He surprised fans by admitting, in his 2009 autobiography, that he had used the drug crystal meth in 1997 and had lied to hide his use from tennis officials. Title: Open - An Autobiography Author: Andre Agassi Binding Type: Paperback Publisher: Harper Collins Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 392 Engaging. Plagued by back problems, he retired after losing in the third round the 2006 US Open. Open at age 35 (he lost to Roger Federer). In 2005 he made it to the finals of the U.S. Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over. In later years Agassi shaved his head and became a more sober and beloved figure in tennis, still ranking highly after 20 years in the game. Explore books by Andre Agassi with our selection at. In his career Agassi won more than 850 singles matches, including 60 titles, 8 Grand Slams and an Olympic Gold Medal (Atlanta, 1996). Agassi’s flashy clothes, stylish hair and bad-boy attitude were the perfect counterpoint to Sampras’s steady, clean-cut power game. Throughout the 1990s, men’s tennis was dominated by the back-and-forth rivalry of Agassi and Pete Sampras. He began playing professionally in 1986, and by 1988 had won more than $2 million in prize money. player Andre Agassi went from being the young rebel with glam-rock hair to the grand “old man” with a head as smooth as a clay court - and one of the greatest players in the game’s history.
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