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N. Godwin #143 def. Jim Courier #9

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 18, 1996*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	N. Godwin
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	N. Godwin	Jim Courier
Aces	6	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	49	51
First serve points won %	76	78
Second serve points won %	64	52
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	70	65
Return points won %	35	30
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	N. Godwin	Jim Courier
Country	RSA	USA
Birth date	Jan 31, 1975	Aug 17, 1970
Age	21	25
Height	173	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	143	9
Ranking points (entering)	313	2,373
Elo (entering)	1,579	1,920
Career W-L	34–51	487–222
Career earnings	$912,783	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

N. Godwin 0 – 0 Jim Courier

Path

N. Godwin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1996	R64	David Wheaton	7-6(8) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

N. Godwin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1996	R16	Hicham Arazi	2-6 7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

No prior matches in this tournament.