Sean Thornley

Sean Thornley (born 31 May 1989) is a former British tennis player, best known for playing on the doubles circuit with David Rice.

Sean Thornley
Country (sports)United Kingdom Great Britain
ResidenceWest Wickham, London
Born (1989-05-31) 31 May 1989
Bristol, England
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 538 (12 September 2011)
Doubles
Career record0–3
Career titles23 (21 ITF Futures / 2 ATP Challengers)
Highest rankingNo. 160 (24 September 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2011, 2013)
Last updated on: 18 July 2016.

Career

In 2011 Thornley and Rice qualified for the Men's Doubles at Wimbledon.[1] 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(7), 6–4, 4–6 to Marinko Matosevic and Frank Moser.

Sean Thornley and David Rice have won 21 international doubles titles together.

Thornley retired from professional tennis in 2015 and now works in the commercial department at Arsenal Football Club.

Challenger and Futures finals

Doubles: 47 (23–24)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)
ITF Futures Tour (21–21)
Titles by surface
Hard (19–22)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2007 Greece F2, Syros Futures Hard United Kingdom Iain Atkinson United Kingdom Lee Childs
United Kingdom Edward Corrie
3–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Aug 2009 India F7, New Delhi Futures Hard United Kingdom Chris Eaton India Ashutosh Singh
India Vishnu Vardhan
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10]
Win 1–2 Oct 2009 Greece F2, Paros Futures Carpet United Kingdom David Rice Italy Claudio Grassi
Russia Mikhail Vasiliev
6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Win 2–2 Sep 2010 Great Britain F13, London Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice Italy Claudio Grassi
United Kingdom Alexander Slabinsky
2–6, 6–3, [10–0]
Loss 2–3 Sep 2010 Great Britain F14, Nottingham Futures Hard United Kingdom Marcus Willis United Kingdom Lewis Burton
United Kingdom Dan Evans
5–7, 6–1, [11–13]
Loss 2–4 Sep 2010 Great Britain F15, Wrexham Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Lewis Burton
United Kingdom Dan Evans
6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win 3–4 Feb 2011 France F3, Bressuire Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice France Medy Chettar
France Valentin Nourrissat
Walkover
Loss 3–5 Mar 2011 Rimouski, Canada Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice Philippines Treat Huey
Canada Vasek Pospisil
0–6, 1–6
Loss 3–6 Apr 2011 Turkey F12, Antalya Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice Serbia Nikola Čačić
Slovakia Jozef Kovalík
6–4, 4–6, [4–10]
Win 4–6 Apr 2011 Great Britain F5, Bournemouth Futures Clay United Kingdom David Rice Spain Carles Poch Gradin
United Kingdom Alexander Slabinsky
6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–7 May 2011 Great Britain F6, Edinburgh Futures Clay United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom James Feaver
Australia Jarryd Maher
6–2, 0–6, [6–10]
Win 5–7 May 2011 Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice Israel Tal Eros
Israel Amir Weintraub
3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 5–8 May 2011 Israel F5, Ramat HaSharon Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice United States John Paul Fruttero
Israel Amir Weintraub
7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), [11–13]
Win 6–8 Jul 2011 Great Britain F9, Ilkley Futures Grass United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Chris Eaton
United Kingdom Josh Goodall
6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–7]
Win 7–8 Aug 2011 Great Britain F12, London Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice South Africa Ruan Roelofse
India Sanam Singh
6–3, 6–2
Win 8–8 Sep 2011 Great Britain F13, Wrexham Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom James Feaver
Republic of Ireland Daniel Glancy
6–2, 7–5
Loss 8–9 Sep 2011 Great Britain F15, Nottingham Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Josh Goodall
United Kingdom Marcus Willis
4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 9–9 Oct 2011 Turkey F25, Antalya Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice Russia Mikhail Biryukov
Russia Dmitri Sitak
2–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win 10–9 Oct 2011 Turkey F26, Antalya Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice Canada Érik Chvojka
Czech Republic Michal Konečný
7–6(11–9), 6–3
Win 11–9 Oct 2011 Great Britain F17, Cardiff Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom Oliver Golding United Kingdom Daniel Cox
United Kingdom Daniel Smethurst
6–4, 6–4
