David Rice (tennis)

David Rice
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	San Diego, United States
Born	1 January 1989 (age 35); High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Plays	Right-handed (Double-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$157,732
Singles
Career record	0–0 (in ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 (ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam)
Highest ranking	No. 283 (10 February 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q2 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	0–2 (in ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 (ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam)
Highest ranking	No. 177 (26 August 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2011, 2013)
	Last updated on: 18 July 2016.

Last updated October 31, 2024

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.

Career

He qualified for the Wimbledon men's doubles for the first time in June 2011 with Sean Thornley.^[2] 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⁽⁷⁾, 6–4, 4–6 to Marinko Matosevic and Frank Moser.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 19 (7–12)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2009	Great Britain F9, Frinton-on-Sea	Futures	Grass	Joshua Milton	6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2009	Great Britain F13, Wrexham	Futures	Hard	Laurynas Grigelis	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 2009	Great Britain F14, Nottingham	Futures	Hard	Josh Goodall	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–4	Jul 2010	Great Britain F9, Ilkley	Futures	Grass	Josh Goodall	3–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	1–4	Aug 2010	Mexico F5, Zacatecas	Futures	Hard	César Ramírez	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–5	Sep 2010	Mexico F6, León	Futures	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	1–6, 2–6
Loss	1–6	May 2011	Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Amir Weintraub	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–7	May 2011	Israel F5, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Amir Weintraub	1–6, 1–6
Loss	1–8	Jul 2011	Great Britain F9, Ilkley	Futures	Grass	Josh Goodall	5–7, 1–6
Loss	1–9	Jan 2012	Great Britain F2, Sheffield	Futures	Hard (i)	Dan Evans	2–6, 0–6
Win	2–9	May 2013	Greece F7, Marathon	Futures	Hard	Alexios Halebian	6–3, 7–5
Win	3–9	May 2013	Greece F8, Marathon	Futures	Hard	Richard Gabb	7–5, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	3–10	Oct 2013	Great Britain F21, Loughborough	Futures	Hard (i)	Laurynas Grigelis	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3–11	Jan 2014	Great Britain F2, Sunderland	Futures	Hard (i)	Daniel Smethurst	3–6, 5–7
Win	4–11	Feb 2014	Great Britain F3, Sheffield	Futures	Hard (i)	Daniel Smethurst	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win	5–11	Jun 2014	Turkey F18, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Cem İlkel	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	6–11	Jul 2014	Great Britain F14, Frinton-on-Sea	Futures	Grass	George Coupland	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6–12	Feb 2015	Tunisia F8, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Erik Crepaldi	4–6, 6–2, 6–7^(1–7)
Win	7–12	Apr 2015	Qatar F3, Doha	Futures	Hard	Patrik Fabian	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2

