Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi

Country (sports)	United States (Also has citizenship status in Iran)
Residence	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Turned pro	1986
Retired	September 3, 2006
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Prize money	$31,110,975
Singles
Career record	868-273
Career titles	60
Highest ranking	No. 1 (April 10, 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (1995, 2000, 2001, 2003)
French Open	W (1999)
Wimbledon	W (1992)
US Open	W (1994, 1999)
Doubles
Career record	40-42
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 123 (August 17, 1992)
Last updated on: September 3, 2006.

Olympic medal record
Men's tennis
	1996 Atlanta	Singles

Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former world number one professional tennis player from the United States. He is one of only five players to have won all four Grand Slam singles events during his career. He is also the only player in the open era to have won every Grand Slam singles title, the Tennis Masters Cup, the Davis Cup, and an Olympic gold medal.

Because of sciatica caused by degenerative disc disease, Agassi retired from professional tennis on September 3, 2006, after losing in the 3rd round of the US Open. Agassi is married to Steffi Graf and has two children. He is the founder of the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation, which has raised over $60 million for at-risk children in Southern Nevada.[2] In 2001, the Foundation opened the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Los Angeles, a K-12 public charter school for at-risk children.[3]

Early life

Agassi is of Armenian-Iranian, Assyrian and French ancestry. His father, Emmanuel "Mike" Agassi (who represented Iran in boxing at the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Games before immigrating to the United States), was intent on having a child win all four tennis Grand Slams. He called Agassi's two older siblings "guinea pigs" in the development of his coaching techniques. He honed Andre's eye-coordination when he was an infant by hanging tennis balls above his crib. He gave Agassi paddles and balloons when he was still in a high chair. When Agassi started playing tennis, his ball collection filled 60 garbage cans with 300 balls per can, and Agassi would hit 3,000-5,000 balls every day. When Andre was five years old, he was already practicing with pros such as Jimmy Connors and Roscoe Tanner. Later, Mike began working in one of the Las Vegas casinos that belonged to Armenian American tycoon Kirk Kerkorian. Mike and Kirk became good friends, and Andre's middle name "Kirk" is actually after Kirk Kerkorian.

Mike Agassi learned tennis by watching tapes of champions. He took a very systematic approach to the physics and psychology of tennis and is still active in the sport.

At the age of 14, Andre was sent to teaching guru Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Academy in Florida. He turned professional at the age of 16.

Tennis career

1986-1997: Image is everything

Agassi turned professional in 1986 and won his first top-level singles title in 1987 at Itaparica. He won 6 further tournaments in 1988, and, by December of that year, he had surpassed $2 million in career prize money after playing in just 43 tournaments – the fastest anyone in history had reached that level.

As a young up-and-coming player, Agassi embraced a rebel image. He grew his hair to rocker length, sported an earring, and wore colorful shirts that pushed tennis' still-strict sartorial boundaries. He boasted of a cheeseburger diet and endorsed the Canon "Rebel" camera. "Image is everything" was the ad's line, and it became Agassi's as well.

Strong performances on the tour meant that Agassi was quickly tipped as a future Grand Slam champion. He began the 1990s, however, with a series of near-misses. He reached his first Grand Slam final in 1990 at the French Open, where he lost in four sets to the seasoned veteran Andrés Gómez. Later that year, he lost in the final of the U.S. Open to another up-and-coming teenage star, Pete Sampras. The rivalry between these two American players became the dominant rivalry in tennis over the rest of the decade. In 1991, Agassi reached his second consecutive French Open final, where he faced fellow former Bollettieri Academy student Jim Courier. Courier emerged the victor in a dramatic five set final.

In addition to not playing the Australian Open for the first 8 years of his career, in what would later become his best grand slam event, Agassi chose not to play at Wimbledon from 1988 through 1990 and publicly stated that he did not wish to play there because of the event's traditionalism, particularly its "predominantly white" dress code to which players at the event are required to conform. Many observers at the time speculated that Agassi's real motivation was that his strong baseline game would not be well suited to Wimbledon's grass court surface. Agassi decided to play at Wimbledon in 1991, leading to weeks of speculation in the media about what he would wear. He eventually emerged for the first round in a completely white outfit. He went on to reach the quarterfinals on that occasion.

To the surprise of many, Agassi's Grand Slam breakthrough came at Wimbledon in 1992, when he beat Goran Ivanišević in a tight five set final. Along the way, Agassi's baseline counter-punching dispatched two former Wimbledon champions in Boris Becker and John McEnroe, as well as future Wimbledon champion Ivanišević (who went on to claim the title in 2001). No other baseliner would triumph at Wimbledon until Lleyton Hewitt ten years later, on slower, higher bouncing grass.

Following wrist surgery in 1993, Agassi came back strongly in 1994 by becoming the first man to capture the U.S. Open as an unseeded player, beating Michael Stich in the final after a stirring quarterfinal against Michael Chang. After shaving his balding head, he captured his first Australian Open title in 1995, beating Sampras in a four set final. He won a career-high seven titles that year, and he reached the World No. 1 ranking for the first time that April. He held the No. 1 ranking through to November for a total of 30 weeks. He compiled a career-best 26-match winning streak during the summer hardcourt circuit, which ended when he lost in the U.S. Open final to Sampras.

In 1995, Agassi won seven singles titles, the biggest being the Australian Open, the Cincinnati Masters, the Miami Masters, and the Canada Masters. In terms of win/loss record, 1995 was Agassi's best year. He won 72 matches and lost only 10. This was a higher winning percantage than Sampras’ best season, 1994, in which he won 77 matches and lost 12.

In 1996, Agassi won the men's singles gold medal at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, beating Sergi Bruguera of Spain in straight sets in the final.

1997 was a bad year for Agassi. His wrist injury resurfaced, and he played only 24 matches on the year. He won no top-level titles and his ranking sank to World No. 141 in November. Agassi was also subject to intense publicity surrounding his high-profile and turbulent relationship with and marriage to actress Brooke Shields (a marriage that would end in divorce).

