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Andre Agassi

Quote
"If this was disappointing, I hope to disappoint 20,000 people at the US Open
this year."
-Andre Agassi,after it took him only 50 minutes to win a 1998 tournament final.

Biography
Andre Agassi was born April 29, 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada. His Iranian-born
father Mike Agassi was an Olympic boxer in 1948 and 1952. Andre, the youngest
of 4 children, was deemed a tennis prodigy at age three.

By age 13,Agassi was enrolled at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Braden
-ton, Florida. It was there that he honed his skills. Under the tutelage of
Bollettieri, Agassi turned pro at the age of 16 in 1986. He took the tour
circuit by storm, with his fluorescent outfits and long hair.

roller coaster of success
But Agassi's success was not what many thought it should be. In 1988, he was
ranked 4th in the world, but by 1992 he still had not won a Grand Slam event.
Agassi entered the 1992 Wimbledon Open, seeded 12th. But he went on to upset
Boris Becker, John McEnroe and Goran Ivanisevic to capture his first Grand
Slam title. Moments after winning, Agassi revealed his emotions as he fell to
his knees and cried.

After a terrible year in 1993, critics began to wonder whether Agassi had
reached his full potential and was on his way down. Agassi hired former player
Brad Gilbert as his coach for the 1994 season. The dividends paid off
immediately, as he became the first unseeded player since 1930 to win the US
Open. This newfound confidence continued on as Agassi posted a 73-9 record in
1995,which resulted in winning the Australian Open and reaching the top ranked
position in the world.

Agassi's 1996 was bittersweet. He did not win a Grand Slam event(losing in the
semi-finals at the US Open), but did win the gold medal at the Olympics.Being
able to win a medal on American soil was a dream come true for him.

love, down and out
In 1997, after marrying Brooke Shields and then injuring his wrist,Agassi did
not play in many tournaments.His ranking slipped all the way down to 141st in
the world. Determined to climb up the ranking ladder once more, Agassi got
himself into better physical condition in 1998 and played in more tournaments.

He filed for divorce from Shields in April 1999. In June of that year, Agassi
became only the 5th player in history to win all four Grand Slams. By the end
of 1999, he was ranked number one in the world once more.

In February of 2000,Agassi again captured the Australian Open.He has continued
his hot play to this day, remaining a top 5 player in the world.

On a personal note,Agassi married fellow tennis player Steffi Graf in Fall 2001
,and a week later, the couple welcomed a baby into the world.



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