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

Neville Godwin
Country (sports) South Africa
ResidenceJohannesburg, South Africa
Born (1975-01-31) 31 January 1975 (age 47)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$912,783
Singles
Career record36–56
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 90 (31 March 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1997)
French Open1R (1997)
Wimbledon4R (1996)
US Open2R (1996)
Doubles
Career record64–74
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 57 (21 August 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1998)
French OpenQF (2000)
Wimbledon3R (2002)
US Open3R (1999)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1998)
Last updated on: 22 January 2022.

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)


Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1998 Newport, United States International Series Grass Leander Paes 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2001 Newport, United States International Series Grass Martin Lee 6–1, 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1997 Washington, United States Championship Series Clay Fernon Wibier Luke Jensen
Murphy Jensen
4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 1998 Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Series Hard Tuomas Ketola Byron Black
Alex O'Brien
5–7, 1–6
Loss 0–3 Apr 1999 Chennai, India World Series Hard 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 1997 Eilat, Israel Challenger Hard Tuomas Ketola 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 May 1998 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Gabriel Trifu 6–4, 7–6
Loss 1–2 May 1999 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Lior Mor 5–7, 7–5, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Jul 1999 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Igor Gaudi 6–7, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Aug 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Vadim Kutsenko 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 2–4 Nov 2000 Las Vegas, United States Challenger Hard Cristiano Caratti 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2–5 Jun 2001 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Taylor Dent 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss 2–6 Mar 2002 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Raemon Sluiter 1–6, 3–6
Loss 2–7 Jan 2003 Waikoloa, United States Challenger Hard Robby Ginepri 3–6, 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1994 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Scott Sigerseth David Di Lucia
Chris Woodruff
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 May 1995 Bombay, India Challenger Hard David Nainkin Byron Black
Wayne Black
2–6, 6–7
Win 1–2 May 1996 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Leander Paes Noam Behr
Eyal Ran
7–6, 7–5
Loss 1–3 Jul 1996 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Geoff Grant Sebastien Leblanc
Jocelyn Robichaud
6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Loss 1–4 May 1998 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard David Nainkin Noam Behr
Eyal Erlich
walkover
Win 2–4 Nov 1998 Brest, France Challenger Hard Marcos Ondruska Justin Gimelstob
Brian Macphie
6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 2–5 May 1999 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Barry Cowan Tuomas Ketola
Jeff Coetzee
2–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 Jul 1999 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Jeff Coetzee Jamie Delgado
Martin Lee
6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–6 Aug 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Jeff Coetzee Gouichi Motomura
Oleg Ogorodov
2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win 4–6 Oct 1999 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Challenger Hard Michael Hill Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
3–6, 7–5, 7–6
Win 5–6 Feb 2000 Hull, United Kingdom Challenger Carpet Barry Cowan Julian Knowle
Stefano Pescosolido
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win 6–6 Mar 2000 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard Michael Hill Nathan Healey
Paul Hanley
6–4, 6–1
Win 7–6 Mar 2000 Hamilton, New Zealand Challenger Hard Michael Hill Michael Joyce
Jim Thomas
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 8–6 May 2000 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Kevin Ullyett Noam Behr
Eyal Ran
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 8–7 Aug 2001 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard Marcos Ondruska Wesley Moodie
Shaun Rudman
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win 9–7 Nov 2001 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet George Bastl Yves Allegro
Marcus Hilpert
6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win 10–7 Apr 2002 Tarzana, United States Challenger Hard George Bastl Brandon Coupe
Kevin Kim
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win 11–7 Apr 2002 Paget, Bermuda Challenger Clay George Bastl Ramon Delgado
Alexandre Simoni
7–6(10–8), 6–3

Performance timelines


Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles


Tournament19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q3 Q3 3R Q1 Q1 A Q3 Q1 Q3 0 / 1 2–1 67%
French Open A A A A 1R Q1 A Q1 Q1 Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q2 Q1 A 4R 2R 1R Q1 3R 1R 1R A 0 / 6 6–6 50%
US Open Q1 A 1R 2R Q1 Q3 Q2 Q2 Q1 Q1 A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–2 3–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 10 9–10 47%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A Q2 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Miami A A 1R Q1 1R 1R Q1 A Q1 A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Canada A A Q3 1R 2R 2R A Q2 A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris A A Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 7 2–7 22%

Doubles


Tournament1993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 2R 1R A 1R A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open A A A A A 2R 1R QF 2R 1R 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Wimbledon Q2 Q1 A Q1 Q1 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
US Open A A Q1 A 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–4 2–4 3–3 1–4 2–3 0 / 19 11–19 37%
Miami A A 1R A Q2 1R 1R A 2R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Canada A A Q2 A QF Q2 A 1R A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0 / 7 4–7 36%


Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Magnus Norman
ATP Coach of the Year
2017
Succeeded by
Marián Vajda

На других языках


- [en] Neville Godwin

[es] Neville Godwin

Neville Godwin (n. 31 de enero de 1975 en Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica) es un exjugador de tenis sudafricano. El diestro jugador se convirtió en profesional en 1994 y en su carrera alcanzó el puesto Nº90 en singles y Nº50 en dobles. Su mejor actuación en un Grand Slam fueron los octavos de final de Wimbledon en 1996, luego de haber superado la clasificación. Superó los US$900.000 en premios en su carrera y logró un título de ATP.

[ru] Годвин, Невилл

Невилл Годвин (англ. Neville Godwin) — бывший южноафриканский профессиональный теннисист, тренер. Победитель юниорского US Open 1993 года в парном разряде в дуэте с Гаретом Уильямсом.



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