1998-2004: From rebel to legend

In 1998, Agassi rededicated himself to tennis. He began a rigorous conditioning program and worked his way back up the rankings by playing in Challenger Series tournaments (a circuit for professional players ranked outside the world's top 50). Perhaps most remarkably, the one-time rebel emerged as a gracious and thoughtful athlete, looked up to by younger players. After winning matches, he took to bowing and blowing two-handed kisses to spectators on each side of the court, a gesture seen as a rather humble acknowledgement of their support for him and for tennis. He played some classic matches in this period, most notably against his old rival Pete Sampras and popular Australian Patrick Rafter.

In 1998, Agassi won five titles and leapt from No. 141 on the rankings at the start of the year, to No. 6 at the end of it, making it the highest jump into the top 10 made by any player. He won five titles in ten finals and was runner-up at the Miami Masters.

Agassi entered the history books in 1999 when he came back from two sets to love down to beat Andrei Medvedev in a five-set French Open final, thereby becoming only the fifth male player to have won all four Grand Slam singles titles during his career (a feat last achieved in the 1960s by Rod Laver). He is the only male player in history to have won all four Grand Slam titles on different surfaces, a tribute to his adaptability. He followed this by reaching the Wimbledon final, where he lost to Sampras. He then won the U.S. Open, beating Todd Martin in five sets in the final and finished the year ranked the World No. 1 again.

Agassi began 2000 by capturing his second Australian Open title, beating Yevgeny Kafelnikov in a four-set final. He was the first male player to have reached four consecutive Grand Slam finals since Rod Laver achieved the Grand Slam in 1969. (Roger Federer has since matched this feat by reaching 5 consecutive Grand Slam finals.) Agassi was also only the third player since Laver to be the reigning champion of three of four Grand Slam events, missing only the Wimbledon title. (Pete Sampras held the 1993 Wimbledon, 1993 US Open, and 1994 Australian Open titles simultaneously, and Jimmy Connors won all three of those events in 1974, although at the time all three were on grass courts. Roger Federer has since duplicated Sampras' and Connors' feat as well, holding all Grand Slam titles except the French Open at the end of 2004 as well as throughout 2006.)

2000 also saw Agassi reach the semifinals at Wimbledon, where he lost in five sets to Patrick Rafter in a match considered by many to be one of the best ever played at Wimbledon [4]. At the inaugural Tennis Masters Cup in Lisbon, Agassi reached the final after defeating Marat Safin 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals to end the Russian's hopes to become the youngest World No. 1 in the history of tennis. Agassi eventually lost to Gustavo Kuerten 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. This loss allowed Kuerten to be crowned year-end World No. 1. Agassi finished 2000 ranked World No. 6, becoming the only male tennis player to have been ranked in the Top 10 in three different decades (1980’s - finishing No. 3 & 7 in 1988 and 1989; 1990’s - No. 4 in 1990, No. 10 in 1991, No. 9 in 1992, No. 2 in 1994 & 1995, No. 8 in 1996, No. 6 in 1998, and No. 1 in 1999; 2000’s - No. 6 in 2000, No. 3 in 2001, No. 2 in 2002, No. 4 in 2003, No. 8 in 2004, and No.7 in 2005).

Agassi opened 2001 by successfully defending his Australian Open title with a straight-sets final win over Arnaud Clément. Enroute, he beat a cramping Pat Rafter (7-5, 2-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3) in a memorable five set battle in front of a sell out crowd in what turned out to be the Aussie's last Australian Open. At Wimbledon, he battled Rafter again in the semifinals and lost 8-6 in the fifth set. At the U.S. Open, Agassi lost in the quarterfinals to Sampras in what is considered to be one of tournament's all-time greatest matches. Sampras won 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6 with no breaks of serve during the entire match.

The last duel between Agassi and Sampras came in the final of the U.S. Open in 2002. The battle between the two veterans saw Sampras emerge victorious in four sets and left Sampras with a 20-14 edge in their 34 career meetings. The match proved to be the last of Sampras' career. He did not play in an event on the professional tour again and officially announced his retirement in 2003. Agassi's U.S. Open finish, along with his victories at the Miami Masters, Rome Masters, and Madrid Masters, helped him finish 2002 as the oldest year-end No. 2 at 32 years and 8 months.

In 2003, Agassi won the eighth Grand Slam title of his career at the Australian Open, where he beat Rainer Schüttler in straight sets in the final. On March 31, 2003, he won his 6th Miami Masters in the process surpassing wife Steffi Graf who was a 5-time winner of the event and completed a hat-trick from 2001-2003. The win was his 18th straight win in that tournament, which broke the previous record of 17 set by Sampras from 1993-1995. Agassi's winning streak continued to 20 after winning his first 2 matches at the 2004 Miami Masters before eventually bowing to Agustin Calleri. With the 2003 Miami Masters victory, Agassi became the youngest (19 years old) and oldest (32) winner of the tournament. In May of that year, he recaptured the World No.1 ranking after a quarterfinal victory over Xavier Malisse at the Stella Artois Tennis Championships at Queens to become the oldest No. 1 ranked male tennis player in history at 33 years and 13 days. This victory was largely attributed to his now famous conditioning, a far cry from the cheeseburger-gobbling teen seen early in his career. He held the No. 1 ranking on that occasion for 14 weeks. At the year-end Tennis Masters Cup, he lost in the final to Roger Federer and finished the year ranked World No. 4.

In 2004, the 34-year-old Agassi won the Cincinnati Masters to bring his career total to 59 top-level singles titles and a record 17 ATP Masters Series titles having won already seven of the nine ATP Masters tournament except Monte Carlo and Hamburg. He became the second-oldest singles champion in Cincinnati's storied history (the tournament began in 1899), surpassed only by Ken Rosewall who won the title in 1970 at age 35.

Agassi has also won one doubles title (at the Cincinnati Masters in 1993, partnering Petr Korda). He is one of only five male players to have won all four Grand Slam singles titles during a career. Don Budge, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, and Fred Perry are the others. Agassi is the first male tennis player to win the four Grand Slam singles events on four different surfaces. The previous players won the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open on grass courts and the French Open on clay courts; whereas Agassi won the Australian Open on Rebound Ace, the French Open on clay, Wimbledon on grass, and the U.S. Open on hardcourts.

