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Open: An Autobiography is a memoir written by former professional tennis player Andre Agassi with assistance from J. R. Moehringer [2] published on November 9, 2009. Throughout the book, Agassi, an eight-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1 , [ 3 ] details his challenging childhood under the supervision of a demanding father and ...
At the US Open, Agassi overcame No.1 ranked and defending champion Lleyton Hewitt in the semi-finals. [62] This led to what turned out to be the last duel between Agassi and Sampras in final of the US Open, which Sampras won in four sets and left Sampras with a 20–14 edge in their 34 career meetings. The match was the last of Sampras's career.
Eight-times grand slam champion Andre Agassi is open to a return to coaching despite the challenges he faced in the role while guiding Serbia's Novak Djokovic last year. Agassi took on his first ...
By winning the 1999 French Open, Agassi completed a men's singles Career Grand Slam. He was the fifth of eight male players in history (after Don Budge , Fred Perry , Rod Laver , Roy Emerson and before Roger Federer , Rafael Nadal , and Novak Djokovic ) to achieve this.
Andre Agassi defeated Andriy Medvedev in the final, 1–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1999 French Open. [1] [2] It was his first French Open title and fourth major title overall, becoming the second man in the Open Era (after Rod Laver) to complete the career Grand Slam, and the first to do so across three surfaces.
The 2003 Australian Open was a tennis tournament held in 2003. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2003 ATP Tour and the 2003 WTA Tour . It was the 91st edition of the event and attracted 512,225 spectators.
With the win, Agassi became the reigning champion at three of the four majors, missing only the 1999 Wimbledon Championships (where he had finished runner-up to Pete Sampras). This was the first Australian Open for future six-time champion and world No. 1 Roger Federer , and marked his first match win at a major.
It was his fifth US Open title (an Open Era record) and his all-time record-extending 14th major title overall. The final was a rematch of the 1990 and 1995 US Open finals, where Sampras won his first and seventh major titles respectively. It was Sampras' last professional appearance, though he did not officially declare his retirement until 2003.