Leslie Allison Godfree (27 April 1885 – 17 November 1971) was a British male tennis player who was especially successful in doubles and mixed doubles.
Biography Educated at Brighton College, Godfree played at the Wimbledon Championships from 1920 to 1930. While in singles he dropped out of the competition after the first or second round each year, he won the doubles title partnering Randolph Lycett in 1923. In January 1926, he married Kathleen McKane, a two time Wimbledon singles champion. In the same year, the newly married couple took the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon, being the only married couple ever to win this championship. Leslie had already reached the mixed doubles final two years earlier in 1924 where he was beaten by his future wife Kitty, and the couple would again in 1927.
Apart from Wimbledon, the Godfrees played at the French Championships in 1926 where they could advance to the semifinals in mixed doubles. In 1930, Godfree took part at the U.S. Championships where he reached the quarterfinals in mixed doubles, this time partnering Mercedes Malowe.
He was also member of the British Davis Cup team from 1923 to 1927 and competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (1 title) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1923 Wimbledon Grass Randolph Lycett Manuel de Gomar Eduardo Flaquer 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Mixed doubles: (1 title, 2 runners-up) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1924 Wimbledon Grass Dorothy Shepherd-Barron Kitty McKane John Gilbert 3–6, 6–3, 3–6Win 1926 Wimbledon Grass Kitty Godfree Mary Kendall Browne Howard Kinsey 6–3, 6–4Loss 1927 Wimbledon Grass Kitty Godfree Elizabeth Ryan Frank Hunter 6–8, 0–6
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