Horace Rice

Horace Rice
Country (sports)  Australia
Born (1872-09-05)5 September 1872
Sydney, Australia
Died 18 January 1950(1950-01-18) (aged 77) [1]
Roseville,Sydney, Australia
Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record 284-129 (68.7%) [2]
Career titles 26 [3]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open W (1907)
Wimbledon 2R (1913)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open W (1910, 1915)
Wimbledon 2R (1913)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open W (1923)
Team competitions
Davis Cup QF (1913)
McLoughlin and Rice during the quarter-finals of the 1913 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

Horace "Horrie" Rice (1872 – 1950) was an Australian tennis player.

The left-handed Rice, who played in knickerbockers and long black socks, won the Men's Singles title at the 1907 Australasian Championships, beating Harry Parker in the final.[4] He was also runner-up 3 times (in 1910, 1911 and 1915). He won the Men's Doubles title at the 1915 Championships, partnering Clarence Todd.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner1907Australasian ChampionshipsGrassNew Zealand Harry Parker6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up1910Australasian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Rodney Heath4–6, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up1911Australasian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Norman Brookes2–6, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up1915Australasian ChampionshipsGrassUnited Kingdom Gordon Lowe6–4, 1–6, 2–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner1923Australasian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Sylvia Lance HarperAustralia Margaret Molesworth
Australia Bert St. John		2–6, 6–4, 6–4

At the time of winning his last Grand Slam title and his only one mixed doubles title (on 18 August 1923), he was 50 years and 347 days, which is the all-time record for men in tennis history.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 db4tennis
  2. ↑ Garcia, Gabriel. "Horace Rice: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Garcia, Gabriel. "Horace Rice: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Horrie Rice". Grand Slam Tennis Archive.
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