British tennis player
For the British thriller writer, see
Lee Child . For the rugby league footballer of the 1990s for Ireland, Wakefield Trinity, and Featherstone Rovers, see
Lee Child (rugby league) .
Lee Childs Country (sports) United Kingdom Residence Bridgwater ,England ,United Kingdom Born (1982-06-11 ) 11 June 1982 (age 42) Yeovil, Somerset , England, United KingdomPlays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Coach Danny Sapsford Prize money $ 201,900Singles Career record 3–8 (atATP Tour andGrand Slam -level, and inDavis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 251 (21 June 2004) Grand Slam singles results Wimbledon 2R (2003 ) Doubles Career record 0–8 (atATP Tour andGrand Slam -level, and inDavis 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, inYeovil ) is a retired Britishtennis player from England.
Following match victories in 2000, Childs was hailed as "the future of British tennis" and a successor toTim Henman andGreg Rusedski .[ 1] 2003 Wimbledon Championships , he famously defeatedNikolay 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-oldRafael 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 ] [ edit ] ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ 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 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 5–4(7–5) , 5–3, 5–3 Loss 1–3 Oct 2003 Tumkur , IndiaChallenger 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.
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 Simon Dickson Oliver Freelove 2–6, 4–6 Win 1–1 Oct 2000 Great Britain F11,Leeds Futures Hard James Nelson James Auckland 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 KingdomChallenger 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 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 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 Loss 1–7 Nov 2005 Canada F2,Rimouski Futures Hard 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 Sean Thornley 6–3, 7–5
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