Darren Cahill (born 2 October 1965) is an Australian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. In addition, Cahill is a tennis analyst for the Grand Slam events on the US sports network ESPN and a coach with the Adidas Player Development Program and at ProTennisCoach.com.

Early life and education Cahill is the son of Australian rules football player and coach John Cahill. After high school he attended the Australian Institute of Sport on a scholarship.

Career

Player Cahill turned professional in 1984. He won his first tour doubles title in 1985 at the Melbourne Outdoor tournament. In 1987, he won his first top-level singles title at New Haven.

Cahill's best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1988 US Open, where he knocked out Lawson Duncan, Boris Becker, Marcelo Ingaramo (a walkover after Ingaramo withdrew), Martin Laurendeau, and Aaron Krickstein on the way to reaching the semifinals, where he lost to eventual champion Mats Wilander.

In 1989, Cahill finished runner-up in men's doubles at the Australian Open partnering fellow Aussie Mark Kratzmann. Also with Kratzmann, Cahill won the ATP Championships in Cincinnati.

Cahill was a member of the Australian team which reached the final of the Davis Cup in 1990. The team lost 3–2 to the United States in the final. Cahill compiled a 6–4 career Davis Cup record (4–0 in doubles and 2–4 in singles).

Cahill won his last tour singles title in 1991 at San Francisco. His last doubles title came in 1994 in Sydney.

In 1989, Cahill's reached his career peak doubles ranking of world No. 10 and his peak singles ranking of no. 22 in 1989. After chronic knee injuries and ten operations, he retired from the professional tour in 1995.

Coach

Since retiring from the tour, Cahill has been a successful tennis coach and guided Lleyton Hewitt to become the second youngest player ever ranked world No. 1. After Hewitt, Cahill coached Andre Agassi, who under Cahill became the oldest player ever to be ranked world no. 1 in May 2003 (later surpassed by multiple players). Cahill joined the Adidas Player Development Program after Agassi retired in 2006 and has worked with high-profile players, including Andy Murray, Ana Ivanovic, Fernando Verdasco, Daniela Hantuchová, Sorana Cîrstea, and Simona Halep. In 2017 and 2018, he coached Halep to No.1 on the WTA Tour and the 2018 French Open championship. After a year away, Cahill rejoined with Halep in 2020.

In addition to coaching individual players, Cahill was the Australian Davis Cup coach from 2007 until February 2009. He is also an Adidas talent scout and works with promising junior players worldwide. He is now a member of the Adidas Player Development Program. With Roger Rasheed, Brad Gilbert, and Paul Annacone, Cahill is a coach at ProTennisCoach.com, an open-access, professional coaching website. Cahill is also involved with PlaySight Interactive, a sports technology company behind the SmartCourt. Along with Paul Annacone, he heads up PlaySight's Coaching and Player Development team, helping the company to bring its technology to more tennis coaches and players across the world.

In January 2022, Cahill began coaching tennis player Amanda Anisimova as a trial coach. He joined Simone Vagnozzi as a coach for Jannik Sinner in July 2022. The pair received the Coach of the Year award at the 2023 ATP Awards.

Cahill coached Sinner to win the 2024 Australian Open and US Open, the 2025 Australian Open and Wimbledon, and the 2026 Wimbledon.

Media Since 2007, Cahill is a tennis analyst for the global sports network ESPN for three of the four major tennis Grand Slams: the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. He also works for the Australian television network Channel 7 for the Hopman Cup and Australian Open.

Personal life Cahill and his wife Victoria married in 2000. They have two children, Benjamin and Tahlia.

Cahill's nickname is "Killer".

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles / 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–0)ATP 250 Series (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–1)Indoors (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Gstaad, SwitzerlandGrand PrixClay Jakob Hlasek6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)Loss1–1Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Pieter Aldrich6–7(10–12), 6–1, 1–6Win2–1San Francisco, United StatesWorld SeriesCarpet Brad Gilbert6–2, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles: 20 (13 titles / 7 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–1)ATP World Tour Masters Series (1–1)ATP World Series since 1990 (3–3)ATP International Series since 1990 (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (8–4)Clay (0–1)Grass (5–1)Carpet (0–2)

