Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassiis an American retired professional tennis player and former World No. 1, who was one of the game's most dominant players from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi had been called the greatest service returner in the history of the game. Described by the BBC upon his retirement as "perhaps the biggest worldwide star in the sport's history", Agassi...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth29 April 1970
CityLas Vegas, NV
CountryUnited States of America
If you could start the point off from the baseline, it would be a very one-sided match,
He's the best I've ever played against. Pete was great, but there was a place to go with Pete on your terms - there's nowhere to go with Roger,
He's the best I've ever played against. Everything you try to do, he has an answer for. He plays the game in a very special way.
How do you find words for what this means? ... This has been some of the greatest memories I've ever had on a tennis court.
I don't know if I've ever felt this good here,
I don't know if I can put in context with how this compares with some of my greatest moments on tennis courts, but it's right up there,
I didn't know what I got into there. I guess I was excited to get out there.
He's unique to the game based on his size and the way he plays. I don't know what it's like to face it. It's an odd trajectory that the ball is coming down from. It's not even so much the pace, it's the trajectory as well.
He's unique to the game based on his size and the way he plays. A guy like that is really awkward. It's an odd trajectory that the ball's coming down from,
He's writing checks that you only hope his body can cash. He plays very hard every single point.
He's the only guy I've ever played where you hold serve to go 1-0 and you're thinking, 'All right, good. The amount of options he has to get around any particular stage of the match seems to be endless. He can elevate his game at any time.
He's the only guy I've ever played against you hold serve to go 1-0 and you think all right, good. There's a sense of urgency on every point, on every shot.
He's lost three matches all year, ... He's probably won, what, 70 (actually 71)? Yeah, he's definitely beatable (laughter). I just don't like those odds.
But he was, in his most difficult moments, more awkward than I anticipated.