Sean Thornley (born 31 May 1989) is a former British
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
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
Jamie Robert Murray, (born 13 February 1986) is a Scottish professional tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles. He is a seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion (five in mixed doubles and two in men's doubles), a Davis Cup win ...
and
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Sergiy Eduardovych Stakhovsky ( uk, Сергій Едуардович Стаховський, ; born January 6, 1986) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and played mostly at the Challenger le ...
, 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
Marinko Matosevic ( hr, Marinko Matošević, ; born 8 August 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 39, which he achieved in February 2013. Matosevic defeated top players including ...
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)
References
External links
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LTA profile
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English male tennis players
Tennis people from Bristol
British male tennis players
People from Bromley
1989 births
Living people