After winning the French Open in 1999, Agassi became the first male tennis player to win the Career Golden Slam. Agassi also helped the United States win the Davis Cup in 1990, 1992, and 1995. He was named the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year in 1992. Agassi has earned more than US$30 million in prize-money throughout his career, second only to Sampras. In addition, Agassi earns over US$25 million a year through endorsements, the most by any tennis player and fourth in all sports (first place is Tiger Woods at US$70 million a year).

2005: A U.S. Open run for the ages

Agassi started off 2005 with strong runs, most of which were cut short by Roger Federer. He lost to Federer in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and the semifinals at Dubai. He reached the quarterfinals at Indian Wells after a dominant victory over Guillermo Coria but withdrew from his match with Lleyton Hewitt due to a swollen big toe. Agassi lost in the semifinals at Miami to Federer in a tight match. In Rome, Agassi reached the semifinals, where he lost to Coria. At the 2005 French Open, Agassi lost to Jarkko Nieminen in their first-round match after enduring back pain related to a pinched sciatic nerve. He lost in five sets, 6-0 in the fifth.

In 2005, he won his fourth Mercedes Benz Cup at Los Angeles, becoming the fourth player to win the tournament four times joining Frank Parker (1941, 1942, 1944, 1945), Roy Emerson (1959, 1962, 1964, 1967), and Jimmy Connors (1973, 1974, 1982, 1984). It was also the 60th title of his career, becoming the seventh player in the open era to win at least 60 singles titles. The victory was his 15th since turning 30 years old, tying Connors for fourth place in the open era for titles over the age of 30 just behind Rod Laver (44), Ken Rosewall (29), and Arthur Ashe (20).

After much media speculation about retirement, the 35-year-old Agassi won in Los Angeles and made the final at Montreal before falling to world No. 2 Rafael Nadal in three long sets that he might have won if a few points had gone differently. His coach Darren Cahill and close friend and personal trainer Gil Reyes worked with Agassi throughout the summer to prepare for the 2005 US Open. Agassi made a spectacular run at the open, beating Razvan Sabau 6-3, 6-3, 6-1, Ivo Karlovic in the second round 7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-4); Tomáš Berdych 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(7-2); and Xavier Malisse 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(5-7), 4-6, 6-2. His quarterfinal match against fellow American James Blake has been called one of the best matches in U.S. Open history. After dropping the first two sets, 6-3, 6-3, Agassi took the next two, 6-3, 6-3. In the fifth set, Blake served for the match at 5-4, but Agassi broke his serve, then won the tiebreak 8-6 to secure the victory at 1:15 a.m. Said Agassi: "For 20,000 people to still be here, I wasn't the winner. Tennis was." [5]

He defeated Robby Ginepri, another rising, talented American with a consistent baseline game, in his third consecutive five-set match to earn a spot in the final against World No. 1 Roger Federer. After losing the first set 6-3, Agassi broke Federer twice to win the second, 6-2. He broke Federer again and at this point looked to be the better player. Agassi had a 30-love lead but with a few costly errors was broken to force a tiebreak, which Federer took, 7-1. Agassi ran out of gas, which allowed Federer to reel off five straight games. Being down 5-0 in the fourth set, Agassi held to make it 5-1 before Federer closed it out to win the championship. After the match, Agassi thanked New York for the 20 years of memories, hinting at potential retirement.

Although he qualified for the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, he withdrew from the tournament after losing 6-4, 6-2 to Nikolay Davydenko, hampered by his ankle, which he had injured three-weeks earlier while playing racquetball. He had torn several ligaments and had to stay off his feet for weeks. Although it was clear that Agassi was injured, the tournament director, already furious from the withdrawals by Nadal, Roddick, Hewitt, and Safin, accused Agassi of feigning injury. This was proven to be false, as Agassi eventually had to withdraw from the 2006 Australian Open because of the same injury.

In 2005, Agassi left Nike after 17 years and signed an endorsement deal with Adidas [6].

By finishing 2005 ranked No. 7 with a record of 38-12 and winnings of $1,629,596, his 16th time in the year-end Top 10 rankings, he tied the record of Connors.

2006: The end of an era

Agassi had a poor start to 2006. He was still recovering from his ankle injury and also suffering from his back/leg pain and lack of match play. Agassi withdrew from the Australian Open because of the ankle injury. He lost in the quarterfinals of Delray Beach to Guillermo García Lopez 6-4, 6-2. He was then forced to withdraw from the SAP Open because of nagging pains. He played in the Dubai Open, where he won in straight sets over Greg Rusedski in the first round before losing in straight sets to Bjorn Phau in second round.

He then played in the Pacific Life Open, Indian Wells and had a first round bye. In the second round, he defeated Paul Goldstein in three sets before losing in straight sets to German Tommy Haas in third round. His timing and movement looked rusty, and his lack of match play was evident. This event turned out to be Agassi's final ATP Masters Series Event. Because of back pain, Agassi withdrew just two hours before his first match against Christophe Rochus at the NASDAQ-100 Open in Miami. In press conferences, Agassi appeared extremely disappointed that his injuries were keeping him from achieving his level in 2005 and was unsure of his future.

Agassi then skipped the entire clay season. He would have done so even without the nagging back problems, because the tough clay season has in the past caused him to miss Wimbledon. Due to missing the clay season, including the French Open, his ranking dropped into the 20s.

Agassi returned to the tour at the Stella Artois Queen's Club Championships in mid-June. Tim Henman got the better of him, defeating him in two tight sets 6-4 6-4 in the first round. In the wake of his first round defeat at Queen's Club, Agassi entered the Boodles Challenge Grass Court Tournament (Exhibition) at the Stoke Park Club in Buckinghamshire, England and played 3 exhibitions.

