Lee Childs

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Lee Childs
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Residence Bridgwater, England, United Kingdom
Born (1982-06-11) 11 June 1982 (age 42)
Yeovil, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach Danny Sapsford
Prize money $201,900
Singles
Career record3–8 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 251 (21 June 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon 2R (2003)
Doubles
Career record0–8 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 344 (22 August 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 3R (2002)
Last updated on: 24 December 2021.

Lee Childs (born 6 November 1982, in Yeovil) is a retired British tennis player from England.

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Following match victories in 2000, Childs was hailed as "the future of British tennis" and a successor to Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski. [1] At the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, he famously defeated Nikolay Davydenko in the first round in 5 sets. The score was 2–6, 7–6(2), 1–6, 7–6(5), 6–2. He then lost in the next round to a 17-year-old Rafael Nadal in straight sets, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3. [2]

Growing up, Lee went to Pawlett Primary School. He got his passion for tennis from his head teacher Chris Vincent. [3]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2000 US Open Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Nelson Flag of the United States.svg Robby Ginepri
Flag of the United States.svg Tres Davis
6–2, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 2000Great Britain F9, Glasgow FuturesHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Claude Scherrer 3–5, 4–5(3–5), 2–4
Loss0–2Oct 2000Great Britain F10, Edinburgh FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Moodie 5–4(8–6), 3–5, 2–4, 5–4(7–5), 3–5
Win1–2Oct 2000Great Britain F11, Leeds FuturesHard Flag of Germany.svg Bernard Parun5–4(7–5), 5–3, 5–3
Loss1–3Oct 2003 Tumkur, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss1–4Nov 2005Canada F2, Rimouski FuturesHard Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Becker 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win2–4May 2007Greece F2, Syros FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Miles Kasiri 2–0 ret.

Doubles: 12 (5–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (5–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Sep 1999Great Britain F8, Sunderland FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Simon Dickson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Freelove
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Laski
2–6, 4–6
Win1–1Oct 2000Great Britain F11, Leeds FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Nelson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Auckland
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barry Fulcher
5–4(6–4), 5–3, 2–4, 4–2
Loss1–2Feb 2001Great Britain F1, Nottingham FuturesCarpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Nelson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Freelove
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Davidson
4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(1–7)
Loss1–3Nov 2001 Bolton, United KingdomChallengerHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Hilton Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gilles Elseneer
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wim Neefs
4–6, 3–6
Loss1–4May 2002Great Britain F3, Bournemouth FuturesClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Hilton Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Levinsky
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Navratil
0–6, 2–6
Loss1–5Apr 2005Great Britain F6, Bath FuturesHard Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Flock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Hutchins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Lee
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss1–6Sep 2005Great Britain F11, Nottingham FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Lee Flag of France.svg Olivier Charroin
Flag of Norway.svg Frederick Sundsten
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss1–7Nov 2005Canada F2, Rimouski FuturesHard Flag of Norway.svg Frederick Sundsten Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Hutchins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Murray
6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win2–7Jul 2006Great Britain F9, Felixstowe FuturesGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Bourgeois Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Hutchins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Goodall
4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win3–7Apr 2007Great Britain F7, Bath FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Hutchins Flag of France.svg Thomas Oger
Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Zovko
1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win4–7Apr 2007Great Britain F8, Bath FuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Bourgeois Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado
Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Zovko
3–6, 5–3 ret.
Win5–7May 2007Greece F2, Syros FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Corrie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Iain Atkinson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean Thornley
6–3, 7–5

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