Darren Cahill

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameDarren•Cahill
Used nameDarren•Cahill
Nick/petnamesKiller
Born2 October 1965 in Adelaide, South Australia (AUS)
Measurements188 cm / 75 kg
NOC Australia

Biography

Darren Cahill was an Australian tennis player, coach, and tennis analyst who played professionally from 1984 to 1995. Cahill achieved a career-best doubles ranking of 10 in the world in August 1989, and a singles ranking of 22 in the world in April 1989.

Cahill turned professional in 1984 and won his first ATP doubles title the following year at the Melbourne Outdoor tournament. He would go on to win 12 more doubles titles during his career. Cahill reached the semi-finals of the singles tournament at the 1988 US Open. At the 1989 Australian Open he and Mark Kratzmann reached the finals of the doubles tournament.

Cahill competed in the singles and doubles tournaments at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. In singles he beat Alex Antonitsch in the first round before losing to Robert Seguso in the second round. In doubles Cahill and John Fitzgerald reached the quarter-finals.

In 1995 Cahill was forced to retire due to a knee injury. He then became a coach working with Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi, and Andy Murray. In 2007 Cahill began working as a tennis analyst for ESPN and Channel 7.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Summer Olympics Tennis AUS Darren Cahill
Singles, Men (Olympic) =17
Doubles, Men (Olympic) John Fitzgerald =5