Joe Hackett (tennis)
Irish tennis player (1925–2023)
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Joseph Dominic Hackett (4 August 1925 – 11 January 2023), popularly known as J. D. Hackett, was an Irish player.[1] He was also capped for Leinster in rugby union and captained Old Belvedere R.F.C.[2]
Hackett, who made his first Irish Championship final aged 16, was active on the tennis circuit from the 1940s to the early 1960s.[3] 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.[4] He was a regular participant at Wimbledon in the 1950s.[5]
Hackett died in Dublin on 11 January 2023, at the age of 97.[6]
