# 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 | James Nelson | Robby Ginepri 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 | 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 | 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)

* 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 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 |