Loss 11–10 Jan 2012 Great Britain F1, Glasgow Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Chris Eaton
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
5–7, 2–6
Loss 11–11 Jan 2012 Great Britain F2, Sheffield Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Chris Eaton
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
3–6, 5–7
Win 12–11 Jan 2012 Great Britain F3, Birkenhead Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Lewis Burton
United Kingdom Chris Eaton
6–2, 6–3
Loss 12–12 Mar 2012 Great Britain F4, Tipton Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Chris Eaton
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
3–6, 4–6
Loss 12–13 Aug 2012 Great Britain F12, Wrexham Futures Hard United Kingdom Oliver Golding United Kingdom Lewis Burton
United Kingdom Edward Corrie
4–6, 0–6
Win 13–13 Aug 2012 Great Britain F13, London Futures Hard United Kingdom Andrew Fitzpatrick United Kingdom Tom Burn
United Kingdom Dan Evans
7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 14–13 Sep 2012 İzmir, Turkey Challenger Hard United Kingdom David Rice Australia Brydan Klein
Australia Dane Propoggia
7–6(10–8), 6–2
Win 15–13 Oct 2012 Great Britain F17, Glasgow Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis
Germany Bastian Knittel
6–3, 6–2
Win 16–13 Jan 2013 Great Britain F1, Glasgow Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Scott Clayton
United Kingdom Richard Gabb
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 17–13 Feb 2013 Great Britain F3, Sheffield Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Dan Evans
United Kingdom Andrew Fitzpatrick
6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 17–14 Feb 2013 Great Britain F4, Wirral Futures Hard (i) Republic of Ireland James Cluskey United Kingdom Lewis Burton
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
6–7(5–7), 6–2, [7–10]
Win 18–14 Mar 2013 Great Britain F5, Cardiff Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Edward Corrie
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
6–1, 7–5
Win 18–15 Mar 2013 Great Britain F6, Shrewsbury Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice Belgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Jonas Merckx
6–2, 6–1
Loss 18–16 Apr 2013 USA F10, Little Rock Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice United States Chase Buchanan
United States Austin Krajicek
2–6, 3–6
Loss 18–17 Aug 2013 Great Britain F16, Chiswick Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Liam Broady
United Kingdom Joshua Ward-Hibbert
6–7(5–7), 6–2, [6–10]
Win 19–17 Oct 2013 France F18, Nevers Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice France Mathieu Rodrigues
France Gleb Sakharov
6–3, 6–4
Loss 19–18 Oct 2013 France F19, Saint-Dizier Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice Belgium Germain Gigounon
France Hugo Nys
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 20–18 Oct 2013 Great Britain F21, Loughborough Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice Netherlands Kevin Griekspoor
Netherlands Scott Griekspoor
6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]
Win 21–18 Jan 2014 Great Britain F1, Glasgow Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Edward Corrie
United Kingdom Daniel Smethurst
6–3, 6–1
Win 22–18 Jan 2014 Great Britain F2, Sunderland Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Richard Gabb
United Kingdom Joshua Ward-Hibbert
6–3, 6–3
Loss 22–19 Jan 2014 Great Britain F3, Sheffield Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Edward Corrie
United Kingdom Daniel Smethurst
6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss 22–20 Mar 2014 Great Britain F8, Tipton Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Lewis Burton
United Kingdom Marcus Willis
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [6–10]
Win 23–20 Jul 2014 Tampere, Estonia Challenger Clay Philippines Ruben Gonzales Sweden Elias Ymer
Russia Anton Zaitcev
6–7(5–7), 7–6(12–10), [10–8]
Loss 23–21 Aug 2014 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Philippines Ruben Gonzales Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil
4–6, 3–6
Loss 23–22 Oct 2014 Great Britain F17, Manchester Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom Darren Walsh Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis
United Kingdom David Rice
4–6, 4–6
Loss 23–23 Nov 2014 Knoxville, US Challenger Hard (i) Portugal Gastão Elias Latvia Miķelis Lībietis
United States Hunter Reese
3–6, 4–6
Loss 23–24 Mar 2015 Great Britain F5, Shrewsbury Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom Marcus Willis United Kingdom Luke Bambridge
United Kingdom Scott Clayton
6–7(3–7), 4–6

References

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