Harold Hackett

Harold Hackett

Full name	Harold Humphrey Hackett
Country (sports)	United States
Born	July 12, 1878 Hingham, MA, USA
Died	New York, NY, USA
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF	1961 (member page)
Singles
Career record	{{#property:P564}}
Highest ranking	No. 7 (1906 U.S. ranking)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	QF (1906)
Doubles
Career record	{{#property:P555}}
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	W (1907, 1908, 1909, 1910)

Harold Humphrey Hackett (July 12, 1878 – November 20, 1937) was an American tennis player.

Biography

Born in Hingham, Massachusetts, but a long-time resident of New York, Hackett turned in his best results in doubles with Fred Alexander. Beginning in 1905, they were finalists at the U.S. National Championships a record seven consecutive years, winning in 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1910.

A graduate of Yale University, Hackett and Princeton University graduate Alexander won the U.S. Indoor doubles three times (1906–08), and he teamed with Walter Hall to win the U.S. Clay Court doubles title in 1912.

The following year, 1913, he was player-captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team that beat the United Kingdom in the final to win the Cup.

Hackett was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 twice: No. 9 in 1902 and at No. 7 in 1906 (when he was a U.S. quarter-finalist). He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1961.

Hackett was a member of the Tennis Players' Committee who in 1915 advocated moving the National Tennis Championships from Newport, MA to Forrest Hills, NY.

Grand Slam doubles finals

Titles (4)

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponents	Score
1907	US Championships	Fred Alexander	Nat Thornton Bryan M. Grant	6-2, 6-1, 6-1
1908	US Championships	Fred Alexander	Raymond Little Beals Wright	6-1, 7-5, 6-2
1909	US Championships	Fred Alexander	George Janes Maurice McLoughlin	6-4, 6-4, 6-0
1910	US Championships	Fred Alexander	Tom Bundy Trowbridge Hendrick	6-1, 8-6, 6-3

Runner-ups (3)

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponents	Score
1905	US Championships	Fred Alexander	Holcombe Ward Beals Wright	4-6, 4-6, 1-6
1906	US Championships	Fred Alexander	Holcombe Ward Beals Wright	3-6, 6-3, 3-, 3-6
1911	US Championships	Fred Alexander	Raymond Little Gustav Touchard	5-7, 15-13, 2-6, 4-6

External links

• Harold Hackett at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Davis Cup - Player Profile
• Tennis Archives.com - Player Profile