Agassi, the 1992 champion, was seeded 25th at 2006 Wimbledon Championships[7], which he announced prior to the tournament would be his last at the All England Club. Agassi kicked off his final Wimbledon campaign with victories over Boris Pashanski and Andreas Seppi. Although his game improved with each match, he was defeated in the third round [8] by world #2 Rafael Nadal in straight sets, 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-4, after being only two points away from winning the first set. Following the match, Agassi joined the respectfully deferential Nadal courtside for a rare on-court BBC interview with former player Sue Barker. For the last time, Agassi blew kisses and bowed to the four sides of Wimbledon's Centre Court. Blinking back tears, telling the fans he has always felt their love and support, Agassi bid an emotional farewell to Wimbledon to raucous applause and cheering from the crowd. "It’s been a lot of incredible years here," Agassi said. "I’ll never be able to repay you for how you’ve embraced me over the years, and I thank you for that."

Starting off his final summer hard court season, Agassi was the defending champion and seeded fifth in this year's Countrywide Classic[9] in Los Angeles. Agassi opened the tournament with wins over Belgian player Xavier Malisse (7-6 6-0) and Swiss qualifier George Bastl before losing in the quarterfinals in a tight match to the hard-hitting, much-improved third seed Fernando González of Chile (6-4, 3-6, 7-5), who grew up watching Andre play. After the match, Agassi said his last goodbye to the Los Angeles fans. "It's not just the game that I'm leaving, but it's the people who have been so good to me over the years." Agassi said. "I can't thank them enough for that." His career in this tournament ends with an astonishing 36-7 record, winning 4 titles along the way.

A frustrated Agassi lost in the second round (his first match) of this year's Legg Mason Tennis Classic[10] in Washington, D.C. Italian qualifier Andrea Stoppini defeated him in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. "I never found my rhythm, and I'm very disappointed by that," Agassi lamented afterward. He then offered cautious hope for his performance in the upcoming U.S. Open. "I hope when I get back to the familiar sights and sounds of Arthur Ashe Stadium that something takes over, but I don’t know what to expect. You want it to be special. I've got to get myself right for the Open. I've got to take one more hard look at it and figure it out. I can do it. I did it last week (reaching the quarterfinals in Los Angeles). I expect myself to do it."

Agassi withdrew from the ATP Masters Series[11] tournament in Toronto [12]. The following week, after a painful practice session in the Cincinnati heat, Agassi determined that he would not be able to compete in the Cincinnati Masters[13] due to the recurring back pain that has plagued him late in his career. As a result of these withdrawals, Agassi's ATP ranking plummeted to 37th, and he therefore missed being seeded at the U.S. Open by only one rank position.

The 2006 U.S. Open [14], represented the last opportunity for tennis fans to see Agassi play live in a tour event. Agassi was unseeded in the U.S. Open for the first time since 1997. Agassi was visibly shaken and nervous in his pre-match interview with Jim Courier before his first round match, but the appreciative crowd roared when he stepped out onto the court. Agassi won the match, defeating 77th-ranked Romanian Andrei Pavel 6-7(4), 7-6(8), 7-6(6), 6-2[15]. Agassi was down 0-4 in the third set and his chances looked bleak. But after his coach Darren Cahill brought him more tightly strung racquets, Agassi seemed to find his range and was able to take control of the match, reeling off 5 games in a row. Pavel received treatment for stomach cramps and diarrhea. In the fourth set, Pavel's fatigue took its toll and Agassi was able to serve out match point. After the match, Pavel remarked, "He's still one of the fittest guys on tour. He's amazing." Pavel added his support. "He's the man right now. I wish him well. I hope he can go all the way. He deserves it." An elated Agassi then thanked the crowd who for years have embraced him as their own and have given him enormous support on every point. "To be out there for that long gives me hope for what I can push myself through," Agassi said. “I want to be here real bad, for the whole two weeks. I really want to leave my best stuff on the court. I’m very proud of this day, and I’m glad it gets to happen again. ... You want it to be everything you hope it is. It was perfect.”

The next day Agassi revealed that he could hardly stand an hour after his first round match due to recurring back pain from an inflamed sciatic nerve [16]. He went to the hospital and was given a painful injection of cortisone with a seven-inch needle deep into his back to dull the pain in advance of his second round match. "The inflammation was pretty bad, and I just don’t want to go off the court limping," Agassi said. Agassi has had eight to ten such injections over the last four years, but there are limits to what are considered safe doses and frequency of cortisone shots. "Believe me, I'll exhaust all possibilities short of taking too many risks for the long term," Agassi said. "I do want to make sure I give myself the best look here, but I don't want to compromise the rest of my life."

In his second round match, Agassi faced eighth seed Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus), a talented player who had already appeared in the 2006 Australian Open final and a 2006 Wimbledon semifinal. Agassi started out strong, taking the first two sets but was unable to win the third set. In the fourth set, he went up 4-0 on Baghdatis before Baghdatis won seven of the last eight games to take the set. In the fifth set, Baghdatis broke Agassi in his first service game, but after Baghdatis took a medical timeout to get his strained left thigh massaged, Agassi was able to break back in the next game. The pair traded games until the ninth game, when both of Baghdatis's thighs seriously cramped up during an extended Agassi service game. Baghdatis was able to continue, although he was visibly hurting. After again receiving on-court medical treatment from the trainer at the end of that game, he was able to slow down Agassi, holding off an initial match point. But Agassi finally won 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5 in 3 hours and 48 minutes. Agassi has never lost a five-set match when winning the first two sets. After the match, a gracious Baghdatis remarked how important Agassi has been to the sport of tennis, and how he wishes him luck for the tournament and, even more importantly, for his life. Agassi then thanked the raucous, sellout crowd that supported him through the match. "You're not guaranteed these moments," Agassi said, "and to feel it out there is something I can keep with me forever." Agassi then said of his triumph, "It just seems like it's getting better and better, just keeps getting topped, and the feeling of that kind of enthusiasm ... my head was ringing when I came in the tunnel afterwards. I've lived a dream for 21 years. It's going to be impossible for me to be disappointed with a result when you have that sort of support and feeling out there. This is why I chose here (to retire)."

