After this event he was in the first hundred of the ATP ranking.
He has never been ranked higher than 200th in the world ATP rankings.
This system differs from that used for the men's ATP rankings, but only slightly.
He was 95th in the ATP rankings as of July 8, 2007.
He was the top climber of 2011 ATP rankings starting in number 1182 and finishing 486th.
Naewie had his best year on tour in 1992, when he broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings.
As of July 12, 2010, he was ranked 135th in the ATP rankings.
As a result, he earned a career best prize-money of over $23,000 and rose 37 places in the ATP rankings.
He missed the rest of the 2010 season and once more dropped out of the ATP rankings.
As a tennis player he reached number 192 in ATP rankings in 1992.