Trivia

Although they had already divorced, Agassi cooperated with Brooke Shields request to obtain an annulment so that she could marry Chris Henchy in the Catholic Church.

He admitted in 2009 that the famous long blonde hair he sported in the early nineties was actually a wig he wore to cover his hair loss. He also blamed it for costing him his first Grand Slam final due to being so worried about it falling off.

1996 Summer Olympics champion. He and wife Steffi Graf are the first male and female players in tennis history, respectively, to win all four majors singles titles and an Olympic gold medal.

Is one of only 6 players to have won more than 800 matches.

Two months after he resigned as Agassi's business manager in October 2008, former boyhood friend Perry Rogers sued Steffi Graf for $50,000 in management fees.

Middle name "Kirk" is in honor of family friend Kirk Kerkorian.

The original family surname is Aghassian, but his father shortened it to "Agassi" upon immigrating to America.

The Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, a charter school for underprivileged children, opens in West Las Vegas. It is jointly funded by the Agassi Foundation and the Nevada State Department of Education. (August 30, 2001)

Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2011.

Jaden Gil Agassi born at 3:30 a.m. at Valley Hospital in Las Vegas to Agassi and Steffi Graf. He was delivered by Dr. Joseph A. Rojas II, and weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces. In a February 2002 interview, Graf disclosed Jaden comes from a masculine form of "jade," a word she had always liked, and Gil was in honor of Agassi's trainer, Gil Reyes. (October 26, 2001)

Was rear-ended as he rode to his Las Vegas home from the airport after returning from Wimbledon, injuring his back. (July 9, 2000)

Armenian and Assyrian on his father's side.

Has a record of holding the most Tennis Masters titles (17) as for August 2004.

Practiced with Ilie Nastase and Jimmy Connors as a youngster.

Youngest of four children.

Print and TV ads for cell phone company T-Mobile with Steffi Graf debuted in Europe. The ads were shot in Las Vegas. (April 26, 2002)

Became only 8th male player in the Open Era to win 50 singles titles. (April 2002)

Surpassed $1 million in career prize money in December 1988, after just 43 tournaments -- the quickest player in history to do so.

With only their mothers as witnesses, Agassi and Steffi Graf were married at his Las Vegas home by District Judge Michael Cherry. So secret was the ceremony, the rest of Agassi's family didn't learn of it until after the fact. (October 22, 2001)

Won the Australian Open the first time he entered it. It also marked his first and only victory over Pete Sampras in a majors final. (1995).

Release of his book, "Open: An Autobiography". (October 2009)

Novak Djokovic announced that Agassi will coach him at the French Open and at Wimbledon. [May 21, 2017].

Former brother-in-law of Pancho González. González and Rita Agassi's son, Skylar, played on Bishop-Gorman High School's (Las Vegas) tennis team.

Became the first unseeded player since 1930 to win the US Open. (1994)

After losing in the first round in 1987, Agassi passed up Wimbledon three years in a row. The reason he gave was that he wasn't allowed to wear his colorful outfits.

Upon the birth of arch-rival Pete Sampras's son Christian in November 2002, London bookmakers gave the baby a 2,000-1 shot of beating Agassi's son Jaden in a Wimbledon final.

Has a "career" Grand Slam: the Australian (1995; 2000; 2001; 2003), Roland Garros (1999), Wimbledon (1992) and the U.S. Open (1994; 1999).

Became the oldest men's player - 32 years, 11 months - in ATP history to be ranked #1. Agassi first became #1 on 10 April 1995 and has spent a total of 87 weeks at #1. His most recent time at #1 was from 13 September 1999 - 10 September 2000. (26 April 2003)

Daughter Jaz Elle Agassi was born on Friday October 3rd, 2003 at Valley Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada

Always bows and kisses to the public after having won a match.

US-born Agassi is the most famous sports personality of Armenian extraction. Acclaimed USSR-born director Sergei Parajanov is the most famous filmmaker of Armenian ethnicity.

Brother of Phillip Agassi and Tami Agassi.

In 2006, he donated $1,070,000 to the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation.

Ex-son-in-law of Teri Shields.

Son-in-law of Peter Graf and Heidi Graf.

Release of the book, "Agassi and Ecstasy: The Turbulent Life of Andre Agassi" by Paul Bauman. (1997)

Release of the book, "Agassi: The Fall and Rise of the Enfant Terrible of Tennis" by Robert Philip. (1993)

Son of Mike Agassi.

Brother-in-law of Michael Graf.

In 2004, his net worth was estimated to be $162 million.

Owns a 10-seat JetStar, its call letters representing his first Grand Slam title, the 1992 Wimbledon (N-792AA)

By winning the 2003 Australian Open, Agassi becomes the oldest man to win a Grand Slam singles title since Ken Rosewall won the Australian in 1972, and only the second man to win a Slam after becoming a father. (25 January 2003).

Former brother-in-law of Lobsang Dargey.

Career singles match record: 860-265; career singles titles: 60; prize money: $30,951,275 (as of September 2005)