Lee Childs

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Lee Childs
Country (sports) United Kingdom
ResidenceBridgwater, England, United Kingdom
Born (1982-06-11) 11 June 1982 (age 41)
Yeovil, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachDanny 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
Wimbledon2R (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
Wimbledon1R (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (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[edit]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2000 US Open Hard United Kingdom James Nelson United States Robby Ginepri
United States Tres Davis
6–2, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 6 (2–4)[edit]

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 Switzerland Jean-Claude Scherrer 3–5, 4–5(3–5), 2–4
Loss 0–2 Oct 2000 Great Britain F10, Edinburgh Futures Hard South Africa 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 Germany Bernard Parun 5–4(7–5), 5–3, 5–3
Loss 1–3 Oct 2003 Tumkur, India Challenger Hard Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1–4 Nov 2005 Canada F2, Rimouski Futures Hard Germany Benjamin Becker 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 May 2007 Greece F2, Syros Futures Hard United Kingdom Miles Kasiri 2–0 ret.

Doubles: 12 (5–7)[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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.

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