Darren Cahill

Born in Adelaide to Australian football icon John Cahill, Darren started playing professional tennis at the age of nineteen. A year later, Cahill won his first tour doubles title at Melbourne, followed by his first top-level singles title in Gstaad three years later. Cahill also takes pride in eliminating Boris Becker at the US Open to reach semi-finals, making his performance at the Grand Slam event still widely regarded as his career best.

In 1988, Cahill was awarded the Australian Male Tennis Player of the Year Award, in recognition of his highly successful sporting career. 

The 1989 Australian Open saw Cahill finishing runner-up in men’s doubles alongside Mark Kratzmann. He also played for the Australian team in the 1990 Davis Cup, achieving a career 6-4 Davis Cup record with 4-0 in doubles and 2-4 in singles.

Ranked World number 22 in singles and world number 10 in doubles, Cahill’s career has included victories against fellow tennis icons like John McEnroe, Goran Ivanisevic and Mats Wilander. He was also the winner of two ATP singles titles and thirteen doubles titles. 

Retiring from the professional tour after an unfortunate knee injury in 1994, Cahill continues to share his passion of tennis as a highly sought-after coach, analyst and commentator. Best known for his mild and well-mannered demeanour, Cahill delivers expert insight with a friendly Australian attitude.

As a professional tennis coach, Cahill has coached Lleyton Hewitt to his first major title in the 2001 US Open, making Hewitt the youngest man ever to reach number one globally at the age of twenty. Cahill also coached Andre Agassi back to number one with his eighth title at the 2003 Australian Open. He was the Australian Davis Cup coach from 2007 to 2009 and a prominent Ambassador of the Tennis Australia Coaching Membership program.

Thanks to his expert guidance, Cahill won Australian Coach of the Year in 2001.

As the resident consultant and coach to Adidas’ player development program, Cahill has worked with a number of players, such as Andy Murray, Ana Ivanovic, Fernando Verdasco, Grigor Dimitrov, Daniela Hantuchova and Angelique Kerber.

Cahill also works at ESPN2 as a tennis analyst and commentator, delivering key insights alongside other tennis greats like Chris Evert, Cliff Drysdale and John McEnroe.

With a successful career in tennis and an extensive breadth of experience, Darren Cahill’s passion for the sport makes him an incredible speaker for any conference.