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Andre Agassi
Completing the career Grand Slam and winning Olympic singles gold.
Olympic gold · Career Grand Slam
- Born
- 29 April 1970
- Birthplace
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi is an American former tennis player known for aggressive returns, baseline timing and a career marked by dramatic reinvention.
Early life
Sporting father
His father Mike represented Iran in Olympic boxing.
Academy training
He trained at Nick Bollettieri’s Florida academy as a teenager.
Career
- 1986
Professional start
He joined the tour at sixteen.
- 1992
Wimbledon breakthrough
He won his first major singles title.
- 1997–1999
Rebuilding
After falling to number 141, he returned to world number one.
- 2006
Retirement
He ended his tour career at the US Open.
Achievements
Olympic gold
He won the Atlanta singles tournament.
Career Grand Slam
Victory at Roland-Garros completed all four major titles.
Eighth major
He won his fourth Australian Open.
Beyond tennis
Education
His charitable work supported a Las Vegas college-preparatory school and school facilities.
Memoir
Open describes the pressures of his upbringing and complicated relationship with tennis.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Official career history and recognition ↗Photo: Shinya Suzuki from New York, U.S.A.. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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