Joe Hackett (tennis)

{{Short description|Irish tennis player}}

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| fullname = Joseph Dominic Hackett

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|08|04|df=yes}}

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| FrenchOpenresult = 1R (1950)

| Wimbledonresult = 1R (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959)

| USOpenresult = 1R (1962)

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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.{{cite news |title=Hackett Served Up An Ace In O'Reilly |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001730/19961105/490/0059 |work=Evening Herald |date=5 November 1996}}

Hackett, who made his first Irish Championship final aged 16, was active on the tennis circuit from the 1940s to the early 1960s.{{cite news |title=Hackett Gives Up Ireland Tennis |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19620216/391/0022 |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=16 February 1962}} An Ireland Davis Cup player from 1950 to 1961, Hackett won four singles and four doubles rubbers, then later served the team as non playing captain.{{cite news |title=Hackett Irish Captain Again |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/19650320/057/0004 |work=Ireland's Saturday Night |date=20 March 1965}} He was a regular participant at Wimbledon in the 1950s.{{cite web |title=Joe Hackett |url=https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/draws_archive/player_profile/c39fecc3-9bdf-4130-81f7-7940a12c9108.html |website=wimbledon.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215005020/https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/draws_archive/player_profile/c39fecc3-9bdf-4130-81f7-7940a12c9108.html |archive-date=15 December 2022}}