Andre Kirk Agassi is an American former professional tennis player, born in 1970, who was ranked world number one in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals for 101 weeks, including as year end number one in 1999. He won 60 ATP Tour level singles titles including eight majors, an Olympic gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games and the 1990 ATP Tour World Championships, and is one of only three men to complete the career Golden Slam in singles, after his ranking had fallen as low as number 141 in 1997 before a rigorous training regimen returned him to the top of the sport. He helped the United States win the Davis Cup in 1990, 1992 and 1995, and won his final major at the 1999 French Open to complete the career Grand Slam.
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Career HighlightAgassi is one of nine men to complete the career Grand Slam in singles, and one of three men to complete the career Golden Slam in singles. 1 Classification
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Which surface did Andre Agassi win his first major on?
His first major was Wimbledon in 1992 on grass.
Agassi was raised on hardcourts and found much of his early major success on the clay of Roland Garros, but his first major win came on the grass of Wimbledon in 1992. Grass was his worst surface, and he said at the time that he hated the tournament. His strongest surface was hardcourt, where he won six of his eight majors.
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Andre Kirk Agassi ( AG-ə-see; born April 29, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player.
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Andre Kirk Agassi ( AG-ə-see; born April 29, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player.
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is an American former professional tennis player.
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Agassi is one of nine men to complete the career Grand Slam in singles, and one of three men to complete the career Golden Slam in singles.
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Andre Kirk Agassi ( AG-ə-see; born April 29, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player.
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Andre Kirk Agassi ( AG-ə-see; born April 29, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player.
Competed In: Wimbledon, lead paragraph, competed-in
A teenage phenomenon, Agassi contested multiple major finals before winning his first at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships.
Competed In: French Open, lead paragraph, competed-in
He was the first man to win all four singles majors across three different surfaces (hard, clay and grass), and remains the most recent American man to win the French Open (in 1999) and the Australian Open (in 2003).
Competed In: US Open (Tennis), lead paragraph, competed-in
Competing well into the 2000s, Agassi retired from the sport following the 2006 US Open.
Competed In: Australian Open, lead paragraph, competed-in
He was the first man to win all four singles majors across three different surfaces (hard, clay and grass), and remains the most recent American man to win the French Open (in 1999) and the Australian Open (in 2003).
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