After the match, Agassi's fragile back again stiffened up and caused him excruciating pain. He appeared to have difficulty walking after the match and was already limping as he entered the post-match media interview room. He shifted in his chair during the news conference, trying to find a comfortable position. He then had to lay on the ground outside the player's lounge while waiting to be driven back to his hotel. The following day, Agassi's pain was so intense that he couldn't even ride in the car to the hospital. A U.S. Open tournament doctor administered another injection of a different anti-inflammatory medicine (not cortisone) into his back at his hotel.

Meanwhile, in a colorful tribute and gesture of respect on Friday, then American No. 1, fifth seed, and Agassi friend James Blake wore a "vintage" flourescent pink, black, and gray Nike tennis outfit (complete with flourescent pink spandex shorts) in his second round match. Long-time Agassi fans recognized the outfit as the same one worn by Agassi in the early 1990s, including during his run to the 1990 French Open final. "I just wanted to show Andre how much he means to the sport of tennis," Blake said. "We want him to know that we wish him the best in tennis and in life."

Storms led to the cancellation of all Saturday matches, giving Agassi a much needed additional day of rest and recovery. He practiced for approximately 45 minutes on an indoor court and was reportedly walking much more comfortably. He then received another anti-inflammatory injection and was expected to receive still another on Sunday before his third round match. "I'll be all right. I don't need sympathy. I'll be OK," Agassi said with a smile. "I prefer not to have a drama-filled one tomorrow."

On September 3, 2006 Agassi's tennis career came to an end. 112th ranked Benjamin Becker of Germany, the 2004 NCAA Men's Singles Tennis Champion, defeated Agassi 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5 in the third round of the U.S. Open, using a withering service game to win sets that Agassi otherwise nearly controlled despite his injuries. With a tearful good-bye speech, Agassi thanked the audience, telling them that they were his inspiration, and that he "stood upon their shoulders" to reach the goals he set for himself during his 21-year career. With his voice faltering with emotion, Agassi told fans:

"The scoreboard says I lost today, but what the scoreboard doesn't say is what it is I have found. Over the last 21 years I have found loyalty; you have pulled for me on the court and also in life. I have found inspiration. You have willed me to succeed, sometimes even in my lowest moments. And I have found generosity. You have given me your shoulders to stand on to reach for my dreams; dreams I could never have reached without you. Over the the last 21 years I have found you and I will take you and the memory of you with me for the rest of my life."

Agassi told the post-match press conference that when he returned to the locker room he received another standing ovation from his peers: "They all were standing, applauding me. I tell you, the greatest applause that any person will ever receive in their life is that which comes from their peers. It's not like we're a company who's working together to accomplish something. We're people that succeed, in some cases, at the demise of the other. To have them applaud you is the ultimate compliment."

Playing style

Agassi employed a baseline style of play, but unlike most such players, he typically made contact with the ball inside the baseline — exceptionally difficult even for professionals. This was possible because of his short backswing and his extraordinary hand-eye coordination. These same attributes helped him agressively return serves. John McEnroe and others have called Agassi the best service returner ever to play tennis. Many, including Brad Gilbert, call him the best ball striker in the history of tennis.

Agassi was known for his ability to hit sharply angled winners from the baseline. Early on in his career, Agassi would look to end points quickly, typically by inducing a weak return with a deep, hard shot, and then playing a winner at an extreme angle. In 1995, he added a backhand drop shot to his repertoire, which was one of the most effective drop shots on tour (partly due to the fact that Agassi's groundstrokes forced most opponents to play far behind the baseline).

After Agassi's rededication to tennis in 1998, he focused more on physical conditioning than in the past and became one of the fittest players on the tour. His upper-body strength allowed him to bench press 350 lb (159 kg), which helped him retain pace on his shots late into a match, as well as adding to his serve power. He had remarkable endurance and rarely appeared tired on court.

Because of his conditioning and groundstrokes, one of Agassi's central strategies was to wear down his opponents. Agassi tried to minimize time between points, so that his opponents had as little recovery time as possible. Agassi continually put pressure on opponents by returning the ball early and at deep angles, and attempted to dictate play from the center of the baseline and make his opponent scramble. When in control of a point, Agassi would often pass up an opportunity to attempt a winner and hit a slightly more conservative shot, both to minimize his errors and to make his opponent run more. His penchant for running players around point after point has earned him the nickname "The Punisher."

In the last year of his career, various injuries, most notably in his back, robbed Agassi of consistent speed and court coverage. As a result, players who were able to consistently hit at sharp angles with pace, particularly those who could do this on the run, gave him trouble. To make up for this weakness, Agassi began playing more aggressive shots, to keep his opponent on the defensive and deny them opportunities to run Agassi around the court. This both limited his options from the baseline and increased his errors.

Agassi's serve was never the strength of his game, but it improved steadily over the course of his career, and went from being a liability to being one of the better serves on tour. His most effective serve was a hard slice, which he would use to ace opponents in the ad court, and to send his opponent wide off the court when serving on the deuce side, followed by a shot to the opposite corner to send his opponent scrambling.

Personal and family life

Agassi dated famed American singer Barbra Streisand in the early 1990s before marrying actress Brooke Shields in a lavish ceremony on April 19, 1997. That February, they had filed suit against The National Enquirer claiming it printed "false and fabricated" statements about the couple. The case was dismissed. He later filed for divorce from Shields, which was granted on April 9, 1999.

Before the divorce was finalized, Agassi was dating retired tennis star Steffi Graf. They were married on October 22, 2001. Their son, Jaden Gil, was born on October 26 and their daughter, Jaz Elle, was born on October 3, 2003.

The couple own homes in Las Vegas, San Francisco, Manhattan, and Germany. They paid $23 million to purchase a six-bedroom, eight-bathroom house in Tiburon, California from John E. McCaw Jr., former owner of Cellular One. The home is currently listed for sale. Agassi also owns a 10-seat Lockheed JetStar 731 jet with call letters on the tail representing his first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon (N-792AA) [17].

