Darren Cahill

Darren Cahill (born 2 October 1965) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Australia. 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.

Darren Cahill
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceAdelaide, Australia[1]
Born (1965-10-02) 2 October 1965
Adelaide, Australia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1984
Retired1995
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,349,247
Singles
Career record133–122 (Grand Slam, Grand Prix and ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 22 (24 April 1989)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (1985, 1989, 1991)
French Open3R (1985, 1987, 1989)
Wimbledon2R (1988, 1990, 1994)
US OpenSF (1988)
Doubles
Career record192–138 (Grand Slam, Grand Prix and ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles13
Highest rankingNo. 10 (7 August 1989)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenF (1989)
French Open3R (1987)
WimbledonQF (1987, 1989)
US OpenQF (1989)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
WimbledonF (1987)
Coaching career (2018)
Coaching achievements
List of notable tournaments
(with champion)

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.[2] After chronic knee injuries and ten operations, he retired from the professional tour in 1995.[2]

Coach
Cahill coaching in 2007

Since retiring from the tour, Cahill has been a successful tennis coach and guided Lleyton Hewitt to become the youngest player ever ranked world no. 1.[2] After Hewitt, Cahill coached Andre Agassi, who under Cahill became the oldest player ever to be ranked world no. 1 in May 2003. 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.[3] He is now a member of the Adidas Player Development Program.[2] With Roger Rasheed, Brad Gilbert, and Paul Annacone, Cahill is a coach at ProTennisCoach.com, an open-access, professional coaching website.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

Personal life

Cahill is the son of Australian rules football player and coach John Cahill. He has two children, Tahlia and Benjamin. His nickname is Killer.[6] He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[7]

Career finals

Singles 4 (3–1)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP World Series since 1990 (1–1)
ATP International Series since 1990 (0–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Aug 1987 New Haven, Connecticut Hard Dan Cassidy 6–0, 6–3
Win 2. Jul 1988 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Jakob Hlasek 6–3, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 1. Jul 1990 Newport, Rhode Island Grass Pieter Aldrich 6–7, 6–1, 1–6
Win 3. Feb 1991 San Francisco, California Carpet Brad Gilbert 6–2, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles: 20 (13–7)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (1-1)
ATP World Series since 1990 (3-3)
ATP International Series since 1990 (0-0)
Titles by surface
Hard (8-4)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (5-1)
Carpet (0–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 23 December 1985 Melbourne, Australia Grass Peter Carter Brett Dickinson
Roberto Saad		 7–6, 6–1
Loss 1. 9 Jun 1986 Queen's Club, London, England Grass Mark Kratzmann Kevin Curren
Guy Forget		 2–6, 6–7
Loss 2. 13 September 1987 Bordeaux, France Clay Mark Woodforde Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez		 3–6, 3–6
Win 2. 12 October 1987 Sydney Indoor, Sydney, Australia Hard (i) Mark Kratzmann Boris Becker
Robert Seguso		 6–3, 6–2
Win 3. 28 December 1987 Adelaide, Australia Hard Mark Kratzmann Carl Limberger
Mark Woodforde		 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 4. 4 January 1988 Sydney Outdoor, Sydney, Australia Grass Mark Kratzmann Joey Rive
Bud Schultz		 7–6, 6–4
Win 5. 25 April 1988 Hamburg, Germany Grass Laurie Warder Rick Leach
Jim Pugh		 6–4, 6–4
Win 6. 10 October 1988 Sydney Indoor, Sydney, Australia Hard (i) John Fitzgerald Marty Davis
Brad Drewett		 6–3, 6–2
Win 7. 9 January 1989 Sydney Outdoor, Sydney, Australia Hard Wally Masur Pieter Aldrich
Danie Visser		 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3. 16 January 1989 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Mark Kratzmann Rick Leach
Jim Pugh		 4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 8. 12 June 1989 Queen's Club, London, England Grass Mark Kratzmann Tim Pawsat
Laurie Warder		 7–6, 6–3
Win 9. 2 October 1989 Brisbane, Australia Hard Mark Kratzmann Broderick Dyke
Simon Youl		 6–4, 5–7, 6–0
Loss 4. 9 October 1989 Sydney Indoor, Sydney, Australia Hard (i) Mark Kratzmann Scott Warner
David Pate		 3–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win 10. 26 February 1990 Memphis, Tennessee Hard (i) Mark Kratzmann Udo Riglewski
Michael Stich		 7–5, 6–2
Win 11. 9 September 1990 Newport, Rhode Island Grass Mark Kratzmann Todd Nelson
Bryan Shelton		 7–6, 6–2
Win 12. 6 October 1990 Cincinnati, Ohio Hard Mark Kratzmann Neil Broad
Gary Muller		 7–6, 6–2
Loss 5. 29 October 1990 Paris, France Carpet Mark Kratzmann Scott Davis
David Pate		 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 6. 7 January 1991 Sydney Outdoor, Sydney, Australia Hard Mark Kratzmann Scott Davis
David Pate		 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win 13. 10 January 1994 Sydney Outdoor, Sydney, Australia Hard Sandon Stolle Mark Kratzmann
Laurie Warder		 6–1, 7–6
Loss 7. 31 January 1994 Dubai, United Arab Republic Hard John Fitzgerald Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde		 7–6, 4–6, 2–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss1987WimbledonGrass Nicole Provis Jo Durie
Jeremy Bates		6–7(10–12), 3–6

References
  1. 1 September 2011 ESPN 2 tennis broadcast
  2. "Darren Cahill". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. "Tennis News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. "Pro Tennis Coach - Expert tennis coaching from Pro Tour". Protenniscoach.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  5. "Annacone and Cahill join PlaySight". Tennisindustrymag.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  6. "Darren Cahill - ESPN MediaZone U.S." Espnmediazone.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  7. AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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