Edberg Regains Form, Beats Stoltenberg

Publish date: 2024-07-30
 ANDRE AGASSI         ATP Tour site bio
(pronounced: AG-us-see)
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(Source: 1998 ATP
Tour Player Directory)


Birthdate: April 29, 1970 Turned pro: 1986
Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Height: 5-11 1.80m)
Weight: 165 (75kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Career prize money: $13,206,463
Highest singles ranking: 1 (April 10, 1995)
Highest doubles ranking: 123 (August 17, 1992)

1997 HIGHLIGHTS

  • Prize money: $305,132
  • Matches won-lost: Tour: 12-12 (singles), 1-2 (doubles) Challenger: 4-1 (singles), 0-0 (doubles)
  • Singles Semifinalist: San Jose.
  • Quarterfinalist: Indianapolis.

    • 1997 IN REVIEW

  • Finished out of Top 100 in ATP Tour Rankings for first time since turning pro in 1986
  • Played in fewest tournaments (12) and matches (24) on Tour since his rookie year
  • Also failed to win a title or appear in a Tour final for first time since '86
  • Opened season in February in San Jose with a SF, his best finish, defeating Knowles, M. Norman and Doyle before losing to Rusedski
  • The next week took a wild card into Memphis and lost to Kuerten in opening match
  • Sprained his left ankle during loss
  • Did not miss any action but lost his next three matches
  • In April, played in Davis Cup OF tie in Newport Beach, Calif., and extended his Cup winning streak to 15 with victories over Schalken and Siemerink
  • Clinched tie with five-set victory over Siemerink after losing first two sets
  • Improved career record to 24-4 and is within one victory of Bill Tilden's U.S. record of 16 consecutive Davis Cup victories
  • Played his only claycourt event in Atlanta, losing to M. Norman in 2nd RD on May 1
  • Missed next 2 1/2 months, partially because of tendinitis in right wrist, before returning July 16 in Washington
  • Lost to D. Flach in opening match and dropped next two matches in Los Angeles (Gimelstob) and Cincinnati (Kuerten)
  • Entered Indianapolis and beat Sanguinetti, Delaitre and No. 5 Corretia en route to OF (I. to Woodforde)
  • Went into U.S. Open ranked No. 63 and advanced to RD 16 with victories over Campbell, Voinea and Woodforde before losing to eventual champion Rafter in four sets
  • Played in final Tour event in Stuttgart in late October and lost to Martin in 1 st RD
  • In November, took a wild card into LasVegas Challenger and reached the final (I. to Vinck)
  • It was his first Challenger tournament since 1986.

    CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

    1987

  • Made presence known with SF appearances in Stratton Mountain and Basel
  • Won first Tour title as a wild card in Itaparica (d. Mattar)

    1988

  • Won six titles in seven finals
  • Posted SF showings at French and U.S. Opens

    1989

  • Won his only title of year in Orlando and reached Rome final

    1990

  • First Grand Slam final at French Open 0. to Gomez)
  • Finalist at U.S. Open (I. to Sampras)
  • Captured inaugural ATP Tour World Championship in Frankfurt, defeating Becker in SF and Edberg in final
  • Won three other titles
  • Helped U.S. to Davis Cup title over Australia

    1991

  • Won titles in Orlando and Washington Finalist for second year at French Open (I. to Courier)

    1992

  • Defeated three-time champs Becker and J. McEnroe to reach Wimbledon final, where he defeated Ivanisevic in five sets for first Grand Slam title
  • Also won Toronto and Atlanta
  • Led U.S. over Sweden and Switzerland to win Davis Cup

    1993

  • Underwent right wrist surgery on Dec. 20, 1993
  • Won titles in San Francisco and Scottsdale and first career doubles title in Cincinnati (w/Korda)

    1994

  • Won five titles, among them U.S. Open and Mercedes Super 9s in Toronto and Paris
  • Became first player to move from outside Top 30 to finish No. 2 the same year
  • Defeated five seeded players en route to U.S. Open title, becoming first unseeded champion since Fred Stolle in 1966

