Lee Childs (born 6 November 1982, in
Yeovil
Yeovil () is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Somerset, England. It is close to Somerset's southern border with Dorset, west of London, south of Bristol, west of Sherborne and east of Taunton. The population of the bui ...
) is a retired British
tennis
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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
Tim Henman and
Greg Rusedski.
At the
2003 Wimbledon Championships, he famously defeated
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournam ...
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
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
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)
References
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1982 births
Living people
English male tennis players
British male tennis players
Sportspeople from Yeovil
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Tennis players from Somerset
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
21st-century English sportsmen
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