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ANDRE AGASSI ATP Tour site bio
(pronounced: AG-us-see)
(Source: 1998 ATP
Tour Player Directory) |
Birthdate: April 29, 1970 Turned pro: 1986
Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Height: 5-11 1.80m)
Weight: 165 (75kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Career prize money: $13,206,463
Highest singles ranking: 1 (April 10, 1995)
Highest doubles ranking: 123 (August 17, 1992)
1997 HIGHLIGHTS
Prize money: $305,132
Matches won-lost: Tour: 12-12 (singles), 1-2 (doubles) Challenger: 4-1
(singles), 0-0 (doubles)
Singles Semifinalist: San Jose. Quarterfinalist: Indianapolis.
1997 IN REVIEW
Finished out of Top 100 in ATP Tour Rankings for first time since
turning pro in 1986 Played in fewest tournaments (12) and matches
(24) on Tour since his rookie year Also failed to win a title or
appear in a Tour final for first time since '86 Opened season in
February in San Jose with a SF, his best finish, defeating Knowles, M.
Norman and Doyle before losing to Rusedski The next week took a wild
card into Memphis and lost to Kuerten in opening match Sprained his
left ankle during loss Did not miss any action but lost his next
three matches In April, played in Davis Cup OF tie in Newport Beach,
Calif., and extended his Cup winning streak to 15 with victories over
Schalken and Siemerink Clinched tie with five-set victory over
Siemerink after losing first two sets Improved career record to 24-4
and is within one victory of Bill Tilden's U.S. record of 16 consecutive
Davis Cup victories Played his only claycourt event in Atlanta,
losing to M. Norman in 2nd RD on May 1 Missed next 2 1/2 months,
partially because of tendinitis in right wrist, before returning July
16 in Washington Lost to D. Flach in opening match and dropped next
two matches in Los Angeles (Gimelstob) and Cincinnati (Kuerten)
Entered Indianapolis and beat Sanguinetti, Delaitre and No. 5 Corretia
en route to OF (I. to Woodforde) Went into U.S. Open ranked No. 63
and advanced to RD 16 with victories over Campbell, Voinea and Woodforde
before losing to eventual champion Rafter in four sets Played in
final Tour event in Stuttgart in late October and lost to Martin in 1 st
RD In November, took a wild card into LasVegas Challenger and reached
the final (I. to Vinck) It was his first Challenger tournament since
1986.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1987
Made presence known with SF appearances in Stratton Mountain and
Basel Won first Tour title as a wild card in Itaparica (d. Mattar)
1988
Won six titles in seven finals Posted SF showings at
French and U.S. Opens 1989
Won his only title of year in Orlando
and reached Rome final 1990
First Grand Slam final at French Open
0. to Gomez) Finalist at U.S. Open (I. to Sampras) Captured
inaugural ATP Tour World Championship in Frankfurt, defeating Becker in
SF and Edberg in final Won three other titles Helped U.S. to
Davis Cup title over Australia 1991
Won titles in Orlando and
Washington Finalist for second year at French Open (I. to Courier) 1992
Defeated three-time champs Becker and J. McEnroe to reach
Wimbledon final, where he defeated Ivanisevic in five sets for first
Grand Slam title Also won Toronto and Atlanta Led U.S. over
Sweden and Switzerland to win Davis Cup 1993
Underwent right wrist
surgery on Dec. 20, 1993 Won titles in San Francisco and Scottsdale
and first career doubles title in Cincinnati (w/Korda) 1994
Won
five titles, among them U.S. Open and Mercedes Super 9s in Toronto and
Paris Became first player to move from outside Top 30 to finish No.
2 the same year Defeated five seeded players en route to U.S. Open
title, becoming first unseeded champion since Fred Stolle in 1966 1995
Won a career-high seven titles in 11 finals, compiled a
personal-best 73-9 match record and became the 12th player in the
history of the ATP Rankings to rank No. 1 Ranked No. 1 every week
until Nov. 5 (total of 30 weeks) Compiled a careerbest 26-match
winning streak during the North American summer hardcourt circuit,
winning titles in Washington, Montreal, Cincinnati and New Haven The
streak ended when he lost to Sampras in the U.S. Open final The
rivals met in three Mercedes Super 9 finals during the year - Indian
Wells (lost), Key Biscayne (won) and Montreal (won) Qualified for
ATP Tour World Championship but withdrew because of injury 1996
Won Mercedes Super 9s in Key Biscayne (d.
Ivanisevic) and Cincinnati (d. Chang) Became the first player to win
The Lipton title three times In August, defeated Bruguera in final
to become the first American man to win the Olympic Gold medal in
singles since Vincent Richards in 1924 The next week in Cincinnati
posted consecutive Top 5 wins over Kafelnikov (QF), Muster (SF) and
Chang (F) Held No. 1 ranking for two weeks (Jan. 29-Feb. 5)
Reached U.S. Open SF (l. to Chang) Qualified for ATP Tour World
Championship and went 0-1 in round robin play before withdrawing because
of illness.
CAREER TITLES (34): 1987
Itaparica; 1988
Memphis, Charleston, Forest
Hills, Stuttgart, Stratton Mountain, Livingston; 1989
Orlando; 1990
San Francisco, Key Biscayne, Washington, ATP Tour World Chp.-Frankfurt;
1991
Orlando, Washington; 1992
Atlanta, Wimbledon, Toronto; 1993
San Francisco, Scottsdale; 1994
Scottsdale, Toronto, U.S. Open,
Vienna, Paris-indoor; 1995
Australian Open San Jose, Key Biscayne,
Washington, Montreal, Cincinnati, New Haven; 1996
Key Biscayne, AtIanta
Olympics, Cincinnati.
FINALIST (13): 1987
Seoul; 1988
Los Angeles;
1989
Rome; 1990
Indian Wells, French Open, U.S. Open; 1991
French
Open; 1994
Key Biscayne; 1995
Indian Wells, Tokyo-outdoor, Atlanta,
U.S. Open; 1996
San Jose.
CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (1). FINALIST (1).
PERSONAL
Born and raised in Las Vegas, where at age 4 he hit with such tennis
greats as Bjorn Borg, Ilie Nastase and Harold Solomon In 1986, emerged
as a 16-year-old prodigy of Nick Bollettieri, with whom he worked until
July 1993 Introduced to the game by his father, Mike, a former boxer
who participated in the 1952 Olympics, and mother Elizabeth A member
of three winning Davis Cup teams (1990,1992 and 1995) and 24-4 lifetime
in 17 ties Brother Phillip and childhood best friend Perry Rogers
manage Agassi Enterprises Founded the Andre Agassi Foundation in
1994 to give back to his community by assisting at-risk youth in Las
Vegas In three years has raised $7 million through his "Grand Slam
for Children" benefit concert Helped fund the Andre Agassi Boys &
Girls Club in Las Vegas with a $1.25 million contribution -opened in April 1997 Named winner ofthe ATP Tour's
Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award for 1995 for helping disadvantaged youth
in Las Vegas Also one of five athletes named in the third annual
"Most Caring Athlete" by USA Today WEEKEND in 1996 Fitness trainer
is former University of Nevada-Las Vegas strength coach Gil Reyes
Coached by Brad Gilbert since March 1994 Married Brooke Shields on April 19, 1997, in Monterey, Calif.
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