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 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 |
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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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US Open boys' doubles champions
- 1982: Jonathan Canter / Michael Kures
- 1983: Mark Kratzmann / Simon Youl
- 1984: Leonardo Lavalle / Mihnea-Ion Năstase
- 1985: Joey Blake / Darren Yates
- 1986: Tomas Carbonell / Javier Sánchez
- 1987: Goran Ivanišević / Diego Nargiso
- 1988: Jonathan Stark / John Yancey
- 1989: Wayne Ferreira / Grant Stafford
- 1990: Sébastien Leblanc / Greg Rusedski
- 1991: Karim Alami / John-Laffnie de Jager
- 1992: Jimmy Jackson / Eric Taino
- 1993: Neville Godwin / Gareth Williams
- 1994: Ben Ellwood / Nicolás Lapentti
- 1995: Lee Jong-min / Jocelyn Robichaud
- 1996: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
- 1997: Nicolás Massú / Fernando González
- 1998: K. J. Hippensteel / David Martin
- 1999: Julien Benneteau / Nicolas Mahut
- 2000: Lee Childs / James Nelson
- 2001: Stéphane Bohli / Tomáš Berdych
- 2002: Michel Koning / Bas van der Valk
- 2004: Brendan Evans / Scott Oudsema
- 2005: Alex Clayton / Donald Young
- 2006: Nathaniel Schnugg / Jamie Hunt
- 2007: Jonathan Eysseric / Jérôme Inzerillo
- 2008: Cedrik-Marcel Stebe / Nikolaus Moser
- 2009: Márton Fucsovics / Hsieh Cheng-peng
- 2010: Duilio Beretta / Roberto Quiroz
- 2011: Robin Kern / Julian Lenz
- 2012: Kyle Edmund / Frederico Ferreira Silva
- 2013: Kamil Majchrzak / Martin Redlicki
- 2014: Omar Jasika / Naoki Nakagawa
- 2015: Félix Auger-Aliassime / Denis Shapovalov
- 2016: Juan Carlos Aguilar / Felipe Meligeni Alves
- 2017: Hsu Yu-hsiou / Wu Yibing
- 2018: Adrian Andreev / Anton Matusevich
- 2019: Eliot Spizzirri / Tyler Zink
- 2020: No competition (COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2021: Max Westphal / Coleman Wong
- 2022: Ozan Baris / Nishesh Basavareddy
- 2023: Max Dahlin / Oliver Ojakäär
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