Juan Sebastian Cabal Coach: Who is Jeff Coetzee?

Jeff Coetzee is the current coach of Juan Sebastián Cabal. Jeff was born on April 25, 1977, in the city of Kiel in South Africa. Jeff Coetzee is also a South African professional tennis player and regularly competes on the ATP tour, as a doubles specialist.

The 5’8″ player plays right-handed, and double-handed on both sides and has won six ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. Coetzee plays doubles for the South Africa Davis Cup team. Jeff resides in Florida Hills, South Africa when he is not travelling.

Jeff is the coach of the number one doubles team in the world Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah who won Wimbledon and the US Open in 2019. He also reached a career-high of 12 in the ATP doubles ranking in his own playing career, making two Australian Open semi-finals. Jeff shares his incredible and inspiring story as a player where he overcame tremendous adversity to reach the highest level of the game.

He frequently talks about the keys to his successful player/coach relationship and the rise and success of Cabal/Farah and also the importance of having the right people around you, setting goals and planning success.