Lee Childs

For the British thriller writer, see Lee Child. For the rugby league footballer of the 1990s for Ireland, Wakefield Trinity, and Featherstone Rovers, see Lee Child (rugby league).

Lee Childs

Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	Bridgwater, England, United Kingdom
Born	(1982-06-11) 11 June 1982 (age 42) Yeovil, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	Danny Sapsford
Prize money	$201,900
Singles
Career record	3–8 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 251 (21 June 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	2R (2003)
Doubles
Career record	0–8 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 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.

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)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2000	US Open	Hard	James Nelson	Robby Ginepri 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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2000	Great Britain F9, Glasgow	Futures	Hard	Jean-Claude Scherrer	3–5, 4–5(3–5), 2–4
Loss	0–2	Oct 2000	Great Britain F10, Edinburgh	Futures	Hard	Wesley Moodie	5–4(8–6), 3–5, 2–4, 5–4(7–5), 3–5
Win	1–2	Oct 2000	Great Britain F11, Leeds	Futures	Hard	Bernard Parun	5–4(7–5), 5–3, 5–3
Loss	1–3	Oct 2003	Tumkur, India	Challenger	Hard	Philipp Kohlschreiber	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	1–4	Nov 2005	Canada F2, Rimouski	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Becker	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	May 2007	Greece F2, Syros	Futures	Hard	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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1999	Great Britain F8, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Simon Dickson	Oliver Freelove Jeff Laski	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2000	Great Britain F11, Leeds	Futures	Hard	James Nelson	James Auckland Barry Fulcher	5–4(6–4), 5–3, 2–4, 4–2
Loss	1–2	Feb 2001	Great Britain F1, Nottingham	Futures	Carpet	James Nelson	Oliver Freelove James Davidson	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(1–7)
Loss	1–3	Nov 2001	Bolton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Mark Hilton	Gilles Elseneer Wim Neefs	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	May 2002	Great Britain F3, Bournemouth	Futures	Clay	Mark Hilton	Jaroslav Levinsky Michal Navratil	0–6, 2–6
Loss	1–5	Apr 2005	Great Britain F6, Bath	Futures	Hard	Alexander Flock	Ross Hutchins Martin Lee	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss	1–6	Sep 2005	Great Britain F11, Nottingham	Futures	Hard	Martin Lee	Olivier Charroin Frederick Sundsten	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	1–7	Nov 2005	Canada F2, Rimouski	Futures	Hard	Frederick Sundsten	Ross Hutchins Jamie Murray	6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win	2–7	Jul 2006	Great Britain F9, Felixstowe	Futures	Grass	Luke Bourgeois	Ross Hutchins Josh Goodall	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	3–7	Apr 2007	Great Britain F7, Bath	Futures	Hard	Ross Hutchins	Thomas Oger Lovro Zovko	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	4–7	Apr 2007	Great Britain F8, Bath	Futures	Hard	Luke Bourgeois	Jamie Delgado Lovro Zovko	3–6, 5–3 ret.
Win	5–7	May 2007	Greece F2, Syros	Futures	Hard	Edward Corrie	Iain Atkinson Sean Thornley	6–3, 7–5

References

1. "Childs not getting carried away". BBC News. 22 November 2000. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
2. Gatto, Luigi (7 October 2019). "Rafael Nadal seemed to have two forehands in 2003, says former player". Tennis World. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
3. "Childs put talent to test on professional circuit". Telegraph. 19 November 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

External links

• Lee Childs at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Lee Childs at the International Tennis Federation