{"id":449844,"date":"2025-09-25T07:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/449844\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T07:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:18:13","slug":"the-reason-why-jannik-sinners-coach-couldnt-commit-to-working-with-andy-murray-full-time-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/449844\/","title":{"rendered":"The reason why Jannik Sinner’s coach couldn’t commit to working with Andy Murray full-time in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Currently the coach of Jannik Sinner, Darren Cahill has worked with some of the very best players in tennis over the years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Australian worked with his countryman Lleyton Hewitt<\/a> during the early 2000s, guiding him to the world number one ranking and the 2001 US Open title.<\/p>\n

Cahill then joined Andre Agassi\u2019s<\/a> team, helping him win his eighth and final Grand Slam title at the 2003 Australian Open.<\/p>\n

A successful stint alongside Simona Halep followed in the late 2010s, before he became Sinner\u2019s<\/a> coach in 2022.<\/p>\n

\"JannikPhoto by Quinn Rooney\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

He also helped out several other players, as a member of the Adidas Player Development Program, including three-time major champion Andy Murray<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite enjoying their time together, Cahill<\/a> never joined Murray\u2019s team on a full-time basis.<\/p>\n

Murray\u2019s mother, Judy Murray<\/a>, has now explained why.<\/p>\n

Appearing as a guest on \u2018The Sit Down<\/a>\u2018 podcast, Murray recalled the reason why Cahill didn\u2019t join the Brit\u2019s team in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Andy Murray was looking for someone new to guide him on the coaching side. He took advice from Darren Cahill, and it was Darren Cahill who had suggested Ivan [Lendl] to Andy some years before, and that had turned out to be a relationship that bore a lot of fruit for Andy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDarren was an advisory coach on the Adidas programme when Andy was an Adidas athlete, so he had access to Darren for quite a number of months, not full-time, but quite a lot, and he really enjoyed working with him.<\/p>\n

\"DarrenPhoto by Andy Cheung\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Darren wasn\u2019t available to do that because he was doing a lot of commentary work at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unable to coach Murray himself, Cahill advised him on who he should hire instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe suggested Amelie [Mauresmo],\u201d said Murray.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo Andy went and met Amelie for lunch and really enjoyed her company, I don\u2019t think they were talking about tennis all the time, I think they talked about all sorts of other things, but what I remember him saying to me was, how much he enjoyed the fact that she listened to him, she asked him questions and she listened to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he had probably had a number of coaches that didn\u2019t listen, who tell, tell, tell, and he was really at a stage where he wanted to have more of a say in the direction of what he was doing with his game. He really enjoyed that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of the things you tend to find with female coaches, you don\u2019t find egos, you do find listening, nurturing, caring, softer skills perhaps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Choosing to hire Mauresmo as his coach, Murray quickly realised the magnitude of the decision he had just made.<\/p>\n

\"AndyPhoto credit should read WILLIAM WEST\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThey decided to give it a try, and of course, for him, it had nothing to do with gender; it was to do with her skillset. She\u2019d been a Grand Slam champion and a number one, had a wonderful variety and feel in her game. They decided to do it, and she brought a different perspective. They became great friends,\u201d said Murray.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe [Murray] was quite shocked by the reaction of some of his fellow pros and some sections of the media.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe realised very quickly that if he wasn\u2019t as successful or more successful with Amelie, then she was going to come in for a really tough time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that opened his eyes again for how tough it is for women to work at the top of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the pressure on, how did Murray perform with Mauresmo as his coach?<\/p>\n

Andy Murray\u2019s record with Amelie Mauresmo as coach<\/p>\n

Working together between 2014 and 2016, Murray and Mauresmo won seven titles.<\/p>\n\nTournament<\/strong><\/td>\nSurface<\/strong><\/td>\nFinal opponent<\/strong><\/td>\nScore<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2014 Shenzhen Open<\/td>\nHard<\/td>\nTommy Robredo<\/td>\n5-7, 7-6, 6-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2014 Vienna Open<\/td>\nHard (Indoor)<\/td>\nDavid Ferrer<\/td>\n5-7, 6-2, 7-5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2014 Valencia Open<\/td>\nHard (Indoor)<\/td>\nTommy Robredo<\/td>\n3-6, 7-6, 7-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2015 Bavarian Championships<\/td>\nClay<\/td>\nPhilipp Kohlschreiber<\/td>\n7-6, 5-7, 7-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2015 Madrid Open<\/td>\nClay<\/td>\nRafael Nadal<\/td>\n6-3, 6-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2015 Queen\u2019s Club Championships<\/td>\nGrass<\/td>\nKevin Anderson<\/td>\n6-3, 6-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2015 Canadian Open<\/td>\nHard<\/td>\nNovak Djokovic<\/td>\n6-4, 4-6, 6-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Titles Andy Murray won with Amelie Mauresmo as his coach<\/p>\n

Murray was, however, unable to add to his Grand Slam tally during this period, losing two major finals.<\/p>\n