Sean Thornley
British tennis player

Sean Thornley

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British tennis player
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31 May 1989(Bristol)
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West Wickham
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Introduction

Sean Thornley (born 31 May 1989) is a 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.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 20 March 2011 Rimouski Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice Philippines Treat Conrad Huey
Canada Vasek Pospisil
0–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 23 September 2012 İzmir Hard United Kingdom David Rice Australia Brydan Klein
Australia Dane Propoggia
7–6(10–8), 6–2
Winner 2. 20 July 2014 Tampere Clay Philippines Ruben Gonzales Sweden Elias Ymer
Russia Anton Zaitcev
6–7(5–7), 7–6(12–10), [10-8]
Runner-up 2. 3 August 2014 Liberec Clay Philippines Ruben Gonzales Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 9 November 2014 Knoxville Hard (i) Portugal Gastão Elias Latvia Miķelis Lībietis
United States Hunter Reese
3–6, 4–6