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John F. Hennessey was a top American tennis player
of the 1920s. He was ranked among the 10 best
American players three times, his highest ranking
being #4 in 1928. In both 1927 and 1928 he was the
#8-ranked player in the world.  In 1925 he and Ray
Casey reached the finals of the Wimbledon doubles.
 In an era in which tournament doubles matches
were considered almost as important as singles,
they lost one of the most famous matches in the
early history of tennis, being beaten 4-6, 9-11,
6-4, 6-1, 3-6 by one of the great French teams of
Jean Borotra and René Lacoste.  Hennessey and
George Lott won the 1928 doubles title at the U.S.
Open|American championship, the same year that
Hennessey lost two singles matches in the final
Challenge Round of the Davis Cup.  Hennessey
reached the quarterfinals of the 1927 American
championship and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in
both 1925 and 1928.  A July 14, 1924 Time Magazine
article called him The Indianapolis Cyclone.

In 1984 Hennessey was one of the first four
inductees into the USTA/Midwest Section Hall of
Fame.  There is an annual John F. Hennessey Open
tournament in Indianapolis for junior players.

*List of male tennis players