Agassi's older sister, Rita, was married to the late former tennis legend Pancho Gonzales. In 1995, when Gonzales died in Las Vegas, Agassi paid for his former brother-in-law's funeral.

Agassi is also a staunch Democrat [18] and has donated over $84,000 to different Democratic candidates.[19]

Andre Agassi "Boys & Girls Club"

Agassi has participated in many charity organizations and founded the Andre Agassi Charitable Association, which assists the youth of Las Vegas. He was awarded the ATP Arthur Ashe Humanitarian award in 1995 for his efforts to help disadvantaged youth. He is regularly cited as the most charitable and socially involved player in professional tennis.

Agassi's charity often takes the form of assisting children with their athletic potential. His Boys & Girls Club sees 2,000 children throughout the year and boasts a world class junior tennis team. It also has a basketball program (the Agassi Stars) and a rigorous system that encourages a mix of academics and athletics.

In 2001, Agassi opened up the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy [20] in Las Vegas, a tuition-free charter school for at-risk children in the area. Ironically, Agassi never finished his own formal education due to his decision to turn pro.

Among other child-related programs [21] that Agassi supports through his Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation [22] is Clark County's only residential facility for abused and neglected children called Child Haven. In 1997, Andre donated funding to Child Haven for a six-room classroom building now named the Agassi Center for Education. His foundation also provided "$720,000 to assist in the building of the Andre Agassi Cottage for Medically Fragile Children. This facility opened in December 2001 and accommodates developmentally delayed or handicapped children and children quarantined for infectious diseases. It houses approximately 20 beds and gives children with special needs the attention needed to make them feel comfortable in their new surroundings."

Ethnicity

Agassi's ethnicity, beyond being an American citizen, has been a subject of discussion by fans around the world. His father Mike Agassi is an Iranian of Assyrian and Armenian ethnicity, born in the Assyrian village of Saralan, near Urmia, Iran.[23]

His father has written in his book, The Agassi Story, about his experience in Iran, but Andre has also shown interest in the Iranian aspect of his heritage, in February 2005 expressing a desire to visit Iran, which holds "a special place" in his heart [16].

Andre's mother is American of French descent.

Quotes

• About Pete Sampras' retirement: "You grow up with a guy, you compete against him for so long, he's such a big part of your career, something that's pretty special, so you do have that sense of personal regret that he's not around any more. You miss having that around."
• During the 2005 U.S. Open: "I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by."
• (from Mats Wilander, asked to name the top 5 tennis players of all time; he placed Agassi, Sampras, Federer, and Borg in the top 4 (in no order) and tied McEnroe, Lendl, and Connors for fifth place): ON AGASSI: “He has some limitations, like he can’t serve and volley, yet he has won all four Slams. He has a very high energy level, quite like Borg. He is on fifth gear from the very first point. There is some abnormality in his eyes, otherwise he wouldn’t have had such a phenomenal return. He sees the ball like no one else and just guides it wherever he wants to. He’s just played a Grand Slam final at 35, that tells me he wasted the first five years of his career, otherwise he couldn’t have lasted this long. No one has done more to tennis than Agassi and Borg.”
• When a fan would say "we love you Andre!" he would respond "I love you too man!"
• On September 3, 2006, after playing his final match to Benjamin Becker in the 2006 U.S. Open's third round Agassi said a few words to his fans: "Thanks. The scoreboard said I lost today, but what the scoreboard doesn't say is what it is I have found. Over the last twenty-one years, I have found loyalty: you have pulled for me on the court and also in life. I've found inspiration: you have willed me to succeed sometimes even in my lowest moments. And I've found generosity: you have given me your shoulders to stand on to reach for my dreams, dreams I could have never reached without you. Over the last twenty-one years, I have found you and I will take you and the memory of you with me for the rest of my life. Thank you."

Trivia

• During the third set of the 1988 U.S. Open quarterfinals against Jimmy Connors, Agassi was famously made fun of on national television when a fan yelled to Connors, “You’re a legend, he’s a punk!” Andre went on to win the match.

• On August 29, 2006, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer asserted that Agassi's career will never be characterized by sheer recordbreaking. He then went on to humorously observe that "Agassi doesn't even have the record for most Grand Slam wins in his house," a passing reference to Agassi's wife Steffi Graf (who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles). [24]

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (8)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1992	Wimbledon	Goran Ivanišević	6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
1994	U.S. Open	Michael Stich	6-1, 7-6, 7-5
1995	Australian Open	Pete Sampras	4-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-4
1999	French Open	Andrei Medvedev	1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1999	U.S. Open (2)	Todd Martin	6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
2000	Australian Open (2)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
2001	Australian Open (3)	Arnaud Clément	6-4, 6-2, 6-2
2003	Australian Open (4)	Rainer Schüttler	6-2, 6-2, 6-1

Runners-up (7)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1990	French Open	Andrés Gómez	3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6
1990	U.S. Open	Pete Sampras	4-6, 3-6, 2-6
1991	French Open	Jim Courier	6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 1-6, 4-6
1995	U.S. Open	Pete Sampras	4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 5-7
1999	Wimbledon	Pete Sampras	3-6, 4-6, 5-7
2002	U.S. Open	Pete Sampras	3-6, 4-6, 7-5, 4-6
2005	U.S. Open	Roger Federer	3-6, 6-2, 6-7, 1-6

ATP Masters Series finals

Wins (17)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final
1990	Miami	Stefan Edberg
1992	Canada	Ivan Lendl
1994	Canada	Jason Stoltenberg
1994	Paris	Marc Rosset
1995	Miami	Pete Sampras
1995	Canada	Pete Sampras
1995	Cincinnati	Michael Chang
1996	Miami	Goran Ivanišević
1996	Cincinnati	Michael Chang
1999	Paris	Marat Safin
2001	Miami	Jan-Michael Gambill
2001	Indian Wells	Pete Sampras
2002	Miami	Roger Federer
2002	Rome	Tommy Haas
2002	Madrid	Jiří Novák
2003	Miami	Carlos Moyà
2004	Cincinnati	Lleyton Hewitt

