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Andre Agassi
(1970-)
Who Is Andre Agassi?
Former professional tennis player Andre Agassi won several USTA junior national titles before turning professional at the age of 16.
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In 1992, Agassi won his first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. More victories soon followed with a U.S. Open win in 1994 and the Australian Open in 1995. After a career slump, Agassi returned to top form in 1999 with wins at the U.S.
Open and French Open. He retired from competition in 2006.
Early Life
Born on April 29, 1970, tennis legend Agassi first picked up a racket when he was a toddler at the insistence of his father.
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His father, an immigrant from Iran and a former Olympic boxer, served as his first coach, making Agassi practice for hours at the family's Las Vegas, Nevada home.
In his mid-teens, Agassi abandoned his education to train full time.
He moved to Florida where he went to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. Agassi proved to be one of the top junior players in the sport, winning several