Lee Childs
British tennis player
Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
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Residence | Bridgwater , England , United Kingdom |
Born |
(
1982-06-11
)
11 June 1982
(age
41)
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 11 June 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 |
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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)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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
- ↑ "Childs not getting carried away" . BBC News . 22 November 2000 . Retrieved 24 March 2008 .
- ↑ Gatto, Luigi (7 October 2019). "Rafael Nadal seemed to have two forehands in 2003, says former player" . Tennis World . Retrieved 24 June 2020 .
- ↑ "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
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