Sean Thornley (born 31 May 1989) 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(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 surfaceHard (19–22)Clay (2–2)Grass (1–0)Carpet (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Greece F2, SyrosFuturesHard Iain Atkinson Lee Childs Edward Corrie3–6, 5–7Loss0–2India F7, New DelhiFuturesHard Chris Eaton Ashutosh Singh Vishnu Vardhan3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10]Win1–2Greece F2, ParosFuturesCarpet David Rice Claudio Grassi Mikhail Vasiliev6–4, 2–6, [10–8]Win2–2Great Britain F13, LondonFuturesHard David Rice Claudio Grassi Alexander Slabinsky2–6, 6–3, [10–0]Loss2–3Great Britain F14, NottinghamFuturesHard Marcus Willis Lewis Burton Dan Evans5–7, 6–1, [11–13]Loss2–4Great Britain F15, WrexhamFuturesHard David Rice Lewis Burton Dan Evans6–7(6–8), 4–6Win3–4France F3, BressuireFuturesHard (i) David Rice Medy Chettar Valentin NourrissatWalkoverLoss3–5Rimouski, CanadaChallengerHard (i) David Rice Treat Huey Vasek Pospisil0–6, 1–6Loss3–6Turkey F12, AntalyaFuturesHard David Rice Nikola Čačić Jozef Kovalík6–4, 4–6, [4–10]Win4–6Great Britain F5, BournemouthFuturesClay David Rice Carles Poch Gradin Alexander Slabinsky6–3, 6–4Loss4–7Great Britain F6, EdinburghFuturesClay David Rice James Feaver Jarryd Maher6–2, 0–6, [6–10]Win5–7Israel F4, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard David Rice Tal Eros Amir Weintraub3–6, 6–3, [11–9]Loss5–8Israel F5, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard David Rice John Paul Fruttero Amir Weintraub7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), [11–13]Win6–8Great Britain F9, IlkleyFuturesGrass David Rice Chris Eaton Josh Goodall6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–7]Win7–8Great Britain F12, LondonFuturesHard David Rice Ruan Roelofse Sanam Singh6–3, 6–2Win8–8Great Britain F13, WrexhamFuturesHard David Rice James Feaver Daniel Glancy6–2, 7–5Loss8–9Great Britain F15, NottinghamFuturesHard David Rice Josh Goodall Marcus Willis4–6, 6–7(6–8)Win9–9Turkey F25, AntalyaFuturesHard David Rice Mikhail Biryukov Dmitri Sitak2–6, 6–4, [10–6]Win10–9Turkey F26, AntalyaFuturesHard David Rice Érik Chvojka Michal Konečný7–6(11–9), 6–3Win11–9Great Britain F17, CardiffFuturesHard (i) Oliver Golding Daniel Cox Daniel Smethurst6–4, 6–4Loss11–10Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard (i) David Rice Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot5–7, 2–6Loss11–11Great Britain F2, SheffieldFuturesHard (i) David Rice Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot3–6, 5–7Win12–11Great Britain F3, BirkenheadFuturesHard (i) David Rice Lewis Burton Chris Eaton6–2, 6–3Loss12–12Great Britain F4, TiptonFuturesHard (i) David Rice Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot3–6, 4–6Loss12–13Great Britain F12, WrexhamFuturesHard Oliver Golding Lewis Burton Edward Corrie4–6, 0–6Win13–13Great Britain F13, LondonFuturesHard Andrew Fitzpatrick Tom Burn Dan Evans7–6(7–2), 6–2Win14–13İzmir, TurkeyChallengerHard David Rice Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia7–6(10–8), 6–2Win15–13Great Britain F17, GlasgowFuturesHard (i) David Rice Laurynas Grigelis Bastian Knittel6–3, 6–2Win16–13Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard (i) David Rice Scott Clayton Richard Gabb7–6(7–5), 6–2Win17–13Great Britain F3, SheffieldFuturesHard (i) David Rice Dan Evans Andrew Fitzpatrick6–2, 7–6(8–6)Loss17–14Great Britain F4, WirralFuturesHard (i) James Cluskey Lewis Burton Neal Skupski6–7(5–7), 6–2, [7–10]Win18–14Great Britain F5, CardiffFuturesHard (i) David Rice Edward Corrie Neal Skupski6–1, 7–5Win18–15Great Britain F6, ShrewsburyFuturesHard (i) David Rice Sander Gillé Jonas Merckx6–2, 6–1Loss18–16USA F10, Little RockFuturesHard David Rice Chase Buchanan Austin Krajicek2–6, 3–6Loss18–17Great Britain F16, ChiswickFuturesHard David Rice Liam Broady Joshua Ward-Hibbert6–7(5–7), 6–2, [6–10]Win19–17France F18, NeversFuturesHard (i) David Rice Mathieu Rodrigues Gleb Sakharov6–3, 6–4Loss19–18France F19, Saint-DizierFuturesHard (i) David Rice Germain Gigounon Hugo Nys6–7(4–7), 4–6Win20–18Great Britain F21, LoughboroughFuturesHard (i) David Rice Kevin Griekspoor Scott Griekspoor6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]Win21–18Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard (i) David Rice Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst6–3, 6–1Win22–18Great Britain F2, SunderlandFuturesHard (i) David Rice Richard Gabb Joshua Ward-Hibbert6–3, 6–3Loss22–19Great Britain F3, SheffieldFuturesHard (i) David Rice Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst6–3, 2–6, [8–10]Loss22–20Great Britain F8, TiptonFuturesHard (i) David Rice Lewis Burton Marcus Willis6–4, 6–7(5–7), [6–10]Win23–20Tampere, EstoniaChallengerClay Ruben Gonzales Elias Ymer Anton Zaitcev6–7(5–7), 7–6(12–10), [10–8]Loss23–21Liberec, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Ruben Gonzales Roman Jebavý Jaroslav Pospíšil4–6, 3–6Loss23–22Great Britain F17, ManchesterFuturesHard (i) Darren Walsh Laurynas Grigelis David Rice4–6, 4–6Loss23–23Knoxville, USChallengerHard (i) Gastão Elias Miķelis Lībietis Hunter Reese3–6, 4–6Loss23–24Great Britain F5, ShrewsburyFuturesHard (i) Marcus Willis Luke Bambridge Scott Clayton6–7(3–7), 4–6

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