | Cliff Richey | 7-5 6-2 |
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.