Andre Agassi booking
Andre Agassi was born in Las Vegas to a sporting family. His Iranian father was an Olympic boxer
and, by the time he was three-years-old, Andre was considered a tennis prodigy. Having enrolled in
the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida at the age of 13, Andre excelled and turned pro when he
was only 16. Six championship wins in 1988 saw him quickly rise to number 4 in the rankings.
However, despite attracting a fair amount of press attention for his fashion sense and bad boy image,
Andre had to wait until 1992 for his first big win. Due to his dislike of the grass surface and the allwhite dress code, Andre avoided competing at Wimbledon from 1988-1990. However, thanks to a last
minute decision to take part in 1992, he raced through the tournament and saw off the might of Goran
Ivanisevic at the grand final to claim victory. After a bad year in 1993, Andre hired Brad Gilbert as his
coach and soon after he became the first un-seeded player since 1930 to win the US Open. The
winning streak continued and he achieved a 73-9 record in 1995, winning the Australian Open and
reaching the top ranked position in the world. Despite not winning a Grand Slam event in 1996, he did
pick up the gold medal at the Olympics.
Andre met Brooke Shields in 1993 and, after a four-year courtship, the two married in Carmel,
California in 1997. However, while the couple became media darlings, Andre’s career took a turn for
the worse. By November 1997, thanks to a bad run and a number of injuries, he sank to a 141 world
ranking. This career low put a strain on his marriage and after filing for divorce from Shields in April
1999, Andre threw himself into a strict exercise regime. In June of that year, he became only the 5th
player in history to win all four Grand Slams and by the end of 1999, he was ranked number one in the
world. A return to form saw Andre win two straight Australian Open championships in 2000 and 2001.
During 2001, he won 49 career singles championships and $23,502,790 in prize money. He had a
record of 689 wins and 220 losses in singles matches. Agassi married fellow tennis player Steffi Graf
in 2001 and the couple have two children. While continuing to play, off the court he devotes much time
to the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation. The last match between Agassi and Pete Sampras was in
the final at the 2002 US Open. Being the last match of Sampras’ career, it was fortuitous for him that
he beat Agassi. By the end of 2002, Agassi finished at number two overall, becoming the oldest tennis
player to do so, at 32 years and 8 months. Winning his eighth Grand Slam title at the Australian Open
and his sixth Miami Masters in 2003, he surpassed his wife Steffi Graf who is five-time winner of the
event. In 2004, Agassi won the Cincinnati Masters and in 2005, he left Nike after a 17-year alliance,
and signed an endorsement deal with Adidas.
Having qualified for the 2005 Masters Cup in Shanghai, Agassi was forced to withdraw due to an
injury. He had torn ligaments in his ankle playing racquetball three weeks before and had been
advised to keep off his feet. This injury also forced him to withdraw from the 2006 Australian Open
and, coupled with back and leg pain, seemed to plague him in the other tournaments he was playing.
It was obvious to those watching, that Agassi was not quite on his usual form and he seemed
extremely disappointed that his injuries were preventing him form achieving the wins he desired.
Agassi opted out of the entire clay season and as a result, his ranking fell into the 20s. After twenty
years in professional tennis, on 24 June 2004 Agassi announced he would be retiring from tennis
following the 2006 US Open. His final match was against Benjamin Becker on 3 September 2006 and
Agassi lost in four sets, in the third round. He bade the crowd an emotional goodbye with the following
words: “The scoreboard says 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 have 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 never have 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.”
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