Lee Childs

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. 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.

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

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2000	US Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon James Nelson	Template:Flagicon Robby Ginepri Template:Flagicon 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	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Great Britain F9, Glasgow	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jean-Claude Scherrer	3–5, 4–5(3–5), 2–4
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Great Britain F10, Edinburgh	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Wesley Moodie	5–4(8–6), 3–5, 2–4, 5–4(7–5), 3–5
Win	1–2	Template:Dts	Great Britain F11, Leeds	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Bernard Parun	5–4(7–5), 5–3, 5–3
Loss	1–3	Template:Dts	Tumkur, India	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Philipp Kohlschreiber	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	1–4	Template:Dts	Canada F2, Rimouski	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Benjamin Becker	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Template:Dts	Greece F2, Syros	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Great Britain F8, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Simon Dickson	Template:Flagicon Oliver Freelove Template:Flagicon Jeff Laski	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Great Britain F11, Leeds	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon James Nelson	Template:Flagicon James Auckland Template:Flagicon Barry Fulcher	5–4(6–4), 5–3, 2–4, 4–2
Loss	1–2	Template:Dts	Great Britain F1, Nottingham	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon James Nelson	Template:Flagicon Oliver Freelove Template:Flagicon James Davidson	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(1–7)
Loss	1–3	Template:Dts	Bolton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mark Hilton	Template:Flagicon Gilles Elseneer Template:Flagicon Wim Neefs	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Template:Dts	Great Britain F3, Bournemouth	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mark Hilton	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Levinsky Template:Flagicon Michal Navratil	0–6, 2–6
Loss	1–5	Template:Dts	Great Britain F6, Bath	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Alexander Flock	Template:Flagicon Ross Hutchins Template:Flagicon Martin Lee	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss	1–6	Template:Dts	Great Britain F11, Nottingham	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Martin Lee	Template:Flagicon Olivier Charroin Template:Flagicon Frederick Sundsten	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	1–7	Template:Dts	Canada F2, Rimouski	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Frederick Sundsten	Template:Flagicon Ross Hutchins Template:Flagicon Jamie Murray	6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win	2–7	Template:Dts	Great Britain F9, Felixstowe	Futures	Grass	Template:Flagicon Luke Bourgeois	Template:Flagicon Ross Hutchins Template:Flagicon Josh Goodall	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	3–7	Template:Dts	Great Britain F7, Bath	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ross Hutchins	Template:Flagicon Thomas Oger Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	4–7	Template:Dts	Great Britain F8, Bath	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Luke Bourgeois	Template:Flagicon Jamie Delgado Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko	3–6, 5–3 ret.
Win	5–7	Template:Dts	Greece F2, Syros	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Edward Corrie	Template:Flagicon Iain Atkinson Template:Flagicon Sean Thornley	6–3, 7–5

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