Andre Kirk Agassi (pronounced /ˈɑːndreɪ ˈæɡəsi/; born April 29, 1970) is a retired American professional tennis player and former World No. 1[1][2][3]. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time,[4][5][6][7] Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game.[4][8][9][10]
In singles tennis, Agassi is the only male player of the Open Era to achieve a Career Super Slam; winning all four Grand Slam tournaments, the Olympic gold medal in singles, and the ATP Tour World Championships.[11] He is the first of two male players (with Rafael Nadal) in history to have achieved a singles Career Golden Slam, and, along with Rod Laver, Don Budge, Fred Perry, Roy Emerson, Roger Federer and Nadal, one of seven men to have achieved a Career Grand Slam—one of four (with Laver, Federer and Nadal) since the beginning of the Open Era.[12] He won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments in fifteen Grand Slam final appearances. He also won seventeen ATP Masters Series tournaments, a record from 2004-2010. He won the 1990 ATP Tour World Championships and was part of a winning Davis Cup team in 1990 and 1992.[13] Agassi is the last American to win the French Open (1999)[14] and the Australian Open (2003).[15]
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