Doubles: 59 (34–25)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2007	Spain F39, Vilafranca	Futures	Clay	Luka Belić	David Canudas-Fernandez Carlos Rexach-Itoiz	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2008	Spain F10, Badalona	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	David Canudas-Fernandez Oscar Sabate-Bretos	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–1	Apr 2008	Spain F14, Málaga	Futures	Clay	Marc Fornell Mestres	Óscar Burrieza Nikolai Nesterov	1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win	3–1	Apr 2008	Spain F15, Melilla	Futures	Hard	Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol	Massimo Capone Claudio Grassi	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Jun 2008	Slovenia F1, Koper	Futures	Clay	Joshua Milton	Nicolas Reissig Bertram Steinberger	3–6, 5–7
Win	4–2	Oct 2009	Greece F2, Paros	Futures	Carpet	Sean Thornley	Claudio Grassi Mikhail Vasiliev	6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Win	5–2	Sep 2010	Great Britain F13, London	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Claudio Grassi Alexander Slabinsky	2–6, 6–3, [10–0]
Loss	5–3	Sep 2010	Italy F26, Porto Torres	Futures	Hard	Paris Gemouchidis	Claudio Grassi Francesco Piccari	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–4	Sep 2010	Great Britain F15, Wrexham	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Lewis Burton Dan Evans	6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Win	6–4	Jan 2011	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Patrik Brydolf	Igor Karpov Ilia Starkov	3–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win	7–4	Feb 2011	France F3, Bressuire	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Medy Chettar Valentin Nourrissat	Walkover
Loss	7–5	Mar 2011	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Treat Huey Vasek Pospisil	0–6, 1–6
Loss	7–6	Apr 2011	Turkey F12, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Nikola Čačić Jozef Kovalík	6–4, 4–6, [4–10]
Win	8–6	Apr 2011	Great Britain F5, Bournemouth	Futures	Clay	Sean Thornley	Carles Poch Gradin Alexander Slabinsky	6–3, 6–4
Loss	8–7	May 2011	Great Britain F6, Edinburgh	Futures	Clay	Sean Thornley	James Feaver Jarryd Maher	6–2, 0–6, [6–10]
Win	9–7	May 2011	Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Tal Eros Amir Weintraub	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	9–8	May 2011	Israel F5, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	John Paul Fruttero Amir Weintraub	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(3–7), [11–13]
Win	10–8	Jul 2011	Great Britain F9, Ilkley	Futures	Grass	Sean Thornley	Chris Eaton Josh Goodall	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, [10–7]
Win	11–8	Aug 2011	Great Britain F12, London	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Ruan Roelofse Sanam Singh	6–3, 6–2
Win	12–8	Sep 2011	Great Britain F13, Wrexham	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	James Feaver Daniel Glancy	6–2, 7–5
Loss	12–9	Sep 2011	Great Britain F15, Nottingham	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Josh Goodall Marcus Willis	4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	13–9	Oct 2011	Turkey F25, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Mikhail Biryukov Dmitri Sitak	2–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win	14–9	Oct 2011	Turkey F26, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Érik Chvojka Michal Konečný	7–6^(11–9), 6–3
Loss	14–10	Jan 2012	Great Britain F1, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot	5–7, 2–6
Loss	14–11	Jan 2012	Great Britain F2, Sheffield	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot	3–6, 5–7
Win	15–11	Jan 2012	Great Britain F3, Birkenhead	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Lewis Burton Chris Eaton	6–2, 6–3
Loss	15–12	Mar 2012	Great Britain F4, Tipton	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot	3–6, 4–6
Win	16–12	Sep 2012	Great Britain F14, Chiswick	Futures	Hard	Ruan Roelofse	Harry Meehan Stefan Sterland-Markovic	7–5, 7–6^(9–7)
Win	17–12	Sep 2012	İzmir, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Sean Thornley	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	7–6^(10–8), 6–2
Win	18–12	Oct 2012	Great Britain F17, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Laurynas Grigelis Bastian Knittel	6–3, 6–2
Win	19–12	Jan 2013	Great Britain F1, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Scott Clayton Richard Gabb	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Win	20–12	Feb 2013	Great Britain F3, Sheffield	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Dan Evans Andrew Fitzpatrick	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	21–12	Mar 2013	Great Britain F5, Cardiff	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Edward Corrie Neal Skupski	6–1, 7–5
