Career
His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the quarterfinals of the singles event at the 1973 Australian Open in which he was defeated by Karl Meiler in four sets. He reached a highest singles ranking of No.71 in October 1973. N'Godrella reached the second round of the singles event at the Wimbledon Championships in 1972.
In 1973 he defeated fifth-seeded Manuel Orantes in the second round of the singles event at the French Open.