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David Rice (born 1 January 1989) is an English former tennis player. He is best known for his activity on the doubles circuit, where he usually played with Sean Thornley.

He qualified for the Wimbledon men's doubles for the first time in June 2011 with Sean Thornley. They lost in the first round to Jamie Murray and Sergiy Stakhovsky, 3–6, 5–7. He has played in Wimbledon 3 times.

After failing to qualify in 2012, he and Thornley were awarded a wildcard for the 2013 championship, losing 4–6, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 4–6 to Marinko Matosevic and Frank Moser.

Singles: 19 (7–12)

Titles by Surface
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (7–12)
Titles by Surface
Hard (6–9)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–3)
Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (7–12)
Hard (6–9)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–3)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Jul 2009	Great Britain F9, Frinton-on-Sea	Futures	Grass	Joshua Milton	6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	Sep 2009	Great Britain F13, Wrexham	Futures	Hard	Laurynas Grigelis	2–6, 3–6
Loss	Sep 2009	Great Britain F14, Nottingham	Futures	Hard	Josh Goodall	4–6, 3–6
Loss	Jul 2010	Great Britain F9, Ilkley	Futures	Grass	Josh Goodall	3–6, 6–7
Win	Aug 2010	Mexico F5, Zacatecas	Futures	Hard	César Ramírez	6–3, 6–4
Loss	Sep 2010	Mexico F6, León	Futures	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	1–6, 2–6
Loss	May 2011	Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Amir Weintraub	3–6, 2–6
Loss	May 2011	Israel F5, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Amir Weintraub	1–6, 1–6
Loss	Jul 2011	Great Britain F9, Ilkley	Futures	Grass	Josh Goodall	5–7, 1–6
Loss	Jan 2012	Great Britain F2, Sheffield	Futures	Hard (i)	Dan Evans	2–6, 0–6
Win	May 2013	Greece F7, Marathon	Futures	Hard	Alexios Halebian	6–3, 7–5
Win	May 2013	Greece F8, Marathon	Futures	Hard	Richard Gabb	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
Loss	Oct 2013	Great Britain F21, Loughborough	Futures	Hard (i)	Laurynas Grigelis	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	Jan 2014	Great Britain F2, Sunderland	Futures	Hard (i)	Daniel Smethurst	3–6, 5–7
Win	Feb 2014	Great Britain F3, Sheffield	Futures	Hard (i)	Daniel Smethurst	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win	Jun 2014	Turkey F18, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Cem İlkel	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	Jul 2014	Great Britain F14, Frinton-on-Sea	Futures	Grass	George Coupland	6–4, 6–4
Loss	Feb 2015	Tunisia F8, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Erik Crepaldi	4–6, 6–2, 6–7
Win	Apr 2015	Qatar F3, Doha	Futures	Hard	Patrik Fabian	4–6, 7–6, 6–2

Doubles: 59 (34–25)

