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Andre Agassi Career Statistics
This is a list of the main career statistics of former professional tennis player Andre Agassi. Significant finals Grand Slam finals Singles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups) By winning the 1999 French Open, Agassi completed a men's singles Career Grand Slam. He was the fifth of eight male players in history (after Don Budge, Fred Perry, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and before Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic) to achieve this. Year-end championships finals Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) Grand Slam Cup Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Masters Series finals (since 1990) Singles: 22 (17 titles, 5 runner-ups) Agassi won 17 Masters Series singles titles, which is currently the fourth highest of all time, behind Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. It is also the overall sixth highest total of 'tier one' titles (including those which preceded Masters 1000 events, such as the Super Nine) behind Novak Djokovic (36), Rafael Nadal (36) and Roger Federer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors. Agassi is the second of five men to achieve the career Grand Slam in the Open Era and the fifth of eight overall to make the achievement. He is also the first of two men to achieve the career Golden Slam (career Grand Slam and Olympic gold medal), as well as the only man to win a career Super Slam (career Grand Slam, plus the Olympic gold medal and the year-end championships). Agassi was the first man to win all four singles majors on 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). He also won 17 Masters titles and was part of the winning Davis Cup teams in 1990, 1992 and 1995. Agassi reached the world No. 1 ranking for the first time in 1995, but was troubled by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Courier
James Spencer "Jim" Courier (born August 17, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He won four major singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open. He was the youngest man to reach the singles finals of all four majors, at the age of 22 years and 11 months. He also won five Masters titles. Since 2005 he has worked as a tennis commentator, notably for the host broadcaster of the Australian Open, Nine (for which he also commentates and co-hosts Australian Ninja Warrior), and as an analyst for Tennis Channel and Prime Video Sport. Tennis career Courier was raised in Dade City, Florida, and though he excelled at youth sports in general, after a certain point it became clear that tennis was where his true talent lay. As a junior player in the 1980s, Courier attended the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy and won the prestigious Orange Bowl in 1986 and 1987 (the first to win back-to-back titles since Ivan Lendl), as well as the French Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Martin
Todd Martin (born July 8, 1970) is an American retired tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the 1994 Australian Open and the 1999 US Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4. Playing career Martin was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, and played tennis for two years at Northwestern University before turning professional in 1990. His parents lived in Lansing, Michigan, where Martin went to nearby East Lansing High School. At Northwestern, he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta Delta Tau Delta () is a United States-based international Greek letter college fraternity. Delta Tau Delta was founded at Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia, (now West Virginia) in 1858. The fraternity currently has around 130 collegiate chapter ... fraternity. He won his first top-level singles title in 1993 at Coral Springs, Florida. Martin traveled with good friend David Helfer for much of the '92 season. Helfer went on to play at Kalamazoo College. Coached by Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 US Open – Men's Singles
Andre Agassi defeated Todd Martin in the final, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1999 US Open. With the win, he returned to the world No. 1 singles ranking, and helped end Pete Sampras' streak of six year-end No. 1 rankings. Patrick Rafter was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Cédric Pioline in the first round after succumbing to shoulder tendinitis. Seeds Qualifying draw Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References External links Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 1999 US Open Men's Singles draw at the |
1999 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Two-time defending champion Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. With his sixth Wimbledon crown, Sampras broke Björn Borg's Open Era record of five Wimbledon men's singles titles and equalled Roy Emerson's record of twelve men's singles major titles overall. Sampras's victory over Agassi in the final is often cited as one of the greatest performances in a Wimbledon final. However, despite his victory, Sampras lost the world No. 1 ranking to Agassi, who had recently won the French Open and was attempting to complete the Channel Slam. This tournament is also notable as being the last major in which former world No. 1 Boris Becker competed, and the first Wimbledon appearances for future champions Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer. Seeds Pete Sampras (champion) Pat Rafter ''(semifinals)'' Yevgeny Kafelnikov ''(third round, retired due to a hamstring injury) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Medvedev (tennis)
Andrei Medvedev ( uk, Андрій Медведєв, Andriy Medvedyev; born 31 August 1974) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Medvedev reached the final of the 1999 French Open, the French Open semifinals in 1993, and won four Masters titles during his career, achieving a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in May 1994. Career In 1991, Medvedev won the junior singles title at the French Open. As a 17 year old the following year, Medvedev won his first two ATP-tour titles in Genoa and Stuttgart (where he beat world no. 2 Stefan Edberg, and finished the season ranked within the world's top 25. His most successful tournament was the Hamburg Masters (formerly the German Open), which he won three times (1994, 1995 and 1997). He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 4. In the late 1990s, Medvedev's form and results began to flounder until he unexpectedly reached the final of the 1999 French Open where — ranked 100 — he defeated Dinu Pescariu, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 French Open – Men's Singles