Runner-ups (6)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final
1989	Rome	Alberto Mancini
1990	Indian Wells	Stefan Edberg
1994	Miami	Pete Sampras
1995	Indian Wells	Pete Sampras
1998	Miami	Marcelo Rios
2005	Canada	Rafael Nadal

Titles (61)

Singles (60)

Legend Grand Slam (8) Tennis Masters Cup (1) Olympic Gold (1) ATP Masters Series (17) ATP Tour (33)

Titles by Surface Hard (46) Clay (7) Grass (1) Carpet (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	November 23, 1987	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Luiz Mattar	7-6 6-2
2.	February 15, 1988	Memphis, USA	Hard (I)	Mikael Pernfors	6-4 6-4 7-5
3.	April 25, 1988	Charleston, USA	Clay	Jimmy Arias	6-2 6-2
4.	May 2, 1988	Forest Hills, USA	Clay	Slobodan Živojinović	7-5 7-6 7-5
5.	July 11, 1988	Stuttgart Outdoors, Germany	Clay	Andrés Gómez	6-4 6-2
6.	July 25, 1988	Stratton, USA	Hard	Paul Annacone	6-2 6-4
7.	August 15, 1988	Livingston, USA	Hard	Jeff Tarango	6-2 6-4
8.	October 2, 1989	Orlando, Florida, USA	Hard	Brad Gilbert	6-2 6-1
9.	February 5, 1990	San Francisco, USA	Carpet (I)	Todd Witsken	6-1 6-3
10.	March 12, 1990	Key Biscayne, USA	Hard	Stefan Edberg	6-1 6-4 6 6-2
11.	July 16, 1990	Washington, USA	Hard	Jim Grabb	6-1 6-4
12.	November 12, 1990	Tour Championships, Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet (I)	Stefan Edberg	5-7 7-6 7-5 6-2
13.	April 1, 1991	Heathrow, Florida, USA	Hard	Derrick Rostagno	6-2 1-6 6-3
14.	July 15, 1991	Washington, USA	Hard	Petr Korda	6-3 6-4
15.	April 27, 1992	Atlanta, USA	Clay	Pete Sampras	7-5 6-4
16.	June 22, 1992	Wimbledon	Grass	Goran Ivanišević	6-7 6-4 6-4 1-6 6-4
17.	July 20, 1992	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Ivan Lendl	3-6 6-2 6-0
18.	February 1, 1993	San Francisco, USA	Hard (I)	Brad Gilbert	6-2 6-7 6-2
19.	February 22, 1993	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Marcos Ondruska	6-2 3-6 6-3
20.	February 2, 1994	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Luiz Mattar	6-4 6-3
21.	July 25, 1994	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Jason Stoltenberg	6-4 6-4
22.	August 29, 1994	U.S. Open	Hard	Michael Stich	6-1 7-6 7-5
23.	October 17, 1994	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (I)	Michael Stich	7-6 4-6 6-2 6-3
24.	October 31, 1994	Paris, France	Carpet (I)	Marc Rosset	6-3 6-3 4-6 7-5
25.	January 16, 1995	Australian Open	Hard	Pete Sampras	4-6 6-1 7-6 6-4
26.	February 6, 1995	San Jose, USA	Hard (I)	Michael Chang	6-2 1-6 6-3
27.	March 13, 1995	Key Biscayne, USA	Hard	Pete Sampras	3-6 6-2 7-6
28.	July 17, 1995	Washington, USA	Hard	Stefan Edberg	6-4 2-6 7-5
29.	July 24, 1995	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Peter Sampras	3-6 6-2 6-3
30.	August 7, 1995	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Michael Chang	7-5 6-2
31.	August 14, 1995	New Haven, USA	Hard	Richard Krajicek	3-6 7-6 6-3
32.	March 18, 1996	Key Biscayne, USA	Hard	Goran Ivanišević	3-0 40-0 ret.
33.	July 22, 1996	Olympic Games, Atlanta, USA	Hard	Sergi Bruguera	6-2 6-3 6-1
34.	August 5, 1996	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Michael Chang	7-6 6-4
35.	February 9, 1998	San Jose, USA	Hard (I)	Pete Sampras	6-2 6-4
36.	March 2, 1998	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Jason Stoltenberg	6-4 7-6
37.	July 20, 1998	Washington, USA	Hard	Scott Draper	6-2 6-0
38.	July 27, 1998	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Tim Henman	6-4 6-4
39.	October 19, 1998	Ostrava	Carpet (I)	Jan Kroslak	6-2 3-6 6-3
40.	April 5, 1999	Hong Kong	Hard	Boris Becker	6-7 6-4 6-4
41.	May 24, 1999	French Open	Clay	Andrei Medvedev	1-6 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-4
42.	August 16, 1999	Washington, USA	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-6 6-1
43.	August 30, 1999	U.S. Open	Hard	Todd Martin	6-4 6-7 6-7 6-3 6-2
44.	November 1, 1999	Paris, France	Carpet (I)	Marat Safin	7-6 6-2 4-6 6-4
45.	January 17, 2000	Australian Open	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3-6 6-3 6-2 6-4
46.	January 15, 2001	Australian Open	Hard	Arnaud Clément	6-4 6-2 6-2
47.	March 12, 2001	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Pete Sampras	7-6 7-5 6-1
48.	March 19, 2001	Key Biscayne, USA	Hard	Jan-Michael Gambill	7-6 6-1 6-0
49.	July 23, 2001	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Pete Sampras	6-4 6-2
50.	March 4, 2002	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Juan Balcells	6-2 7-6
51.	March 18, 2002	Key Biscayne, USA	Hard	Roger Federer	6-3 6-3 3-6 6-4
52.	May 6, 2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Tommy Haas	6-3 6-3 6-0
53.	July 22, 2002	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-2 6-4
54.	October 14, 2002	Madrid, Spain	Hard (I)	Jiří Novák	W/O
55.	January 13, 2003	Australian Open	Hard	Rainer Schüttler	6-2 6-2 6-1
56.	February 10, 2003	San Jose, USA	Hard (I)	Davide Sanguinetti	6-3 6-1
57.	March 17, 2003	Key Biscayne, USA	Hard	Carlos Moyà	6-3 6-3
58.	April 21, 2003	Houston, USA	Clay	Andy Roddick	3-6 6-3 6-4
59.	August 2, 2004	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	6-3 3-6 6-2
60.	July 31, 2005	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Gilles Muller	6-4 7-5