ResultW-L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Dec 1985Melbourne, AustraliaGrass Peter Carter Brett Dickinson Roberto Saad7–6(7–3), 6–1Loss1–1Jun 1986Queen's Club, London, EnglandGrass Mark Kratzmann Kevin Curren Guy Forget2–6, 6–7Loss1–2Jul 1987Bordeaux, FranceClay Mark Woodforde Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez3–6, 3–6Win2–2Oct 1987Sydney Indoor, AustraliaHard (i) Mark Kratzmann Boris Becker Robert Seguso6–3, 6–2Win3–2Dec 1987Adelaide, AustraliaHard Mark Kratzmann Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde4–6, 6–2, 7–5Win4–2Jan 1988Sydney Outdoor, AustraliaGrass Mark Kratzmann Joey Rive Bud Schultz7–6, 6–4Win5–2Apr 1988Hamburg, West GermanyGrass Laurie Warder Rick Leach Jim Pugh6–4, 6–4Win6–2Oct 1988Sydney Indoor, AustraliaHard (i) John Fitzgerald Marty Davis Brad Drewett6–3, 6–2Win7–2Jan 1989Sydney Outdoor, AustraliaHard Wally Masur Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser6–4, 6–3Loss7–3Jan 1989Australian Open, MelbourneHard Mark Kratzmann Rick Leach Jim Pugh4–6, 4–6, 4–6Win8–3Jun 1989Queen's Club, London, EnglandGrass Mark Kratzmann Tim Pawsat Laurie Warder7–6, 6–3Win9–3Oct 1989Brisbane, AustraliaHard Mark Kratzmann Broderick Dyke Simon Youl6–4, 5–7, 6–0Loss9–4Oct 1989Sydney Indoor, AustraliaHard (i) Mark Kratzmann Scott Warner David Pate3–6, 7–6, 5–7Win10–4Feb 1990Memphis, TennesseeHard (i) Mark Kratzmann Udo Riglewski Michael Stich7–5, 6–2Win11–4Jul 1990Newport, Rhode IslandGrass Mark Kratzmann Todd Nelson Bryan Shelton7–6, 6–2Win12–4Aug 1990Cincinnati, OhioHard Mark Kratzmann Neil Broad Gary Muller7–6, 6–2Loss12–5Oct 1990Paris, FranceCarpet Mark Kratzmann Scott Davis David Pate7–5, 3–6, 4–6Loss12–6Jan 1991Sydney Outdoor, AustraliaHard Mark Kratzmann Scott Davis David Pate6–3, 3–6, 2–6Win13–6Jan 1994Sydney Outdoor, AustraliaHard Sandon Stolle Mark Kratzmann Laurie Warder6–1, 7–6Loss13–7Jan 1994Dubai, United Arab RepublicHard John Fitzgerald Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde7–6, 4–6, 2–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreLoss 1987 Wimbledon Grass Nicole Provis Jo Durie Jeremy Bates6–7(10–12), 3–6

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ32R3RA1R2R3R1R3RAA1R0 / 88–8French OpenAA3R2R3R1R3R1RAAA1R0 / 77–7WimbledonAAQ21RQ22R1R2RAAA2R0 / 53–5US OpenAAA1R2RSF2R4RAAAA0 / 510–5Win–loss0–01–14–21–33–37–45–44–42–10–00–01–30 / 2528–25National RepresentationSummer OlympicsNHANot Held2RNot HeldANH0 / 11–1ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAA3R2R3R3RAAQF0 / 510–5MiamiAAAA3R2R3R1R3RAAA0 / 56–5Monte CarloAAAAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1HamburgAAAA2R3R1RAAAAQ10 / 33–3RomeAAAAAA3RAAAAQ30 / 12–1CanadaAAAAAAA3RAAAA0 / 12–1CincinnatiAAAAA1RA3RAAAA0 / 22–2ParisAAAAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–03–25–65–46–43–20–00–03–10 / 1925–19

Doubles Tournament19821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1R2RAQF3RFQF3RAA1R1R0 / 915–9French OpenAAA1R2R3R3R1R1R2RAA2RA0 / 87–8WimbledonAAA1R2RQF2RQF1RAAA1RA0 / 78–7US OpenAAAA1R1R3RQF1RAAA2RA0 / 66–6Win–loss0–00–00–11–32–37–47–411–43–43–20–00–02–40–10 / 3036–30National RepresentationSummer OlympicsNHANot HeldQFNot HeldANot Held0 / 12–1Year-end ChampionshipsATP FinalsDid not qualifyRRDid not qualify0 / 10–3ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAA1R2R1R2R2RAASFA0 / 65–6MiamiAAAAA1R2RQFSF3RAAAA0 / 58–5Monte CarloAAAAA1R2RAAAAAAA0 / 20–2HamburgAAAAA2RWAAAAA2RA1 / 36–2RomeAAA1R2RAA1RAAAA1RA0 / 41–4CanadaQFAAAAAAA1RAAAAA0 / 22–2Cincinnati1RAAAAQFSFAWAAA2RA1 / 511–4ParisAAAAAASFAFAAAAA0 / 25–2Win–loss2–20–00–00–11–13–515–53–312–41–20–00–05–40–02 / 2942–27

Mixed doubles Tournament1986198719881989199019911992199319941995SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA2RA1RAAA1R2R0 / 42–4French OpenA2R3RQFAAAAAA0 / 35–3Wimbledon2RFQFQF3RAAAAA0 / 514–5US OpenQFA1R1RAAAAAA0 / 32–3Win–loss3–26–26–45–32–20–00–00–00–11–10 / 1523–15

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