Darren Cahill (born 2 October 1965) is a

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coach and former professional

player from Australia. In addition, Cahill is a tennis analyst for the Grand Slam events on the US sports network

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and a coach with the

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Player Development Program and at ProTennisCoach.com.

Career

Player

Cahill turned professional in 1984. He won his first tour doubles title in 1985 at the

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tournament. In 1987, he won his first top-level singles title at

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. Cahill's best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1988 US Open, where he knocked out

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(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

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partnering fellow Aussie

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. Also with Kratzmann, Cahill won the ATP Championships in

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. Cahill was a member of the Australian team which reached the final of the

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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

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. His last doubles title came in 1994 in

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. 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 youngest player ever ranked world no. 1. After Hewitt, Cahill coached

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, 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

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, Sorana Cîrstea, and Simona Halep. In 2017 and 2018, he coached Halep to No.1 on the WTA Tour and the

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championship. After a year away, Cahill rejoined with Halep in 2020. In addition to coaching individual players, Cahill was the Australian

coach from 2007 until February 2009. He is also an

talent scout and works with promising junior players worldwide. He is now a member of the

Player Development Program. With

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, and Paul Annacone, Cahill is a coach at ProTennisCoach.com, an open-access, professional coaching website. Cahill is also involved with

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, 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 as a coach for Jannik Sinner in July 2022.

Media

Since 2007, Cahill is a tennis analyst for the global sports network

for three of the four major tennis Grand Slams: the

, Wimbledon and the US Open. He also works for the Australian television network Channel 7 for the Hopman Cup and

Personal life

Cahill is the son of

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player and coach John Cahill. He has two children, Tahlia and Benjamin. His

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is ''Killer''. He was an

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scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 20 (13–7)

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed Doubles

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cahill, Darren 1965 births American television sports announcers Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Australian Institute of Sport tennis players Australian male tennis players Australian tennis coaches Living people Tennis players from Adelaide Sportspeople from the Las Vegas Valley Australian tennis commentators Tennis people from Nevada Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Australia People educated at Sacred Heart College, Adelaide