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) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–1)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–1)Indoors (0–0)

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–3)Indoors (0–0)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (2–7) LegendATP Challenger (2–7)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–4)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–2)Carpet (0–1)

Doubles: 18 (11–7) LegendATP Challenger (11–7)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (7–7)Clay (1–0)Grass (1–0)Carpet (2–0)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles