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Andre Kirk Agassi was born April 29, 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada to an Assyrian father from Iran, whom represented Iran in boxing at the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Games before emigrating to the United States and an American mother.

At the age of thirteen, Andre was sent to teaching guru Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Academy in Florida and his tennis carreer started.

He turned professional in 1986 and won his first top-level singles title in 1987 at the Sul American Open in Itaparica. He ended the year ranked World No. 25was ranked World No. 91.

Due to his dislike of the grass surface and the all-white dress code, Andre avoided competing at Wimbledon from 1988-1990. However, thanks to a last minute decision to take part in 1992, he raced through the tournament and saw off the might of Goran Ivanisevic at the grand final to claim victory.

He is the only men's player in history to have both won all four Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal in men's singles.

Andre met Brooke Shields in 1993 and, after a four-year courtship, the two married in Carmel, California in 1997. However, while the couple became media darlings, Andre's career took a turn for the worse. By November 1997, thanks to a bad run and a number of injuries, he sank to a 141 world ranking. They divorced in 1999.

A return to form saw Andre win two straight Australian Open championships in 2000 and 2001. During 2001, he won 49 career singles championships and $23,502,790 in prize money. He had a record of 689 wins and 220 losses in singles matches.