Lee Childs (born 6 November 1982, in

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) is a retired British

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player from England. Following match victories in 2000, Childs was hailed as "the future of British tennis" and a successor to

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and

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. At the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, he famously defeated

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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

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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)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Doubles: 12 (5–7)

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* * 1982 births Living people English male tennis players People from Yeovil US Open (tennis) junior champions British male tennis players Tennis people from Somerset Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles {{England-tennis-bio-stub