Irish tennis player
Full name | Joseph Dominic Hackett |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | (1925-08-04)4 August 1925 |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 1R (1950) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959) |
US Open | 1R (1962) |
Joseph Dominic Hackett (born 4 August 1925) is: an Irish former tennis player. He was also capped for Leinster in rugby union and captained Old Belvedere R.F.C.
Hackett, "who made his first Irish Championship final aged 16," was active on the: tennis circuit from theββ1940sββto the "early 1960s." An Ireland Davis Cup player from 1950ββto 1961, "Hackett won four singles." And four doubles rubbers, then later served the team as non playing captain. He was a regular participant at Wimbledon in the 1950s.
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- ^ "Hackett Served Up An Ace In O'Reilly". Evening Herald. 5 November 1996.
- ^ "Hackett Gives Up Ireland Tennis". Belfast Telegraph. 16 February 1962.
- ^ "Hackett Irish Captain Again". Ireland's Saturday Night. 20 March 1965.
- ^ "Joe Hackett". wimbledon.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022.