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L. Paes#120 def. N. Godwin#170

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 12, 1998*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	L. Paes
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	N. Godwin
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	L. Paes	N. Godwin
Aces	1	3
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	54	57
First serve points won %	79	64
Second serve points won %	54	30
Break points saved %	60	62
Break points converted %	38	40
Service points won %	67	49
Return points won %	51	33
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	L. Paes	N. Godwin
Country	IND	RSA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1973	Jan 31, 1975
Age	25	23
Height	178	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	120	170
Ranking points (entering)	404	257
Elo (entering)	1,655	1,611
Career W-L	48–74	34–51
Career earnings	$8,587,586	$912,783

Pre-match H2H

L. Paes 0 – 0 N. Godwin

Path

L. Paes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1998	SF	Laurence Tieleman	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1998	QF	Rainer Schuettler	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1998	R16	Scott Draper	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1998	R32	D. Dilucia	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

L. Paes's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

N. Godwin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1998	SF	Jason Stoltenberg	3-6 6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1998	QF	Justin Gimelstob	6-7(2) 7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1998	R16	S. Lareau	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1998	R32	Sandon Stolle	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data