Andre Agassi defeated Andriy Medvedev in the final, 1–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1999 French Open. With the win, Agassi became the second man, after Rod Laver, to complete a career Grand Slam in the Open Era. He also achieved a career Super Slam (having previously won Olympic gold and the year-end championships), the only men's singles player to do so. Carlos Moyá was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Agassi. This tournament was also the first major in which future 20-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 1 Roger Federer and future French Open champion Gaston Gaudio competed in the main draw; they lost to Patrick Rafter and Àlex Corretja in the first round and third round, respectively. Seeds Qualifying draw Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 External linksOfficial Roland Garros 1999 Men's Sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 US Open – Men's Singles
Pete Sampras defeated the defending champion Andre Agassi in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1995 US Open. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Pete Sampras is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Andre Agassi ''(finalist)'' # Pete Sampras ''(champion)'' # Thomas Muster ''(fourth round)'' # Boris Becker ''(semifinalist)'' # Michael Chang ''(quarterfinalist)'' # Goran Ivanišević ''(first round)'' # Yevgeny Kafelnikov ''(third round)'' # Michael Stich ''(fourth round)'' # Thomas Enqvist ''(second round)'' # Wayne Ferreira ''(first round)'' # Sergi Bruguera ''(second round)'' # Richard Krajicek ''(third round)'' # Marc Rosset ''(fourth round)'' # Jim Courier ''(semifinalist)'' # Todd Martin ''(fourth round)'' # Andrei Medvedev ''(second round)'' Qualifying Draw Final eight Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. The Australian Open starts in the middle of January and continues for two weeks coinciding with the Australia Day holiday. It features men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles; junior's championships; and wheelchair, legends, and exhibition events. Novak Djokovic has the most Australian Open mens singles titles of all time with 9. Before 1988, it was played on grass courts, but since then three types of hardcourt surfaces have been used: green-coloured Rebound Ace up to 2007, blue Plexicushion from 2008 to 2019, and blue GreenSet since 2020. First held in 1905 as the Australasian championships, the Australian Open has grown to become one of the biggest sporting events in the Southern Hemisphere. Nicknamed "the happy sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Andre Agassi defeated the defending champion Pete Sampras in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6), 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1995 Australian Open. Agassi was making his Australian Open debut. He would go on to win three more editions of the tournament in 2000, 2001, and 2003. A memorable moment occurred in the quarterfinal match between Sampras and Jim Courier. Sampras had fought from a two-set deficit to level the match at 2–2. Shortly after winning the first game of the fifth set, Sampras was overcome with grief over his then-coach, Tim Gullikson. (Gullikson had suffered several seizures while touring with Sampras in Europe in late 1994. Shortly before Sampras' match against Courier, Gullikson had collapsed during a practice session after suffering another seizure, with tests proving inconclusive at Epworth Hospital and being flown home to Chicago for further tests.) During the fifth set of the match, Sampras retired to his chair and broke down in te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Stich
Michael Detlef Stich (, ; born 18 October 1968) is a German former professional tennis player. He won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991, the men's doubles titles at both Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in 1992, and was a singles runner-up at the 1994 US Open and the 1996 French Open. Stich won 18 singles titles and ten doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 2, achieved in 1993. Career Stich was raised in Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein. He turned professional in 1988 and won his first top-level singles title in 1990 at Memphis, Tennessee. Stich won Wimbledon in 1991. He defeated the defending champion and world No. 1 Stefan Edberg in the semifinals, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 7–6, without breaking his service once. Then in the final, he beat his compatriot and three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker in straight sets. In 1992, Stich teamed with John McEnroe to win the men's doubles title at Wimbledon in a five-set, five-hour final that stretched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 US Open – Men's Singles
Andre Agassi defeated Michael Stich in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–5), 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1994 US Open. He became the first unseeded player in the Open Era to win the title, and the first overall since Fred Stolle in 1966. Pete Sampras was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Jaime Yzaga. This was the final major and professional appearance for former world No. 1 and eight-time major champion Ivan Lendl. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Andre Agassi is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Pete Sampras ''(fourth round)'' # Goran Ivanišević ''(first round)'' # Sergi Bruguera ''(fourth round)'' # Michael Stich ''(finalist)'' # Stefan Edberg ''(third round)'' # Michael Chang ''(fourth round)'' # Boris Becker ''(first round)'' # Andrei Medvedev ''(second round)'' # Todd Martin ''(semifinalist)'' # Alberto Berasategui ''(first round)'' # Jim Courier ''(second round)'' # W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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