Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi, during his time on the court, collected all the titles that are possible in tennis. According to the BBC TV channel, this is "the world's biggest sports star." The tennis player is the first male winner of the Golden Slam, a successful businessman and a generous benefactor.

The full name of Andre Agassi is Andre Kirk Agassi. Armenian by nationality. Grandfather David Agassian lived in Kiev, then left for Iran and changed his last name. The athlete's father Emanul was born in the city of Selmas, became a boxer, got to the Olympics in Helsinki, with which he did not return home, but immigrated to the United States. In America, he took the name Mike Agassi, together with his wife Elizabeth Dudley became the parents of the daughters Rita and Tami and the sons of Philip and Andre.

Kirk's middle name is in honor of the millionaire Kirk Kerkorian, who helped Mike with his work in gratitude for the boxer protecting his wife from a bully.

At birth, Andre was diagnosed with a displacement of the lumbar vertebrae. For this reason, and also due to injuries, Agassi played injections for the last few years before retiring from his career. The athlete spoke about how painful the procedures were in the book “Frankly. Autobiography".

At the age of 3, Andre was already training 4 hours a day, at 5 he participated in the first tournament in his sports biography, at 8 the father began to take his son to matches around the country, since there were no competitors left in his home state. The sparring partners of the gifted boy were the stars Bobby Rigs and Harold Solomon. Romanian celebrity Ilie Nastase 6-year-old Agassi gave his first autograph.

When Andre was 11 years old, Mike sent the boy to the Nick Bollettieri Academy, away from temptation, as he began to look at girls. Bollettieri was famous for his army discipline. There was no money to study, but after looking at Agassi, Nick undertook to train the prodigy personally and for free.

Andre was almost expelled from the Academy for bad behavior, the leader saved him - he used his veto on such a decision. Agassi later said that "the stuff that is stuffed at school" is not useful, and he is only interested in tennis. So the athlete's education was limited to 8 classes.

Andre Agassi's professional career began in 1986 with the Pilot Pen Classic Grand Prix. In the first match, the young talent defeated a 13-year-old opponent and lost to Mats Wilander, the third racket of the world at that time. At other competitions, Andre received the first prize money - $ 1,000. Then he signed the first commercial contract with Nike for $ 45,000. Now Agassi's fortune is estimated at $ 200 million.

At the same time, the tennis player formed his own style - long hair, denim shorts, parrot-colored T-shirts and bandanas. At first, he ignored Wimbledon, which allowed for white uniforms. Confusing Agassi on the court with someone else is simply impossible. And after winning the French Open in 1999, Andre went to the game without underwear.

At the age of 17, Agassi rose to 17th place in the world rankings, a year later he became the first, winning 22 matches in a row along the way, thereby setting a record. Only 17 years later, this achievement was surpassed by Rafael Nadal.

In 1990, Andre won the first Davis Cup; by 1993, he took part in all Grand Slam tournaments, with the exception of the Australian Open. At the championship of the Green Continent, the tennis player appeared in 1995 and immediately won there. A year later, Agassi became the third American tennis champion of the Olympics. President George W. Bush considered it an honor to play with his compatriot.

Then a recession followed, Andre flew out of the first hundred. It took 1.5 years to return to the elite. In 1999, Agassi overthrew Patrick Rafter from the podium, won the US and French Opens and 3 more tournaments.

The American has 17 prizes from 22 competitions of the highest Masters series. He is the first Grand Slam winner on all types of surfaces (grass, hard, clay). At the home championship, Andre played without interruption for 21 years. In the 2000s, many titles were joined by another - the oldest player, one of the five strongest tennis players on the planet, after Jimmy Connors.

The adornment of the entire history of tennis was the confrontation between Agassi and Pete Sampras. Andre admitted that he would not have taken so many peaks if it were not for the presence of this principal rival behind the net. The score in head-to-head fights was 20:14 in favor of Pete, Andre stayed on the first line of the rating for 101 weeks, Sampras - 286.

The eccentric Agassi is the audience's favorite, Pete is unsmiling and withdrawn. And in everyday life, there was tension between the athletes. Only when both moved to the rank of "retirees" did the competitors relax and found common topics for conversation.

The last time Agassi picked up a racket was at the ATP tournament in September 2006. Knowing in advance how many spectators will follow the end of the star's career, the matches were staged for the evening. Expecting a thrilling fight between André and Andy Roddick, they met with Benjamin Becker in the afternoon. Alas, the American did not defeat the German tennis player. In parting, the audience on the main and adjacent courts gave Agassi a standing ovation.

Agassi's personal life was not stable for a long time. Tall, athletic (Andre's height - 180 cm, weight - 80 kg), the man did not have the appearance of a Hollywood star, but the charm did its job. Father Mike said that crowds of women swarmed around the athlete.

Agassi's first wife was actress Brooke Shields. For the first time, he saw a photo of a girl in 1981 in the room of Tami's sister's groom. The couple was introduced by mutual friends. The wedding, which cost $ 2 million, was attended by world-class celebrities.

However, the marriage lasted only 2 years. André's premonition came true when, having met Brooke's mother, on an intuitive level, he realized that his further life together would not work out. Both women negatively perceived having children, believing that it would interfere with Shields' career.

Steffi Graf has long aroused admiration in Andre, but the girl's heart was occupied by Formula 1 pilot Michael Bartels. The athletes became close at the 1999 Roland Garros.

This time, the tennis player did not draw attention to his own marriage. The ceremony was only witnessed by the mothers of the bride and groom. A week after the wedding, the first of two children was born - the son of Jaden Gil, in 2003, the daughter of Jazz Ellie appeared.

The family lives in Las Vegas, although the Graf considers Germany to be his homeland and regularly visits there. Former athletes run a children's charity that builds schools in disadvantaged areas. Agassi is the face of several brands, from fast food to Swiss watches, the owner of the construction and entertainment business.

On Twitter and Instagram, fans of the couple can follow the events in the life of their favorites.

André Agassi remains an authority on the tennis world off court. Lee Na and Simona Halep, Angelica Kerber and Eugenie Bouchard have all studied his best shots, playing on the back line.

In the spring of 2017, Agassi joined the coaching staff of Novak Djokovic. The Serbian tennis player was previously coached by Boris Becker and Marjan Vaida, and Andre was never a personal mentor. After talking with Novak, Agassi at first refused, but Steffi urged to try, suddenly it would be pleasant.

According to the former first racket of the world, the student did not pay anything for the services of the famous coach. Moreover, Andre spent his own funds, simply out of a desire to help.

A year later, the collaboration between the two sports stars ended. According to Agassi, he and Novak too often began to disagree. In an interview given in 2018 to Wimbledon.com, André said that he would like to continue to train and share his 20 years of experience.

Four-time winner of the Australian Open Two-time winner of the US Open Winner of the French Open Winner of the Wimbledon tournament Olympic tennis champion Winner of the ATP World Tour Finals Two-time Davis Cup winner

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