Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi have been voted Coach of the Yr within the 2023 ATP Awards for his or her work with Italian Jannik Sinner.

In 2023, the 22-year-old Sinner captured his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title in Toronto, reached the championship match on the Nitto ATP Finals and have become the primary Italian man to finish a season within the Prime 5 of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.

The World No. 4, who completed the yr holding a 64-15 file, additionally reached his maiden main semi-final at Wimbledon beneath the steering of Cahill and Vagnozzi. Sinner received 4 tour-level trophies in 2023 and acquired the Followers’ Favorite Award earlier this week.

Vagnozzi has labored with Sinner since February 2022 however has been conscious of Sinner’s potential for significantly longer.

“I’ve recognized Jannik from when he was 14. He performed in opposition to one in every of my junior gamers, so I noticed him for the primary time there,” Vagnozzi informed atptour.com earlier this yr. “It is very nice to educate him as a result of he is a extremely humorous man. He has a extremely good character. It is easy to educate Jannik additionally as a result of he desires to enhance quite a bit and go on the court docket at all times with a smile and every little thing, so for a coach it’s actually good.”

Cahill, who has coached former World No. 1s Andre Agassi and Lleyton Hewitt, joined Staff Sinner in June 2022. The Australian has centered on growing the Italian’s psychological aspect.

“My function is extra in regards to the expertise and tips on how to assist him mentally in these massive moments, and to ensure that we’re engaged on the correct stuff that finally goes to get him to the place we wish to be,” Cahill stated earlier this season.

Cahill and Vagnozzi have been nominated for Coach of the Yr honours together with Craig Boynton (Hubert Hurkacz), 2022 winner Juan Carlos Ferrero (Carlos Alcaraz), Goran Ivanisevic (Novak Djokovic) and Bryan Shelton (Ben Shelton). Fellow coaches vote on the nominees and winner on this class. 

Sinner has additionally been nominated two player-voted awards: Most Improved Participant of the Yr and the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, The winners for these classes will probably be introduced later this week.