Andre Agassi was born on April 29, 1970 in
Las Vegas, NV. Andre is one of only five male tennis players to have won all four Grand Slam events. In total, Andre won eight Grand Slam titles. He also won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
After briefly dating
Barbara Streisand, Agassi married actress Brooke Shilelds in 1997. After divorcing Shields in 1999, he began dating tennis star Steffi Graf. The two eventually married and have two children. Andre retired from professional tennis in 2006. In addition to his brilliant tennis career, Andre is a philanthropist who has made numerous charitable contributions.
Did you know…
- He has a fear of spiders and snakes.
- He owns a night club in Las Vegas.
- He is the only player to be ranked in top ten in three different decades.
- He is a staunch Democrat.
- His father represented Iran in boxing in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics.
- He is the only man to win the U.S. Open as an unseeded player.