Neville Godwin Explained

Neville Godwin
Residence:Johannesburg, South Africa
Birth Date:1975 1, df=y
Birth Place:Johannesburg, South Africa
Turnedpro:1994
Retired:2003
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$912,783
Singlesrecord:36–56
Singlestitles:1
Highestsinglesranking:No. 90 (31 March 1997)
Australianopenresult:3R (1997)
Frenchopenresult:1R (1997)
Wimbledonresult:4R (1996)
Usopenresult:2R (1996)
Doublesrecord:64–74
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 57 (21 August 2000)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (1998)
Frenchopendoublesresult:QF (2000)
Wimbledondoublesresult:3R (2002)
Usopendoublesresult:3R (1999)
Wimbledonmixedresult:3R (1998)
Updated:22 January 2022

Neville Godwin (born 31 January 1975) is a former tennis player from South Africa.

Godwin turned professional in 1994. The right-hander won one singles title (2001 Newport) in his career, and reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour in March 1997, when he became World No. 90.

His highest world ranking for doubles was World No. 57.

At the 1996 Wimbledon tournament, Godwin had his best finish at a Grand Slam, when he reached the fourth round as a qualifier, defeating Cristiano Caratti, compatriot Grant Stafford and Boris Becker before losing to Alex Rădulescu.

He finished his career in 2003.

He now lives in his hometown of Johannesburg with his wife, Nicky and two sons, Oliver and James. He coached performance players out of the Wanderers Club for 5 years, before coaching South African player Kevin Anderson to a world top 10 ranking and a US Open final appearance in 2017. In 2017, he won ATP Coach of the Year award. On 12 November 2017 it was announced Godwin and Anderson had split. He came into limelight again during the Australian Open 2018 when Hyeon Chung, who was being coached by Godwin became the first player from South Korea to reach the semifinals of a grand slam.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1993French OpenClay Gareth Williams Steven Downs
James Greenhalgh		1–6, 1–6
Loss1993WimbledonGrass Gareth Williams Steven Downs
James Greenhalgh		7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Win1993US OpenHard Gareth Williams Ben Ellwood
James Sekulov		6–3, 6–3

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Newport, United StatesInternational SeriesGrass Leander Paes3–6, 2–6
Win1–1Newport, United StatesInternational SeriesGrass Martin Lee6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–3)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Washington, United StatesChampionship SeriesClay Fernon Wibier Luke Jensen
Murphy Jensen		4–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Hong Kong, Hong KongInternational SeriesHard Tuomas Ketola Byron Black
Alex O'Brien		5–7, 1–6
Loss0–3Chennai, IndiaWorld SeriesHard Wayne Black Leander Paes
Mahesh Bhupathi		6–4, 5–7, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (2–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–7)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Eilat, IsraelChallengerHard Tuomas Ketola3–6, 4–6
Win1–1Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Gabriel Trifu6–4, 7–6
Loss1–2Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Lior Mor5–7, 7–5, 2–6
Loss1–3Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Igor Gaudi6–7, 2–6
Loss1–4Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Vadim Kutsenko4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win2–4Las Vegas, United StatesChallengerHard Cristiano Caratti6–3, 6–3
Loss2–5Surbiton, United KingdomChallengerGrass Taylor Dent6–4, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss2–6Hamburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Raemon Sluiter1–6, 3–6
Loss2–7Waikoloa, United StatesChallengerHard Robby Ginepri3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 18 (11–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (11–7)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–7)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Scott Sigerseth David Di Lucia
Chris Woodruff		6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Bombay, IndiaChallengerHard David Nainkin Byron Black
Wayne Black		2–6, 6–7
Win1–2Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Leander Paes Noam Behr
Eyal Ran		7–6, 7–5
Loss1–3Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Geoff Grant Sébastien Leblanc
Jocelyn Robichaud		6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Loss1–4Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard David Nainkin Noam Behr
Eyal Erlich		walkover
Win2–4Brest, FranceChallengerHard Marcos Ondruska Justin Gimelstob
Brian Macphie		6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss2–5Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Barry Cowan Tuomas Ketola
Jeff Coetzee		2–6, 4–6
Win3–5Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Jeff Coetzee Jamie Delgado
Martin Lee		6–4, 6–2
Loss3–6Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Jeff Coetzee Gouichi Motomura
Oleg Ogorodov		2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win4–6Hong Kong, Hong KongChallengerHard Michael Hill Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		3–6, 7–5, 7–6
Win5–6Hull, United KingdomChallengerCarpet Barry Cowan Julian Knowle
Stefano Pescosolido		6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win6–6Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Michael Hill Nathan Healey
Paul Hanley		6–4, 6–1
Win7–6Hamilton, New ZealandChallengerHard Michael Hill Michael Joyce
Jim Thomas		7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win8–6Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Kevin Ullyett Noam Behr
Eyal Ran		7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Loss8–7Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Marcos Ondruska Wesley Moodie
Shaun Rudman		6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win9–7Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet George Bastl Yves Allegro
Marcus Hilpert		6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win10–7Tarzana, United StatesChallengerHard George Bastl Brandon Coupe
Kevin Kim		6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win11–7Paget, BermudaChallengerClay George Bastl Ramón Delgado
Alexandre Simoni		7–6(10–8), 6–3

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAQ3Q33RQ1Q1AQ3Q1Q30 / 12–1
French OpenAAAA1RQ1AQ1Q1Q1A0 / 10–1
WimbledonQ2Q1A4R2R1RQ13R1R1RA0 / 66–6
US OpenQ1A1R2RQ1Q3Q2Q2Q1Q1A0 / 21–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–14–23–30–10–02–10–10–10–00 / 109–10
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAAQ2AAAAAAA0 / 00–0
MiamiAA1RQ11R1RQ1AQ1AA0 / 30–3
CanadaAAQ31R2R2RAQ2AAA0 / 32–3
CincinnatiAAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1
ParisAAQ1AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–10–11–21–20–00–10–00–00–00 / 72–7

Doubles

Tournament1993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAA2R1RA1RA0 / 31–3
French OpenAAAAA2R1RQF2R1R0 / 55–5
WimbledonQ2Q1AQ1Q12R1R1R1R3R0 / 53–5
US OpenAAQ1A1R1R3R1R1R1R0 / 62–6
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–13–42–43–31–42–30 / 1911–19
MiamiAA1RAQ21R1RA2RA0 / 41–4
CanadaAAQ2AQFQ2A1RAA0 / 22–2
CincinnatiAAAAAAA2RAA0 / 11–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–10–02–10–10–11–21–10–00 / 74–7

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