Jim Courier has said that if you take away the serve of Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi was the better player. It’s a curious game to play this fantasy mix and matching of the weapons of great champions. But in the end it’s silly. If Frank Bruno had Mike Tyson’s punching power… If Marcelo Rios had […] Continue to read full article...

Andre Agassi · Mike Agassi

Andre Agassi produced mediocre results with Novak Djokovic, shortly before Djokovic re-hired his old coaching team which resulted in Djokovic returning to his best level and winning Wimbledon and US Open and regaining the ATP world no. 1 ranking. Djokovic's success begged the question...why couldn't Agassi inspire Djokovic to return to glory? Continue to read full article...

Andre Agassi · Grigor Dimitrov · Super Coach

MONTE CARLO OPEN April 23, 1996 Andre Agassi MONTE CARLO, MONACO Q. Andre, I guess it's not easy to play a match in these conditions when you are expecting something else? ANDRE AGASSI: Yes, that's right. Q. So how did you handle the match? ANDRE AGASSI: Well, you know, there's not much you can really do except try to, you know, stay relaxed and yet not so relaxed that you forget about what you're doing. I think the most difficult is the first few games right when you come out, make sure your feet get moving quick or else you cannot find your rhythm sometimes for an entire set. Continue to read full article...

Andre Agassi

By Scoop Malinowski Status: 1990 Roland Garros champion. Won 21 career ATP singles and 34 doubles titles. Won 1988 Roland Garros in doubles (w. E. Sanchez) and 1986 U.S. Open in doubles (w. Zivojinovic). DOB: February 27, 1960 In: Guayaquil, Ecuador Nickname: Go Go – from Jimmy Connors. Tennis Inspirations: I think Nastase, Laver and […] Continue to read full article...

Andre Agassi · Andres Gomez · Ecuador · French Open · Ivan Lendl · Roland Garros

  By Scoop Malinowski Status: ATP player from 1991-2003. Achieved career high singles ranking of no. 64 in 1996. Has career wins over Courier, Rosset, Stich, Santoro, Rusedski, Bjorkman, Forget, Pozzi, Wheaton, Frana. Coached Maria Sharapova for six years. DOB: February 1, 1973 In: Santa Monica, CA Early tennis memory: Would be playing in Palm […] Continue to read full article...

Andre Agassi · Halle · Jim Courier · Los Angeles · Michael Joyce · US Open · Wimbledon

Unbeknownst to many, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi were supposed to play an exhibition match against each other on Saturday night in Costa Rica. But the latest edition of the storied rivalry was canceled because of rain. The pair of American tennis legends arrived in Costa Rica on Friday... Continue to read full article...

Andre Agassi · Costa Rica · Pete Sampras · USA

One of the most respected grinders of the ATP Tour, "Iron" Mike shares insights and memories of a remarkable 13-year ATP career - which has endured numerous surgeries, grand slam glory & agony, countless mileage by foot and air - but is still going quite strong... Status: ATP #81. Winner of 11 Challenger and 8 Futures events. Has career wins against Berdych, Bruguera, Verkerk, Dent, Hanescu, Malisse, Mahut and Sanguinetti. His highest ATP ranking was #60 in 2007. Has earned over $1,000,000 in career prize money. Tennis Inspirations: "Growing up I loved watching Andre Agassi play, he was my hero. The way he could take the ball early. Hit everything as hard as he could. Inspirations for me - are my wife, my parents, they both worked really hard, never had that much growing up and had to work hard for everything. Like I do when I play on the court. I have to work for everything." First Tennis Memory: "Gotta be hitting on the garage when I was five years old. Wood racquet." Nicknames: "Mussell, Wheels, Mighty Mouse, Iron Mike." Funny Tennis Memory: "Playing a match one time, French Open juniors (1994), my opponent Kevin Kim, hit a serve and it hit a bird, it was flying across the court. Unfortunately it killed the bird. Another time I played a Challenger and the fish dropped out of the sky - in the middle of the court - and it was an eagle carrying the fish from the ocean. And dropped it in the middle of the point during the match (Savannah, GA)." Continue to read full article...

Andre Agassi · ATP · Lleyton Hewitt · Michael Russell