Hackett, Harold

Harold Humphrey Hackett
Born: July 12, 1878
Died: November 20, 1937
Hometown: Hingham, Massachusetts, United States
Citizenship: United States
Handed: Right
Inducted: 1961

Grand Slam Record
U.S. Doubles 1907-10
Doubles finalist 1906, 11

Tournament Record
Davis Cup Captain 1908-09, 1913

A New Yorker, Harold Humphrey Hackett was best known as the partner of Fred Alexander in one of the most successful doubles teams. The 5-foot-9 Hackett was the softer, more deceptive stroker of the two. Beginning in 1905 they were U.S. finalists a record seven successive years, winning in 1907, 1908, 1909 and 1910. A Yale man, and right-handed, he was born July 12, 1878, in Hingham, MA. He and Alexander won the U.S. Indoor doubles thrice (1906-08), and he completed a sweep of the surface titles available then by taking the Clay doubles in 1912 with Walter Hall.

The following year, 1913, he was player-captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team that broke a decade drought by seizing the Cup in a 3-2 beating of Britain. He and Maurice McLoughlin won the vital go-ahead point over H. Roper Barrett and Charles Dixon, 6-4 in the fifth. He was ranked in the U.S. Top Ten twice, 1902 and 1906, No. 7 in 1906 when he was a U.S. quarterfinalist. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1961. He died in New York November 20, 1937.

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