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Andre Agassi

United StatesTennisBorn: 1970

Major titles

  • 8 Grand Slam singles titles
  • Australian Open ×4 (1995, 2000, 2001, 2003)
  • US Open ×2 (1994, 1999)
  • Wimbledon (1992)
  • French Open (1999)
  • Olympic gold in singles (Atlanta 1996)
  • First man to complete the career Golden Slam (1999)
  • 60 ATP singles titles, including 17 Masters 1000 titles
  • Davis Cup ×3 with the United States (1990, 1992, 1995)
  • 101 weeks as world No. 1 (year-end No. 1 in 1999)

Key Facts

  • Wins his first ATP title in 1987 at Itaparica, Brazil
  • Wins Wimbledon in 1992, his first Grand Slam title, against Goran Ivanišević
  • Becomes world No. 1 on 10 April 1995, a position he holds for 101 weeks in total
  • Wins Olympic gold in singles at Atlanta in 1996, beating Sergi Bruguera in the final
  • Falls to No. 141 in the world in November 1997, then returns to the top and ends 1999 as year-end No. 1
  • Wins the French Open in 1999 and becomes the fifth man to complete the career Grand Slam; with his 1996 Olympic gold, he is the first to achieve the career Golden Slam
  • Plays his last match at the 2006 US Open, beaten by Benjamin Becker, and bids farewell to the New York crowd

Biography

Born on 29 April 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Andre Agassi is an American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles titles, the Olympic singles title at Atlanta in 1996 and sixty ATP titles. He was the first man to complete the career Golden Slam, which combines the four major tournaments and Olympic gold. His career, made up of peaks, a fall to No. 141 in the world and a return to the top, ended in 2006.

From the age of 13 he trained at Nick Bollettieri's academy in Florida. He turned professional in 1986 and won his first title in 1987, at Itaparica in Brazil. In 1990 and 1991 he lost three Grand Slam finals: the 1990 French Open to Andrés Gómez, the 1990 US Open to Pete Sampras and the 1991 French Open to Jim Courier. With the United States team he won the Davis Cup in 1990. His first major title came at Wimbledon in 1992, against Goran Ivanišević.

He won the US Open in 1994 against Michael Stich, then the Australian Open in 1995 against Pete Sampras. On 10 April 1995 he became world No. 1, a position he would hold for 101 weeks in total. Beaten by Sampras in the 1995 US Open final, he won the Olympic singles gold medal at Atlanta in 1996, defeating Sergi Bruguera.

What followed was more turbulent. After a 1997 season marked by injuries and a loss of motivation, he fell to No. 141 in the world in November. In his autobiography Open, published in 2009, he discusses that period, including his use of crystal meth. He climbed back into the top 10 in 1998, then enjoyed an exceptional season in 1999: he won the French Open by coming back from two sets down against Andrei Medvedev (1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4), which completed his career Grand Slam, then the US Open, and ended the year as world No. 1. He lost the 1999 Wimbledon final to Sampras but won the Australian Open in 2000, 2001 and 2003, his eighth and last major title. In the spring of 2003 he became world No. 1 again, the oldest player to hold that position at the time.

After another US Open final defeat in 2005, against Roger Federer, he retired after the 2006 US Open: his last match, on 3 September, was a third-round defeat by Germany's Benjamin Becker, followed by a farewell speech to the New York crowd. Married to Steffi Graf since 2001, he then devoted himself to his foundation, which led to a public school in Las Vegas. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2011.

Career

Career
1986-2006

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