Titles by Surface
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF Futures Tour (33–24)
Titles by Surface
Hard (28–21)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF Futures Tour (33–24)
Hard (28–21)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Nov 2007	Spain F39, Vilafranca	Futures	Clay	Luka Belić	David Canudas-Fernandez Carlos Rexach-Itoiz	4–6, 3–6
Win	Mar 2008	Spain F10, Badalona	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	David Canudas-Fernandez Oscar Sabate-Bretos	6–3, 6–1
Win	Apr 2008	Spain F14, Málaga	Futures	Clay	Marc Fornell Mestres	Óscar Burrieza Nikolai Nesterov	1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win	Apr 2008	Spain F15, Melilla	Futures	Hard	Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol	Massimo Capone Claudio Grassi	6–3, 6–4
Loss	Jun 2008	Slovenia F1, Koper	Futures	Clay	Joshua Milton	Nicolas Reissig Bertram Steinberger	3–6, 5–7
Win	Oct 2009	Greece F2, Paros	Futures	Carpet	Sean Thornley	Claudio Grassi Mikhail Vasiliev	6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Win	Sep 2010	Great Britain F13, London	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Claudio Grassi Alexander Slabinsky	2–6, 6–3, [10–0]
Loss	Sep 2010	Italy F26, Porto Torres	Futures	Hard	Paris Gemouchidis	Claudio Grassi Francesco Piccari	4–6, 3–6
Loss	Sep 2010	Great Britain F15, Wrexham	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Lewis Burton Dan Evans	6–7, 4–6
Win	Jan 2011	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Patrik Brydolf	Igor Karpov Ilia Starkov	3–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win	Feb 2011	France F3, Bressuire	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Medy Chettar Valentin Nourrissat	Walkover
Loss	Mar 2011	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Treat Huey Vasek Pospisil	0–6, 1–6
Loss	Apr 2011	Turkey F12, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Nikola Čačić Jozef Kovalík	6–4, 4–6, [4–10]
Win	Apr 2011	Great Britain F5, Bournemouth	Futures	Clay	Sean Thornley	Carles Poch Gradin Alexander Slabinsky	6–3, 6–4
Loss	May 2011	Great Britain F6, Edinburgh	Futures	Clay	Sean Thornley	James Feaver Jarryd Maher	6–2, 0–6, [6–10]
Win	May 2011	Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Tal Eros Amir Weintraub	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	May 2011	Israel F5, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	John Paul Fruttero Amir Weintraub	7–6, 6–7, [11–13]
Win	Jul 2011	Great Britain F9, Ilkley	Futures	Grass	Sean Thornley	Chris Eaton Josh Goodall	6–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	Aug 2011	Great Britain F12, London	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Ruan Roelofse Sanam Singh	6–3, 6–2
Win	Sep 2011	Great Britain F13, Wrexham	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	James Feaver Daniel Glancy	6–2, 7–5
Loss	Sep 2011	Great Britain F15, Nottingham	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Josh Goodall Marcus Willis	4–6, 6–7
Win	Oct 2011	Turkey F25, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Mikhail Biryukov Dmitri Sitak	2–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win	Oct 2011	Turkey F26, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Érik Chvojka Michal Konečný	7–6, 6–3
Loss	Jan 2012	Great Britain F1, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot	5–7, 2–6
Loss	Jan 2012	Great Britain F2, Sheffield	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot	3–6, 5–7
Win	Jan 2012	Great Britain F3, Birkenhead	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Lewis Burton Chris Eaton	6–2, 6–3
Loss	Mar 2012	Great Britain F4, Tipton	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot	3–6, 4–6
Win	Sep 2012	Great Britain F14, Chiswick	Futures	Hard	Ruan Roelofse	Harry Meehan Stefan Sterland-Markovic	7–5, 7–6
Win	Sep 2012	İzmir, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Sean Thornley	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	7–6, 6–2
Win	Oct 2012	Great Britain F17, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Laurynas Grigelis Bastian Knittel	6–3, 6–2
Win	Jan 2013	Great Britain F1, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Scott Clayton Richard Gabb	7–6, 6–2
Win	Feb 2013	Great Britain F3, Sheffield	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Dan Evans Andrew Fitzpatrick	6–2, 7–6
Win	Mar 2013	Great Britain F5, Cardiff	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Edward Corrie Neal Skupski	6–1, 7–5
Win	Mar 2013	Great Britain F6, Shrewsbury	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Sander Gillé Jonas Merckx	6–2, 6–1
Loss	Apr 2013	USA F10, Little Rock	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Chase Buchanan Austin Krajicek	2–6, 3–6
Loss	Aug 2013	Great Britain F16, Chiswick	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Liam Broady Joshua Ward-Hibbert	6–7, 6–2, [6–10]
Win	Oct 2013	France F18, Nevers	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Mathieu Rodrigues Gleb Sakharov	6–3, 6–4
Loss	Oct 2013	France F19, Saint-Dizier	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Germain Gigounon Hugo Nys	6–7, 4–6
Win	Oct 2013	Great Britain F21, Loughborough	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Kevin Griekspoor Scott Griekspoor	6–3, 6–7, [10–5]
Win	Jan 2014	Great Britain F1, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst	6–3, 6–1
Win	Jan 2014	Great Britain F2, Sunderland	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Richard Gabb Joshua Ward-Hibbert	6–3, 6–3
Loss	Jan 2014	Great Britain F3, Sheffield	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst	6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	Mar 2014	Great Britain F8, Tipton	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Lewis Burton Marcus Willis	6–4, 6–7, [6–10]
Win	Jul 2014	Great Britain F14, Frinton-on-Sea	Futures	Grass	George Coupland	Jack Findel-Hawkins Toby Mitchell	6–4 ret.
Win	Aug 2014	Spain F24, Pozoblanco	Futures	Hard	Edward Corrie	Lewis Burton Marcus Willis	6–4, 7–5
Win	Sep 2014	France F17, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Edward Corrie	Enzo Couacaud Laurent Lokoli	6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Win	Sep 2014	Great Britain F16, Wrexham	Futures	Hard	Edward Corrie	Luke Bambridge Liam Broady	6–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	Oct 2014	Great Britain F17, Manchester	Futures	Hard (i)	Laurynas Grigelis	Sean Thornley Darren Walsh	6–4, 6–4
Win	Dec 2014	Thailand F11, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Brydan Klein	Pruchya Isaro Nuttanon Kadchapanan	3–6, 7–6, [10–8]
Loss	Jan 2015	France F2, Bressuire	Futures	Hard (i)	Kevin King	Fabrice Martin Purav Raja	3–6, 2–6
Loss	Feb 2015	Tunisia F6, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Yannik Reuter	Tom Jomby Mick Lescure	4–6, 3–6
Loss	Mar 2015	Tunisia F8, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Claudio Grassi	Yaraslav Shyla Andrei Vasilevski	3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	Mar 2015	Great Britain F4, Wirral	Futures	Hard (i)	Daniel Cox	Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof	2–6, 6–4, [2–10]
Win	Apr 2015	Qatar F1, Doha	Futures	Hard	James Marsalek	Dominik Kellovsky Jaroslav Pospíšil	4–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	Jul 2015	Germany F9, Essen	Futures	Clay	Neil Pauffley	Marvin Netuschil Philipp Scholz	6–1, 6–7, [6–10]
Loss	Sep 2015	Great Britain F8, Roehampton	Futures	Hard	Neil Pauffley	David O'Hare Joe Salisbury	2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	Sep 2015	Great Britain F9, Nottingham	Futures	Hard	Daniel Cox	Lloyd Glasspool Joshua Ward-Hibbert	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	Oct 2015	Sweden F5, Danderyd	Futures	Hard (i)	Sam Barry	David O'Hare Joe Salisbury	5–7, 7–6, [5–10]
Win	Feb 2016	Great Britain F1, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Daniel Smethurst	Scott Clayton Jonny O'Mara	6–1, 6–4

In 2007 Rice had funding and coaching suspended for 'unprofessional behaviour' after a photograph appeared on the social networking site Bebo. Rice's father argued that the episode had been "blown out of all proportion" and that his son "likes the odd night out with his mates, the same as any other 18-year-old."

Rice played his final match against Stefano Napolitano in 2016, and having lost retired and became a tennis coach in London.

David Rice

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Introduction

Career

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 19 (7–12)

Doubles: 59 (34–25)

Bebo controversy

Retirement