| Lee Childs | |
| Residence: | Bridgwater, England, United Kingdom |
| Birth Date: | 1982 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Yeovil, Somerset, England, United Kingdom |
| Coach: | Danny Sapsford |
| Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $201,900 |
| Singlesrecord: | 3–8 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 251 (21 June 2004) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 2R (2003) |
| Doublesrecord: | 0–8 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 344 (22 August 2005) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult: | 3R (2002) |
| Updated: | 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]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Great Britain F9, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Jean-Claude Scherrer | 3–5, 4–5(3–5), 2–4 | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | 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 | Great Britain F11, Leeds | Futures | Hard | Bernard Parun | 5–4(7–5), 5–3, 5–3 | ||
| Loss | 1–3 | Tumkur, India | Challenger | Hard | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 5–7, 6–7(5–7) | ||
| Loss | 1–4 | Canada F2, Rimouski | Futures | Hard | Benjamin Becker | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 2–4 | Greece F2, Syros | Futures | Hard |  Miles Kasiri | 2–0 ret. |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Great Britain F8, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Simon Dickson | Oliver Freelove  Jeff Laski | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 1–1 | 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 | 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 | Bolton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Mark Hilton |  Gilles Elseneer Wim Neefs | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–4 | Great Britain F3, Bournemouth | Futures | Clay | Mark Hilton |  Jaroslav Levinsky Michal Navratil | 0–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–5 | Great Britain F6, Bath | Futures | Hard | Alexander Flock | Ross Hutchins Martin Lee | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–6 | Great Britain F11, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | Martin Lee |  Olivier Charroin  Frederick Sundsten | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–7 | Canada F2, Rimouski | Futures | Hard | Frederick Sundsten | Ross Hutchins Jamie Murray | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8) | ||
| Win | 2–7 | Great Britain F9, Felixstowe | Futures | Grass |  Luke Bourgeois | Ross Hutchins Josh Goodall | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) | ||
| Win | 3–7 | Great Britain F7, Bath | Futures | Hard | Ross Hutchins | Thomas Oger Lovro Zovko | 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 4–7 | Great Britain F8, Bath | Futures | Hard | Luke Bourgeois | Jamie Delgado Lovro Zovko | 3–6, 5–3 ret. | ||
| Win | 5–7 | Greece F2, Syros | Futures | Hard | Edward Corrie | Iain Atkinson Sean Thornley | 6–3, 7–5 |