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N. Godwin #205 def. Gouichi Motomura #206

6-3 4-6 6-0

Match Information

Date	Apr 10, 1998*
Tournament	Hong Kong
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	N. Godwin
Score	6-3 4-6 6-0
Loser	Gouichi Motomura
Duration	1h 45m

Stat	N. Godwin	Gouichi Motomura
Aces	4	2
Double faults	6	8
First serve %	50	59
First serve points won %	68	53
Second serve points won %	55	44
Break points saved %	70	50
Break points converted %	50	30
Service points won %	61	49
Return points won %	51	39
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	N. Godwin	Gouichi Motomura
Country	RSA	JPN
Birth date	Jan 31, 1975	Dec 25, 1973
Age	23	24
Height	173	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	205	206
Ranking points (entering)	198	198
Elo (entering)	1,563	1,445
Career W-L	34–51	10–29
Career earnings	$912,783	$477,077

Pre-match H2H

N. Godwin 0 – 0 Gouichi Motomura

Path

N. Godwin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	Tommy Haas	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

N. Godwin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	QF	Kenneth Carlsen	5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gouichi Motomura's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	R. Vasek	7-6(2) 0-6 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data