Win	22–12	Mar 2013	Great Britain F6, Shrewsbury	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Sander Gillé Jonas Merckx	6–2, 6–1
Loss	22–13	Apr 2013	USA F10, Little Rock	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Chase Buchanan Austin Krajicek	2–6, 3–6
Loss	22–14	Aug 2013	Great Britain F16, Chiswick	Futures	Hard	Sean Thornley	Liam Broady Joshua Ward-Hibbert	6–7^(5–7), 6–2, [6–10]
Win	23–14	Oct 2013	France F18, Nevers	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Mathieu Rodrigues Gleb Sakharov	6–3, 6–4
Loss	23–15	Oct 2013	France F19, Saint-Dizier	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Germain Gigounon Hugo Nys	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Win	24–15	Oct 2013	Great Britain F21, Loughborough	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Kevin Griekspoor Scott Griekspoor	6–3, 6–7^(3–7), [10–5]
Win	25–15	Jan 2014	Great Britain F1, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst	6–3, 6–1
Win	26–15	Jan 2014	Great Britain F2, Sunderland	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Richard Gabb Joshua Ward-Hibbert	6–3, 6–3
Loss	26–16	Jan 2014	Great Britain F3, Sheffield	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst	6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	26–17	Mar 2014	Great Britain F8, Tipton	Futures	Hard (i)	Sean Thornley	Lewis Burton Marcus Willis	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), [6–10]
Win	27–17	Jul 2014	Great Britain F14, Frinton-on-Sea	Futures	Grass	George Coupland	Jack Findel-Hawkins Toby Mitchell	6–4 ret.
Win	28–17	Aug 2014	Spain F24, Pozoblanco	Futures	Hard	Edward Corrie	Lewis Burton Marcus Willis	6–4, 7–5
Win	29–17	Sep 2014	France F17, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Edward Corrie	Enzo Couacaud Laurent Lokoli	6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Win	30–17	Sep 2014	Great Britain F16, Wrexham	Futures	Hard	Edward Corrie	Luke Bambridge Liam Broady	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Win	31–17	Oct 2014	Great Britain F17, Manchester	Futures	Hard (i)	Laurynas Grigelis	Sean Thornley Darren Walsh	6–4, 6–4
Win	32–17	Dec 2014	Thailand F11, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Brydan Klein	Pruchya Isaro Nuttanon Kadchapanan	3–6, 7–6^(7–1), [10–8]
Loss	32–18	Jan 2015	France F2, Bressuire	Futures	Hard (i)	Kevin King	Fabrice Martin Purav Raja	3–6, 2–6
Loss	32–19	Feb 2015	Tunisia F6, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Yannik Reuter	Tom Jomby Mick Lescure	4–6, 3–6
Loss	32–20	Mar 2015	Tunisia F8, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Claudio Grassi	Yaraslav Shyla Andrei Vasilevski	3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	32–21	Mar 2015	Great Britain F4, Wirral	Futures	Hard (i)	Daniel Cox	Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof	2–6, 6–4, [2–10]
Win	33–21	Apr 2015	Qatar F1, Doha	Futures	Hard	James Marsalek	Dominik Kellovsky Jaroslav Pospíšil	4–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	33–22	Jul 2015	Germany F9, Essen	Futures	Clay	Neil Pauffley	Marvin Netuschil Philipp Scholz	6–1, 6–7^(4–7), [6–10]
Loss	33–23	Sep 2015	Great Britain F8, Roehampton	Futures	Hard	Neil Pauffley	David O'Hare Joe Salisbury	2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	33–24	Sep 2015	Great Britain F9, Nottingham	Futures	Hard	Daniel Cox	Lloyd Glasspool Joshua Ward-Hibbert	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	33–25	Oct 2015	Sweden F5, Danderyd	Futures	Hard (i)	Sam Barry	David O'Hare Joe Salisbury	5–7, 7–6^(7–5), [5–10]
Win	34–25	Feb 2016	Great Britain F1, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Daniel Smethurst	Scott Clayton Jonny O'Mara	6–1, 6–4

Retirement

Rice played his final match against Stefano Napolitano in 2016, and having lost retired and became a tennis coach in London.^[3]^[4]

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References

1 2 "ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Biography". Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
↑ "Major UK & Worldwide Tennis Events - LTA". Lta.org.uk.
↑ "Priory Park (Crouch End) - Activities/Classes Showcase". Georgiansclub.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
↑ "David Rice - Overview - ATP Tour - Tennis". ATP Tour.

External links

David Rice at the Association of Tennis Professionals
David Rice at the International Tennis Federation
LTA profile

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[itftennis.com-1] 1 2 "ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Biography". Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

[2] "Major UK & Worldwide Tennis Events - LTA". Lta.org.uk.

[3] "Priory Park (Crouch End) - Activities/Classes Showcase". Georgiansclub.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[4] "David Rice - Overview - ATP Tour - Tennis". ATP Tour.

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