Famous Tennis Players

Andre Agassi

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Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29, 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. He is one of only five male players to have won all four Grand Slam singles events during his career. He is the only player in the open era to have won every Grand Slam singles title, to have won the Tennis Masters Cup, to have been part of a winning Davis Cup team, and to have won an Olympic gold medal. He has won 17 ATP Masters Series tournaments, more than any other player. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
Because of sciatica caused by two bulging discs in his back, a Spondylolisthesis (shifting vertebrae), and a bone spur that interferes with the nerve, Agassi retired from professional tennis on September 3, 2006, after losing in the third round of the US Open. Agassi is married to Steffi Graf and has two children. He is the founder of the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation, which has raised over $70 million for at-risk children in Southern Nevada In 2001, the Foundation opened the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas, a K-12 public charter school for at-risk children.[

Grand Slam singles finals

Year	Championship	Position	Opponent	Score
1992	Wimbledon	Champion	Goran Ivaniševic	6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
1994	U.S. Open	Champion	Michael Stich	6-1, 7-6, 7-5
1995	Australian Open	Champion	Pete Sampras	4-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-4
1999	French Open	Champion	Andrei Medvedev	1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1999	U.S. Open	Champion	Todd Martin	6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
2000	Australian Open	Champion	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
2001	Australian Open	Champion	Arnaud Clément	6-4, 6-2, 6-2
2003	Australian Open	Champion	Rainer Schüttler	6-2, 6-2, 6-1
1990	French Open	Runner-Up	Andrés Gómez	6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
1990	U.S. Open	Runner-Up	Pete Sampras	6-4, 6-3, 6-2
1991	French Open	Runner-Up	Jim Courier	3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
1995	U.S. Open	Runner-Up	Pete Sampras	6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
1999	Wimbledon	Runner-Up	Pete Sampras	6-3, 6-4, 7-5
2002	U.S. Open	Runner-Up	Pete Sampras	6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
2005	U.S. Open	Runner-Up	Roger Federer	6-3, 2-6, 7-6, 6-1