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Horace Rice

Horace Rice
Horace Rice 1913.jpg
Country (sports)  Australia
Born (1872-09-05)September 5, 1872
Sydney, Australia
Died January 18, 1950(1950-01-18) (aged 77)1950
Roseville,Sydney, Australia
Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record 137–50 (73.26%)
Career titles 24
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)

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

The left-hander won the Men's Singles title at the 1907 Australasian Championships. He was also runner-up 3 times. He won the Men's Doubles title at the 1915 Championships, partnering Clarence Todd.

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


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