Leslie Godfree

Leslie Godfree

Full name	Leslie Allison Godfree
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Born	(1885-04-27)27 April 1885 Brighton, Sussex, England
Died	17 November 1971(1971-11-17) (aged 86) Richmond, London, England
Plays	right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1926)
Wimbledon	3R (1923)
US Open	1R (1930)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	3R (1926)
Wimbledon	W (1923)
US Open	2R (1930)
Olympic Games	1R (1924)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	SF (1926)
Wimbledon	W (1926)
US Open	QF (1930)
Olympic Games	QF (1924)

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)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	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)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1924	Wimbledon	Grass	Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	Kitty McKane John Gilbert	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	1926	Wimbledon	Grass	Kitty Godfree	Mary Kendall Browne Howard Kinsey	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1927	Wimbledon	Grass	Kitty Godfree	Elizabeth Ryan Frank Hunter	6–8, 0–6

External links

• Leslie Godfree at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Leslie Godfree at the International Tennis Federation
• Leslie Godfree at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Leslie Godfree at the Davis Cup