Doubles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	August 16, 1993	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Petr Korda	Stefan Edberg & Henrik Holm	7-6 6-4

Performance timeline

Tournament	Career Win-Loss	Career SR	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Australian Open	48-5	4 / 9	NH	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	SF	A	4R	4R	W	W	A	W	SF	QF	A
French Open	51-16	1 / 17	A	2R	SF	3R	F	F	SF	A	2R	QF	2R	A	1R	W	2R	QF	QF	QF	1R	1R	A
Wimbledon	46-13	1 / 14	A	1R	A	A	A	QF	W	QF	4R	SF	1R	A	2R	F	SF	SF	2R	4R	A	A	3R
U.S. Open	79-19	2 / 21	1R	1R	SF	SF	F	1R	QF	1R	W	F	SF	4R	4R	W	2R	QF	F	SF	QF	F	3R
Grand Slam SR	N/A	8 / 61	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 2	1 / 3	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 4	2 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2
Grand Slam Win-Loss	224-53	N/A	0-1	1-3	10-2	7-2	12-2	10-3	16-2	4-2	11-2	22-3	11-4	3-1	7-4	23-2	14-3	20-3	11-3	19-3	9-3	10-3	4-2
Indian Wells Masters	36-14	1 / 15	*	*	*	*	F	3R	3R	2R	2R	F	QF	1R	QF	A	1R	W	1R	A	SF	QF	3R
Miami Masters	61-10	6 / 16	*	*	*	*	W	4R	2R	4R	F	W	W	2R	F	2R	SF	W	W	W	4R	SF	A
Monte Carlo Masters	2-4	0 / 4	*	*	*	*	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	3R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Rome Masters	24-7	1 / 8	*	*	*	*	A	1R	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	1R	W	1R	A	SF	A
Hamburg Masters	5-5	0 / 5	*	*	*	*	3R	A	2R	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	A
Canada Masters	38-10	3 / 13	*	*	*	*	QF	2R	W	QF	W	W	A	A	SF	SF	1R	1R	A	QF	2R	F	A
Cincinnati Masters	31-10	3 / 13	*	*	*	*	3R	3R	3R	SF	A	W	W	1R	2R	SF	2R	1R	QF	A	W	A	A
Madrid Masters (Stuttgart, Essen, Stockholm)	19-10	1 / 11	*	*	*	*	2R	A	A	A	QF	3R	QF	1R	3R	SF	3R	2R	W	A	SF	A
Paris Masters	14-4	2 / 6	*	*	*	*	A	A	2R	A	W	A	2R	A	QF	W	A	A	QF	A	A	A
Tennis Masters Cup	22-20	1 / 13	A	A	RR	RR	W	SF	A	A	SF	A	RR	A	RR	F	F	RR	RR	F	A	RR
Finalist	30	N/A	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	5	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	0
Titles Won	60	N/A	0	1	6	1	4	2	3	2	5	7	3	0	5	5	1	4	5	4	1	1	0
Hardcourt Win-Loss	587-155	N/A	4-5	21-10	33-6	20-6	26-5	17-7	19-7	27-8	29-6	53-3	34-7	11-10	47-10	41-9	25-9	35-10	36-7	32-6	37-10	32-8	8-6
Clay Win-Loss	152-57	N/A	0-0	5-5	29-3	13-4	9-4	10-4	15-4	2-1	4-4	11-3	2-2	1-1	5-3	9-2	4-3	5-4	13-2	9-2	0-2	6-4	0-0
Grass Win-Loss	50-18	N/A	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	4-1	7-0	4-2	3-1	5-1	0-1	0-0	1-1	6-1	6-2	5-1	1-1	6-2	0-1	0-0	2-2
Carpet Win-Loss	81-44	N/A	1-1	0-1	1-2	8-9	10-3	8-5	1-4	0-0	16-3	4-2	2-4	0-1	15-4	7-2	5-1	0-0	3-2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Overall Win-Loss	870-274	N/A	5-6	26-17	63-11	41-19	45-12	39-17	42-15	33-11	52-14	73-9	38-14	12-12	68-18	63-14	40-15	45-15	53-12	47-10	37-13	38-12	10-8
Year End Ranking	N/A	N/A	91	25	3	7	4	10	9	24	2	2	8	122	6	1	6	3	2	4	8	7

* = These tournaments became Master Series tournaments in 1990

NH = tournament not held

A = did not participate in the tournament

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

ATP Tour career earnings

Year	Majors	ATP wins	Total wins	Earnings ($)	Money list rank
1997	0	0	0	305,132	72
1998	0	5	5	1,836,233	9
1999	2	3	5	4,269,265	1
2000	1	0	1	1,884,443	6
2001	1	3	4	2,091,766	4
2002	0	5	5	2,186,006	3
2003	1	3	4	2,530,929	4
2004	0	1	1	1,177,254	9
2005	0	1	1	1,629,596	5
2006	0	0	0	114,700	135
Career	8	52	60	31,110,975	2

* As of August 28, 2006.

Video games

• Andre Agassi Tennis for the SNES, Sega Genesis, Game Gear, Master System, and Mobile phone
• Agassi Tennis Generation for PS2 and GBA
• Smash Court Pro Tournament for PS2

External links

• Official ATP profile
• IOC profile
• tenniscorner.net profile
• Davis Cup record
• BBC career tribute
• Article at tennismindgame.com
• agassiopen.com
• foxsports.com article
• Internet Movie Database profile
• The Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation

• Farewell Tennis Address at the U.S. Open in Text, Audio and Video
• Andre Agassi Career Tributes