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- Agassi was the first man to win all four singles majors on three different surfaces (hard, clay and grass), and remains the most recent American man to win the French Open (in 1999) and the Australian Open (in 2003). He also won 17 Masters titles and was part of the winning Davis Cup teams in 1990, 1992 and 1995.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Athletes. Andre Agassi is a retired professional tennis player best known for his strong, smart playing style, which helped him win numerous championships throughout the 1990s. Updated:...
Agassi ended 1990 on a high note as he helped the United States win its first Davis Cup in 8 years on home soil against Australia (3–2) and won his only Tennis Masters Cup, beating reigning Wimbledon champion Stefan Edberg in the final.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Agassi won a second Australian Open in 2000 and a third in 2001. Later that year, he married fellow tennis star Steffi Graf. After recurring wrist problems limited his 2002 season, he captured his fourth Australian Open championship in 2003.
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Apr 29, 2020 · Tactical genius Brad Gilbert, who drastically turned Agassi’s career around when they began their eight-year partnership in 1994, grasped what his charge needed to do inside the lines with razor ...
Jul 17, 2006 · He's finally going to see the big picture, finally going to confront—well, no, he's not. He'll go for a year and a half, on and off, and skirt what happened in his childhood, but damn, he's trying. Number 87 .... He lifts the blinds on his gym window, overlooking the house he built for his parents.
Apr 10, 1995 · Their sharp contrast in playing styles and personalities made their matches must-see viewing throughout the ‘90s and early 2000s. Agassi trails 14-20 in their ATP Head2Head series and often came up short in their biggest matches, prevailing in just one of their five Grand Slam finals.
He also has an Olympic gold medal from 1996 and helped the U.S. to Davis Cup titles in 1990, '92 and '95. He has a 30-6 lifetime singles record, returning to the team in 2005 after a five-year...