Andre Agassi Bids Farewell
Comments(0) We’ll miss you Andre!
My idol growing up. I started playing a lot more tennis because of Agassi..”Who’s that guy with the long hair and denim jeans..He’s awesome!”
8 Grand Slam Singles Finals
Year Championship Opponent in Final
1992 Wimbledon Goran Ivanišević
1994 U.S. Open Michael Stich
1995 Australian Open Pete Sampras
1999 French Open Andrei Medvedev
1999 U.S. Open (2) Todd Martin
2000 Australian Open (2) Yevgeny Kafelnikov
2001 Australian Open (3) Arnaud Clément
2003 Australian Open (4) Rainer Schüttler
7 time Runner Ups
Year Championship Opponent in Final
1990 French Open Andrés Gómez
1990 U.S. Open Pete Sampras
1991 French Open Jim Courier
1995 U.S. Open Pete Sampras
1999 Wimbledon Pete Sampras
2002 U.S. Open Pete Sampras
2005 U.S. Open Roger Federer
Brad Gilbert was Andres coach from (1994-2002)
After winning the French Open in 1999, Agassi became the first male tennis player to win the Career Golden Slam. Agassi also helped the United States win the Davis Cup in 1990, 1992, and 1995. He was named the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year in 1992. Agassi has earned more than US$30 million in prize-money throughout his career, second only to Sampras. In addition, Agassi earns over US$25 million a year through endorsements, the most by any tennis player and fourth in all sports (first place is Tiger Woods at US$70 million a year).