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) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2000US OpenHard James Nelson Robby Ginepri Tres Davis6–2, 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 6 (2–4) LegendATP Challenger (0–1)ITF Futures (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (2–4)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Great Britain F9, GlasgowFuturesHard Jean-Claude Scherrer3–5, 4–5(3–5), 2–4Loss0–2Great Britain F10, EdinburghFuturesHard Wesley Moodie5–4(8–6), 3–5, 2–4, 5–4(7–5), 3–5Win1–2Great Britain F11, LeedsFuturesHard Bernard Parun5–4(7–5), 5–3, 5–3Loss1–3Tumkur, IndiaChallengerHard Philipp Kohlschreiber5–7, 6–7(5–7)Loss1–4Canada F2, RimouskiFuturesHard Benjamin Becker6–3, 3–6, 4–6Win2–4Greece F2, SyrosFuturesHard Miles Kasiri2–0 ret.
Doubles: 12 (5–7) LegendATP Challenger (0–1)ITF Futures (5–6)Finals by surfaceHard (4–5)Clay (0–1)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Great Britain F8, SunderlandFuturesHard Simon Dickson Oliver Freelove Jeff Laski2–6, 4–6Win1–1Great Britain F11, LeedsFuturesHard James Nelson James Auckland Barry Fulcher5–4(6–4), 5–3, 2–4, 4–2Loss1–2Great Britain F1, NottinghamFuturesCarpet James Nelson Oliver Freelove James Davidson4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(1–7)Loss1–3Bolton, United KingdomChallengerHard Mark Hilton Gilles Elseneer Wim Neefs4–6, 3–6Loss1–4Great Britain F3, BournemouthFuturesClay Mark Hilton Jaroslav Levinsky Michal Navratil0–6, 2–6Loss1–5Great Britain F6, BathFuturesHard Alexander Flock Ross Hutchins Martin Lee6–7(4–7), 3–6Loss1–6Great Britain F11, NottinghamFuturesHard Martin Lee Olivier Charroin Frederick Sundsten3–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss1–7Canada F2, RimouskiFuturesHard Frederick Sundsten Ross Hutchins Jamie Murray6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)Win2–7Great Britain F9, FelixstoweFuturesGrass Luke Bourgeois Ross Hutchins Josh Goodall4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)Win3–7Great Britain F7, BathFuturesHard Ross Hutchins Thomas Oger Lovro Zovko1–6, 6–4, 6–4Win4–7Great Britain F8, BathFuturesHard Luke Bourgeois Jamie Delgado Lovro Zovko3–6, 5–3 ret.Win5–7Greece F2, SyrosFuturesHard Edward Corrie Iain Atkinson Sean Thornley6–3, 7–5
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