Ismail El Shafei

Insights

Peak came at Wimbledon in 1974

His best Grand Slam result was a quarterfinal at Wimbledon in 1974, reached at age 26. That stands alone as his deepest run, ahead of two Round-of-16 finishes and five Round-of-32 finishes.

Wimbledon was his most productive major

Across 10 Wimbledon appearances, he produced his only quarterfinal, plus one R32, two R64s, and six R128 exits. No other Slam shows that same combination of volume and peak.

French Open results were mostly early exits

He played the French Open seven times and never advanced beyond the Round of 64. Five of those seven appearances ended in R128, making it his least productive major by depth.

His best stretch ran from 1973 to 1976

From 1973 through 1976, he reached at least the Round of 32 in six of eight Slam appearances, including the 1974 Wimbledon quarterfinal and the 1974 US Open Round of 16. That four-year span contains all of his top-end results.

Career ended with a long late decline

After the 1976 US Open R64, every listed Slam result was R128: 1977 Wimbledon, 1978 French Open and Wimbledon, 1978 Australian Open R64, 1979 Wimbledon, and 1980 Wimbledon. His final two appearances came at ages 31 and 32.