Ismail El Shafei

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Ismail El Shafei
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Isamil El Shafei (1982)
Country (sports)  Egypt
Residence Cairo
Born (1947-11-15) 15 November 1947 (age 77)
Cairo
Turned pro 1968 (amateur from 1964)
Retired March 1983
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record 293–329 (47.1%)[1]
Career titles 6[1]
Highest ranking No. 34 (8 April 1975)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (1971)
French Open 3R (1969)
Wimbledon QF (1974)
US Open 4R (1974)
Doubles
Career record 232–216 (Open era)
Career titles 9
Highest ranking No. 26 (30 August 1977)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open QF (1978)
French Open 3R (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978)
Wimbledon QF (1981)
US Open 4R (1970)

Ismail El Shafei (Arabic: إسماعيل الشافعي‎‎) (born 15 November 1947) is a former men's professional tennis player and president of the Egyptian Tennis Federation. He is currently a member of the board of directors of the International Tennis Federation and is chairman of the ITF Junior Circuit.[2] He won six career singles titles and reached eleven finals. In doubles, he won nine career titles.

Career

El Shafei played his first tournament in March 1962 at the Egyptian Championships losing in straight sets to Italian player Giuseppe Merlo in the round of 32.[3] He reached his first tournament final in Ostordorf, West Germany in 1963 before losing to Harald Elschenbroich. In 1964, he won the boys' singles tournament at Wimbledon. He won his first senior's tournament in San Jose, Costa Rica in January 1966. He won the Egyptian Open in Cairo three times (1969, 1974–1974). An adaptable player, he competed on all surfaces, (grass, clay, hardcourt, and carpet). El Shafei is the only Egyptian player to make the top 40 in Grand Prix/ATP ranking history. He is one of only four players to beat Björn Borg at Wimbledon,[2] knocking him out in the third round in 1974 (the other three were John McEnroe, Roger Taylor and Arthur Ashe.) He reached his last professional singles final (exhibition) at the Cairo Invitational losing to Bjorn Borg in two sets in December 1979 and played his last singles tournament in June 1982 at the Bristol Open losing to then South African player Johan Kriek,[3] he retired in 1983.

Post playing career

Following his playing career El Shafei remained involved in tennis in an administrative role: he was elected president of the Egyptian Tennis Federation on two occasions (1994–96 and 2005–08).[4] In 1998, he was elected to the board of directors of the International Tennis Federation until 2001. He would serve a second term as director of the ITF (2003–2013).[4] In September 2015, he was elected for a third term as a director and is currently chairman of coaching and chairman of the juniors circuit.[4]

Personal

He was educated at Cairo University[4] and is the son of Adli El Shafei and father of Adli El Shafei II.

Career finals

Singles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Result No. Year Tournament Location Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Sep 1963 Ostordorf Tennis Tournament Ostordorf Clay West Germany Harald Elschenbroich 0–6, 0–6
Win 1. Jan 1966 San Jose Tennis Tournament San José Clay Australia Gary Penberthy 6–2, 6–2, 6–4[5]
Loss 2. Jan 1967 Asian Championships Kalkutta Grass Soviet Union Alex Metreveli 3–6, 6–8, 4–6
Loss 3. Mar 1967 Egyptian Championships Cairo Clay Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist 4–6, 4–6, 2–6
Win 2. Jan 1968 German Indoor Championships Bremen Hard (i) France Daniel Contet 6–2, 6–2, 9–7
Loss 4. Mar 1968 Egyptian Championships Cairo Clay Czechoslovakia Milan Holecek 6–4, 3–6, 1–6, 2–6
Loss 5. Mar 1968 Le Touquet Tennis tournament Cairo Clay France François Jauffret 1–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 6. Feb 1969 U.S. National Indoor Championships Salisbury Hard (i) United States Stan Smith 3–6, 8–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 3. Mar 1969 Egyptian Open Cairo Clay Hungary István Gulyás 6–2, 6–2, 9–7
Loss 7. Mar 1969 Alexandria International Championships Alexandria Clay Hungary István Gulyás 1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 8. Oct 1969 Dewar Cup Perth Perth Carpet (i) United Kingdom Mark Cox 6–3, 12–14, 1–6
Loss 9. Mar 1971 Egyptian Open Cairo Clay Soviet Union Alex Metreveli 6–8, 9–7, 4–6
Win 4. Mar 1973 Egyptian Open Cairo Clay France Patrick Proisy 6–4, 6–8, 6–3, 6–3
Win 5. Mar 1974 Egyptian Open Cairo Clay France François Jauffret 6–0, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win 6. Nov 1974 Philippine Open Manila Hard West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 7–6, 6–1[5][6]
Loss 10. Aug 1975 Brummana International Brummana Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilic 6–7, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 11. Nov 1977 Taipei Summit Championships Taipei Hard (i) United States Tim Gullikson 6–7, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 4–6[7]

Doubles (9 titles)

Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1974 St. Louis WCT, U.S. Clay New Zealand Brian Fairlie Australia Geoff Masters
Australia Ross Case		 7–6, 6–7, 7–6
1974 Christchurch Classic, New Zealand N/A United States Roscoe Tanner Australia Syd Ball
Australia Ray Ruffels		 w/o
1974 Jakarta Open, Indonesia Hard United States Roscoe Tanner West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann		 7–5, 6–3
1976 ATP Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) New Zealand Brian Fairlie Australia Syd Ball
Australia Kim Warwick		 7–5, 6–7, 7–6
1977 Newport Championships, U.S. Grass New Zealand Brian Fairlie United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson		 6–7, 6–3, 7–6
1978 Cairo Open, Egypt Clay New Zealand Brian Fairlie Argentina Lito Álvarez
United States George Hardie		 6–3, 7–5, 6–2
1980 Cairo Open, Egypt Clay Netherlands Tom Okker France Christophe Freyss
France Bernard Fritz		 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1980 Open Gstaad, Switzerland Clay United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia Kim Warwick		 6–4, 6–4
1981 Cairo Open, Egypt Clay Hungary Balázs Taróczy Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Gianni Ocleppo		 6–7, 6–3, 6–1

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Won Wimbledon Championship for Boys 1964 & was runner-up in 1963

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR Q# A NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
Tournament 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Career SR Career W–L Career win %
Australian Open A A A 3R A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 2 2–2 33.33
French Open A 3R A A A 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R A A 0 / 7 4–7 36.36
Wimbledon 2R 1R 3R 1R A A QF 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 11 10–11 47.61
US Open A 3R 1R 1R A 3R 4R A 2R A A A A 0 / 6 8–6 53.33
Win–loss 1–1 4–3 2–2 2–3 0–0 2–2 8–3 1–2 3–3 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 0 / 26 24–26 48.00

Davis Cup

El Shafei participated in 17 ties for Egypt, where he played 42 matches, winning 23, losing 19 he also served as team captain in the 1980s.[8]

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