Leander Paes def. Neville Godwin, 1998 Newport Final

Match Information

Date: Jul 12, 1998*
Tournament: Newport
Edition: 1998
Category: ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Round: F
Duration: 1h 12m

Match Statistics

Stat	Leander Paes	Neville Godwin
Aces	1	3
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	54.0%	57.0%
First serve points won %	79.0%	64.0%
Second serve points won %	54.0%	30.0%
Break points saved %	60.0%	62.0%
Break points converted %	38.0%	40.0%
Service points won %	67.0%	49.0%
Return points won %	51.0%	33.0%
Total points won %	58.0%	42.0%
Match Serve+	+5.4	-12.7
Match Return+	+12.7	-5.4

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 1998 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Leander Paes	Neville Godwin
Country	IND	RSA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1973	Jan 31, 1975
Age	25	23
Height	178 cm	173 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	120	170
Ranking points (entering)	404	257
Elo (entering)	1,667	1,611
Current career W-L	53–77	34–51
Current career earnings	$8,587,586	$912,783

Pre-match H2H

Leander Paes #120 0 – 0 Neville Godwin #170

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Path

Leander Paes's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Laurence Tieleman #133	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 1998	SF
Rainer Schuettler #115	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 1998	QF
Scott Draper #68	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 10, 1998	R16
David Dilucia #278	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 9, 1998	R32

Leander Paes's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Neville Godwin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jason Stoltenberg #35	3-6 6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 1998	SF
Justin Gimelstob #109	6-7(2) 7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 1998	QF
Sebastien Lareau #112	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 10, 1998	R16
Sandon Stolle #208	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 9, 1998	R32