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)	Great Britain
Residence	West Wickham, London
Born	(1989-05-31) 31 May 1989 Bristol, England
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 538 (12 September 2011)
Doubles
Career record	0–3
Career titles	23 (21 ITF Futures / 2 ATP Challengers)
Highest ranking	No. 160 (24 September 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2011, 2013)
Last updated on: 18 July 2016.

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

External links

• Sean Thornley at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sean Thornley at the International Tennis Federation
• LTA profile