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)[]

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1907	Australasian Championships	Grass	Harry Parker	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1910	Australasian Championships	Grass	Rodney Heath	4–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	1911	Australasian Championships	Grass	Norman Brookes	2–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	1915	Australasian Championships	Grass	Gordon Lowe	6–4, 1–6, 2–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1923	Australasian Championships	Grass	Sylvia Lance Harper	Margaret Molesworth 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[]

External links[]

• Horace Rice at the International Tennis Federation
• Horace Rice at the Davis Cup
• Horace Rice at the Association of Tennis Professionals