Head to head
Rivalry summary
Ray Ruffels and Ismail El Shafei met 3 times on the ATP tour between 1971 and 1975. Ray Ruffels leads the head-to-head 2–1 against Ismail El Shafei. By surface, they are level 1–1 on hard.
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Hard
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Clay
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Ray Ruffels's wins on the left · Ismail El Shafei's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (3)
| 1975 | Caracas WCT | Hard | R16 | Ismail El Shafei | 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 6-3 |
| 1972 | Fort Worth WCT | Hard | R32 | Ray Ruffels | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1971 | Louisville WCT | Clay | QF | Ray Ruffels | 7-5 5-7 7-5 |
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.