Neville Godwin (born 31 January 1975) is a former
tennis player
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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
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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
Boris Franz Becker (, ; born 22 November 1967) is a German former world No. 1 tennis player. Becker was successful from the start of his career, winning the Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17. He ultimately won six Grand Slam singles tit ...
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
Chung Hyeon (; ; born 19 May 1996) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He is the 2017 Next Gen Finals champion. As an unseeded player, he became the first Korean player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open.
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, 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)
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 9 (2–7)
Doubles: 18 (11–7)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
External links
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Neville Godwinat the
Association of Tennis Professionals
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1975 births
Living people
South African male tennis players
Tennis players from Johannesburg
South African people of British descent
US Open (tennis) junior champions
White South African people
South African tennis coaches
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles