Sean Thornley


Sean Thornley is a former British tennis player, best known for playing on the doubles circuit with David Rice.

Career

In 2011 Thornley and Rice qualified for the Men's Doubles at Wimbledon. They lost in the first round to Jamie Murray and Sergiy Stakhovsky, 3–6, 5–7.
After a successful year, Thornley and Rice were awarded a wildcard in 2013 in to the Wimbledon Championships Doubles Main Draw, where they lost in the first round in five sets, 4–6, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 4–6 to Marinko Matosevic and Frank Moser.
Sean Thornley and David Rice have won 21 international doubles titles together.

Challenger and Futures finals

Doubles: 47 (23–24)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Greece F2, SyrosFuturesHard Iain Atkinson Lee Childs
Edward Corrie
3–6, 5–7
Loss0–2India F7, New DelhiFuturesHard Chris Eaton Ashutosh Singh
Vishnu Vardhan
3–6, 7–6,
Win1–2Greece F2, ParosFuturesCarpet David Rice Claudio Grassi
Mikhail Vasiliev
6–4, 2–6,
Win2–2Great Britain F13, LondonFuturesHard David Rice Claudio Grassi
Alexander Slabinsky
2–6, 6–3,
Loss2–3Great Britain F14, NottinghamFuturesHard Marcus Willis Lewis Burton
Dan Evans
5–7, 6–1,
Loss2–4Great Britain F15, WrexhamFuturesHard David Rice Lewis Burton
Dan Evans
6–7, 4–6
Win3–4France F3, BressuireFuturesHard David Rice Medy Chettar
Valentin Nourrissat
Walkover
Loss3–52011 Challenger Banque Nationale de Rimouski – Doubles|Rimouski, CanadaChallengerHard David Rice Treat Huey
Vasek Pospisil
0–6, 1–6
Loss3–6Turkey F12, AntalyaFuturesHard David Rice Nikola Čačić
Jozef Kovalík
6–4, 4–6,
Win4–6Great Britain F5, BournemouthFuturesClay David Rice Carles Poch Gradin
Alexander Slabinsky
6–3, 6–4
Loss4–7Great Britain F6, EdinburghFuturesClay David Rice James Feaver
Jarryd Maher
6–2, 0–6,
Win5–7Israel F4, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard David Rice Tal Eros
Amir Weintraub
3–6, 6–3,
Loss5–8Israel F5, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard David Rice John Paul Fruttero
Amir Weintraub
7–6, 6–7,
Win6–8Great Britain F9, IlkleyFuturesGrass David Rice Chris Eaton
Josh Goodall
6–7, 6–3,
Win7–8Great Britain F12, LondonFuturesHard David Rice Ruan Roelofse
Sanam Singh
6–3, 6–2
Win8–8Great Britain F13, WrexhamFuturesHard David Rice James Feaver
Daniel Glancy
6–2, 7–5
Loss8–9Great Britain F15, NottinghamFuturesHard David Rice Josh Goodall
Marcus Willis
4–6, 6–7
Win9–9Turkey F25, AntalyaFuturesHard David Rice Mikhail Biryukov
Dmitri Sitak
2–6, 6–4,
Win10–9Turkey F26, AntalyaFuturesHard David Rice Érik Chvojka
Michal Konečný
7–6, 6–3
Win11–9Great Britain F17, CardiffFuturesHard Oliver Golding Daniel Cox
Daniel Smethurst
6–4, 6–4
Loss11–10Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard David Rice Chris Eaton
Dominic Inglot
5–7, 2–6
Loss11–11Great Britain F2, SheffieldFuturesHard David Rice Chris Eaton
Dominic Inglot
3–6, 5–7
Win12–11Great Britain F3, BirkenheadFuturesHard David Rice Lewis Burton
Chris Eaton
6–2, 6–3
Loss12–12Great Britain F4, TiptonFuturesHard David Rice Chris Eaton
Dominic Inglot
3–6, 4–6
Loss12–13Great Britain F12, WrexhamFuturesHard Oliver Golding Lewis Burton
Edward Corrie
4–6, 0–6
Win13–13Great Britain F13, LondonFuturesHard Andrew Fitzpatrick Tom Burn
Dan Evans
7–6, 6–2
Win14–132012 Türk Telecom İzmir Cup – Doubles|İzmir, TurkeyChallengerHard David Rice Brydan Klein
Dane Propoggia
7–6, 6–2
Win15–13Great Britain F17, GlasgowFuturesHard David Rice Laurynas Grigelis
Bastian Knittel
6–3, 6–2
Win16–13Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard David Rice Scott Clayton
Richard Gabb
7–6, 6–2
Win17–13Great Britain F3, SheffieldFuturesHard David Rice Dan Evans
Andrew Fitzpatrick
6–2, 7–6
Loss17–14Great Britain F4, WirralFuturesHard James Cluskey Lewis Burton
Neal Skupski
6–7, 6–2,
Win18–14Great Britain F5, CardiffFuturesHard David Rice Edward Corrie
Neal Skupski
6–1, 7–5
Win18–15Great Britain F6, ShrewsburyFuturesHard David Rice Sander Gillé
Jonas Merckx
6–2, 6–1
Loss18–16USA F10, Little RockFuturesHard David Rice Chase Buchanan
Austin Krajicek
2–6, 3–6
Loss18–17Great Britain F16, ChiswickFuturesHard David Rice Liam Broady
Joshua Ward-Hibbert
6–7, 6–2,
Win19–17France F18, NeversFuturesHard David Rice Mathieu Rodrigues
Gleb Sakharov
6–3, 6–4
Loss19–18France F19, Saint-DizierFuturesHard David Rice Germain Gigounon
Hugo Nys
6–7, 4–6
Win20–18Great Britain F21, LoughboroughFuturesHard David Rice Kevin Griekspoor
Scott Griekspoor
6–3, 6–7,
Win21–18Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard David Rice Edward Corrie
Daniel Smethurst
6–3, 6–1
Win22–18Great Britain F2, SunderlandFuturesHard David Rice Richard Gabb
Joshua Ward-Hibbert
6–3, 6–3
Loss22–19Great Britain F3, SheffieldFuturesHard David Rice Edward Corrie
Daniel Smethurst
6–3, 2–6,
Loss22–20Great Britain F8, TiptonFuturesHard David Rice Lewis Burton
Marcus Willis
6–4, 6–7,
Win23–202014 Tampere Open – Men's Doubles|Tampere, EstoniaChallengerClay Ruben Gonzales Elias Ymer
Anton Zaitcev
6–7, 7–6,
Loss23–212014 Svijany Open – Doubles|Liberec, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Ruben Gonzales Roman Jebavý
Jaroslav Pospíšil
4–6, 3–6
Loss23–22Great Britain F17, ManchesterFuturesHard Darren Walsh Laurynas Grigelis
David Rice
4–6, 4–6
Loss23–232014 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles|Knoxville, USChallengerHard Gastão Elias Miķelis Lībietis
Hunter Reese
3–6, 4–6
Loss23–24Great Britain F5, ShrewsburyFuturesHard Marcus Willis Luke Bambridge
Scott Clayton
6–7, 4–6