Neville Godwin

Neville Godwin (born 31 January 1975) is a tennis coach and a former professional player from South Africa. He has 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 ranking in doubles was World No. 57.

Professional career

Godwin turned professional in 1994.

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.

Godwin retired in 2003.

Coaching career

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 slam.

He currently coaches Alexei Popyrin.

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 Godwin
at the Association of Tennis Professionals Coach profile

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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
South African tennis coaches
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles