Leslie Godfree
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Leslie Allison Godfree was a British male tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player.

Godfree won his first championship in 1923, partnering Randolph Lycett
Randolph Lycett
Randolph Lycett was a famous men's doubles tennis player.Lycett was the recognized as one of the dominant players in men's doubles...

 to win the men's doubles at Wimbledon. His second championship came in 1926; Leslie and his wife Kitty were the only married couple ever to win the mixed doubles championship at Wimbledon. He was a runner-up in the mixed-doubles at Wimbledon on two further occasions.

He was also member of the British Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

 team 1923-1927 and competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...

in Paris.
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