From 2007 he also played professional tournaments and was at the Challenger in Burnie for the first time in doubles in a semi-finals. Otherwise he played futures most of the time . In the individual, where he celebrated little success, he made it once in 2009 in Champaign in a Challenger quarter-finals when he was defeated by Ričardas Berankis . In futures he did not manage to win a title. It reached its highest ranking with place 390. It was different in doubles. He triumphed a total of ten times in futures, most often in 2009 with six successes. His only two successes on the Challenger Tour came in 2009 in Samarqand and 2010 in Rimouski, each at the side of his compatriot Adam Hubble ; two more times he reached the final. At the end of 2009 he was ranked 172 for the first time at the end of the year in the top 200 of the world rankings . At the beginning of 2010 Hensel were on the ATP Tour in Brisbane and in Melbourne each wildcards awarded. At the Australian Open, he was able to reach the second round and thus celebrate his only victory in his only appearance at a Grand Slam tournament . In August 2010 he climbed to 121st place in doubles and thus to his career high in doubles. A little later he ended his career with an elbow injury. In 2013 he came back for a handful of tournaments before finally ending his professional career.
After his active time, Hensel occasionally acts as a tennis trainer. So he first worked at his former college in Tennessee. He later took over the leadership at Brisbane Boys College , which he led to the national title. He also looked after both Bernard Tomic and the Russian Olga Putschkowa during the spring tournaments in Australia.
Australia
Samarqand
Valery Rudnev Ivan Serheev
Rimouski
Scott Lipsky David Martin