Alexander Henry (Harry)
Hassett
Male
Australia
1905-01-12
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
1971-12-16
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Also played competitive cricket. Brother of cricketing legend Lindsay Hassett.
He was the eldest boy of a large family. The boys were very sporting types and Lindsay Hassett went onto captain Australia. Harry, opted to play tennis constantly hitting against a brick wall on their farm. He joined the Geelong Lawn Tennis Club and played pennant. He soon made the A Grade side and was playing some seasons without losing a match.
In 1930 he was invited to the Davis Cup trials with the likes of Willard, Moon, Hopman and Crawford....apparently he played well and in the waiting period for team selection cracked a bone in his elbow while playing football at home with his brothers, which meant he was excluded.
Famous DC player from Geelong Jack Hawkes was young Harry's mentor and as you can see from the Geelong Easter Tournament the big names of Melbourne tennis came down for the event. He won this 8 years straight. Absolutely a top class player.
In 1932, Harry was aiming higher and took Hopman to 5 sets in a DC trials match. In the showers after the match he slipped and sprained his ankle which again put him out of contention for the Davis Cup and out of the Australian Championships in Adelaide.
1925 - 1947
11
96
68
1936 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1935 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1934 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1934 - Riverina ()
1933 - Royal South Yarra (Amateur)
1933 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1932 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1931 - Royal South Yarra (Amateur)
1931 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1930 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1929 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
Alan S. Cook
?
Final
Earl D. Peatt 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
G. Barton
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
George Thomas Holloway
6-2
6-4
Final
Reg Ewin 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
Walter George Synot
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
William Charles Ainsworth
8-6
3-6
8-6
Final
Reg Ewin 1 *
Harry Hassett
8-6
6-0
Round 2
Harry Hopman 1 *
Harry Hassett
8-6
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
Lionel Lewis Walter
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
Cecil Stuart
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Reg Ewin 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
Albert Hartley Maggs
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 2
John Bromwich 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
W.P. Carr
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
James G. Williams
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
Walter George Synot
7-5
12-10
Final
George Thomas Holloway 1 *
Harry Hassett
7-5
2-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Jack Walton 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
Dinny Pails
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Lionel Brodie 1 *
Harry Hassett
8-6
6-4
4-6
4-6
7-5
Round 3
Harry Hassett 1 *
O. Toong
6-4
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
V.T. Wong 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
T.S. Anderson
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
Lionel Lewis Walter
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
C.C. Bain
6-1
6-3
Final
Harry Hassett 1 *
Norman Ridley
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
H.B. Reid
6-3
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Abel Kay 1 *
Harry Hassett
7-5
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
Lionel Lewis Walter
6-1
6-1
Final
Harry Hassett 1 *
James G. Williams
?
Final
Don Turnbull 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-3
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
Ronald William Pullman
6-2
7-5
6-0
Round 2
Harry Hassett 1 *
Eric Freak
6-0
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Vivian McGrath 1 *
Harry Hassett
5-7
8-6
6-0
6-4
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
Arthur Huxley
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Jack Crawford 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-3
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Semifinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
James G. Williams
6-1
6-2
Final
Harry Hassett 1 *
J.C. Catamore
6-2
6-1
Final
Harry Hassett 1 *
Fred Kalms
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Harry Hassett 1 *
William Lawrence (Bill) Ryan
6-1
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Ellsworth Vines 1 *
Harry Hassett
4-6
6-1
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Harry Hassett 1 *
Angus Clifford (Cliff) Harvey
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Don Turnbull 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-4
4-6
6-0
6-4
Round 1
Semifinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
Frederick C. Jones
6-2
6-0
Final
Harry Hassett 1 *
Kenneth Ewing Jarman
9-7
6-1
Final
Harry Hassett 1 *
Bert Tonkin
5-7
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
Ian Harry Trethowan
6-1
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Vivian McGrath 1 *
Harry Hassett
7-5
1-6
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
Kenneth Ewing Jarman
6-1
6-1
Final
Harry Hassett 1 *
Richard Schlesinger
6-0
6-4
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
William Lawrence (Bill) Ryan
w.o.
Round 2
Harry Hassett 1 *
Arthur Mortley Cattanach
6-1
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
Reg Ewin
6-2
4-6
6-0
7-5
Semifinals
Vivian McGrath 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-1
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
Reg Ewin
6-0
6-1
5-7
8-6
Round 2
Harry Hassett 1 *
David (Dave) Thompson
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Jack Cummings 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Harry Hassett 1 *
Basil Shaw Fitchett
7-5
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Harry Hassett 1 *
Adrian Quist
2-6
6-2
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
Sydney Aubrey Willard
6-4
1-6
2-6
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Harry Hopman 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-1
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
F.N. Newman
7-5
6-0
Semifinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
C.J. Shaw
6-2
6-3
Final
Harry Hassett 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
4-6
6-1
6-3
Final
Harry Hassett 1 *
Willis Ernest Teague
6-8
7-5
6-2
Round 2
Harry Hassett 1 *
Mervyn Gerald Weston
6-1
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
Reg Ewin
6-1
5-7
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
John (Jack) Clemenger 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-4
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Harry Hassett 1 *
Adrian Quist
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Harry Hopman 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-1
11-13
6-1
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Round 2
Harry Hassett 1 *
James Black
6-1
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Jack Crawford 1 *
Harry Hassett
2-6
6-3
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
C.J. Shaw
6-2
6-2
Final
Harry Hassett 1 *
Richard Schlesinger
0-6
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Harry Hassett 1 *
L.N. Allen
6-4
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Richard Schlesinger 1 *
Harry Hassett
4-6
8-6
1-6
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
F. Finlayson
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
John Reginald (James) MacGillicuddy
6-2
6-3
Final
Harry Hassett 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Harry Hassett 1 *
Spencer Fellows Millear
8-6
6-1
Semifinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
William Sydney Carr
6-4
6-2
Final
Richard Schlesinger 1 *
Harry Hassett
8-10
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
Victor Hopetoun Carr
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Harry Hassett 1 *
Robert Roy Pitty (Bob) Barbour
6-3
3-6
6-4
Final
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Harold Alan Ernest (Tiny) Coldham 1 *
Harry Hassett
5-7
6-2
6-4
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-2
8-6