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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.
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.
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.
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| 7–6, 6–7, 6–7 |
| 6–3, 6–3 |
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| 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) |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (1–1) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Outdoors (1–1) |
| Indoors (0–0) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Newport, United States | International Series | Grass | Leander Paes | 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Newport, United States | International Series | Grass | Martin Lee | 6–1, 6–4 |
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| 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) |
| Hard (0–2) |
| Clay (0–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Outdoors (0–3) |
| Indoors (0–0) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Washington, United States | Championship Series | Clay | Fernon Wibier | Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | International Series | Hard | Tuomas Ketola | Byron Black Alex O'Brien | 5–7, 1–6 | |
| Loss | 0–3 | Maharashtra Open, India | World Series | Hard | Wayne Black | Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi | 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 |
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| ATP Challenger (2–7) |
| ITF Futures (0–0) |
| Hard (2–4) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–2) |
| Carpet (0–1) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Eilat, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Tuomas Ketola | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Jerusalem, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Gabriel Trifu | 6–4, 7–6 | |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jerusalem, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Lior Mor | 5–7, 7–5, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 1–3 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Igor Gaudi | 6–7, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 1–4 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Vadim Kutsenko | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) | |
| Win | 2–4 | Las Vegas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Cristiano Caratti | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 2–5 | Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Taylor Dent | 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 2–6 | |
| Loss | 2–6 | Hamburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Raemon Sluiter | 1–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 2–7 | Waikoloa, United States | Challenger | Hard | Robby Ginepri | 3–6, 3–6 |
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| ATP Challenger (11–7) |
| ITF Futures (0–0) |
| Hard (7–7) |
| Clay (1–0) |
| Grass (1–0) |
| Carpet (2–0) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | Scott Sigerseth | David Di Lucia Chris Woodruff | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Bombay, India | Challenger | Hard | David Nainkin | Byron Black Wayne Black | 2–6, 6–7 | |
| Win | 1–2 | Jerusalem, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Leander Paes | Noam Behr Eyal Ran | 7–6, 7–5 | |
| Loss | 1–3 | Aptos, United States | Challenger | Hard | Geoff Grant | Sébastien Leblanc Jocelyn Robichaud | 6–7, 7–6, 5–7 | |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jerusalem, Israel | Challenger | Hard | David Nainkin | Noam Behr Eyal Erlich | walkover | |
| Win | 2–4 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard | Marcos Ondruska | Justin Gimelstob Brian Macphie | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 2–5 | Jerusalem, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Barry Cowan | Tuomas Ketola Jeff Coetzee | 2–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 3–5 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Jeff Coetzee | Jamie Delgado Martin Lee | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 3–6 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Jeff Coetzee | Gouichi Motomura Oleg Ogorodov | 2–6, 6–2, 2–6 | |
| Win | 4–6 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | Challenger | Hard | Michael Hill | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 7–5, 7–6 | |
| Win | 5–6 | Hull, United Kingdom | Challenger | Carpet | Barry Cowan | Julian Knowle Stefano Pescosolido | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | |
| Win | 6–6 | Singapore, Singapore | Challenger | Hard | Michael Hill | Nathan Healey Paul Hanley | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| Win | 7–6 | Hamilton, New Zealand | Challenger | Hard | Michael Hill | Michael Joyce Jim Thomas | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | |
| Win | 8–6 | Jerusalem, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Kevin Ullyett | Noam Behr Eyal Ran | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3) | |
| Loss | 8–7 | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Marcos Ondruska | Wesley Moodie Shaun Rudman | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | |
| Win | 9–7 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | George Bastl | Yves Allegro Marcus Hilpert | 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 | |
| Win | 10–7 | Tarzana, United States | Challenger | Hard | George Bastl | Brandon Coupe Kevin Kim | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 | |
| Win | 11–7 | Paget, Bermuda | Challenger | Clay | George Bastl | Ramón Delgado Alexandre Simoni | 7–6(10–8), 6–3 |
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| Australian Open | A | A | Q3 | Q3 | 3R | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q3 | Q1 | Q3 !0 / 1 !2–1 ! | |||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | A !0 / 1 !0–1 ! | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q2 | Q1 | A | 4R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | 3R | 1R | 1R | A !0 / 6 !6–6 ! | |||||||||||
| US Open | Q1 | A | 1R | 2R | Q1 | Q3 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A !0 / 2 !1–2 ! | |||||||||||
| 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 ! | |||||||||||
| Canada | A | A | Q3 | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | Q2 | A | A | A !0 / 3 !2–3 ! | |||||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A !0 / 1 !0–1 ! | |||||||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A !0 / 0 !0–0 ! | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A !0 / 3 !1–3 ! | ||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R !0 / 5 !5–5 ! | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R !0 / 5 !3–5 ! | ||||||||||||
| US Open | A | A | Q1 | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R !0 / 6 !2–6 ! | ||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | 1R | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A !0 / 4 !1–4 ! | ||||||||||||
| Canada | A | A | Q2 | A | QF | Q2 | A | 1R | A | A !0 / 2 !2–2 ! | ||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A !0 / 1 !1–1 ! | ||||||||||||
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