    1995

  • Won a career-high seven titles in 11 finals, compiled a personal-best 73-9 match record and became the 12th player in the history of the ATP Rankings to rank No. 1
  • Ranked No. 1 every week until Nov. 5 (total of 30 weeks)
  • Compiled a careerbest 26-match winning streak during the North American summer hardcourt circuit, winning titles in Washington, Montreal, Cincinnati and New Haven
  • The streak ended when he lost to Sampras in the U.S. Open final
  • The rivals met in three Mercedes Super 9 finals during the year - Indian Wells (lost), Key Biscayne (won) and Montreal (won)
  • Qualified for ATP Tour World Championship but withdrew because of injury

    1996

  • Won Mercedes Super 9s in Key Biscayne (d. Ivanisevic) and Cincinnati (d. Chang)
  • Became the first player to win The Lipton title three times
  • In August, defeated Bruguera in final to become the first American man to win the Olympic Gold medal in singles since Vincent Richards in 1924
  • The next week in Cincinnati posted consecutive Top 5 wins over Kafelnikov (QF), Muster (SF) and Chang (F)
  • Held No. 1 ranking for two weeks (Jan. 29-Feb. 5)
  • Reached U.S. Open SF (l. to Chang)
  • Qualified for ATP Tour World Championship and went 0-1 in round robin play before withdrawing because of illness.

    CAREER TITLES (34):

    1987

  • Itaparica;

    1988

  • Memphis, Charleston, Forest Hills, Stuttgart, Stratton Mountain, Livingston;

    1989

  • Orlando;

    1990

  • San Francisco, Key Biscayne, Washington, ATP Tour World Chp.-Frankfurt;

    1991

  • Orlando, Washington;

    1992

  • Atlanta, Wimbledon, Toronto;

    1993

  • San Francisco, Scottsdale;

    1994

  • Scottsdale, Toronto, U.S. Open, Vienna, Paris-indoor;

    1995

  • Australian Open San Jose, Key Biscayne, Washington, Montreal, Cincinnati, New Haven;

    1996

  • Key Biscayne, AtIanta Olympics, Cincinnati.

    FINALIST (13):

    1987

  • Seoul;

    1988

  • Los Angeles;

    1989

  • Rome;

    1990

  • Indian Wells, French Open, U.S. Open;

    1991

  • French Open;

    1994

  • Key Biscayne;

    1995

  • Indian Wells, Tokyo-outdoor, Atlanta, U.S. Open;

    1996

  • San Jose.

    CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (1).

    FINALIST (1).

    PERSONAL

  • Born and raised in Las Vegas, where at age 4 he hit with such tennis greats as Bjorn Borg, Ilie Nastase and Harold Solomon In 1986, emerged as a 16-year-old prodigy of Nick Bollettieri, with whom he worked until July 1993
  • Introduced to the game by his father, Mike, a former boxer who participated in the 1952 Olympics, and mother Elizabeth
  • A member of three winning Davis Cup teams (1990,1992 and 1995) and 24-4 lifetime in 17 ties
  • Brother Phillip and childhood best friend Perry Rogers manage Agassi Enterprises
  • Founded the Andre Agassi Foundation in 1994 to give back to his community by assisting at-risk youth in Las Vegas
  • In three years has raised $7 million through his "Grand Slam for Children" benefit concert
  • Helped fund the Andre Agassi Boys & Girls Club in Las Vegas with a $1.25 million contribution -opened in April 1997
  • Named winner ofthe ATP Tour's Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award for 1995 for helping disadvantaged youth in Las Vegas
  • Also one of five athletes named in the third annual "Most Caring Athlete" by USA Today WEEKEND in 1996
  • Fitness trainer is former University of Nevada-Las Vegas strength coach Gil Reyes Coached by Brad Gilbert since March 1994
  • Married Brooke Shields on April 19, 1997, in Monterey, Calif. © Copyright 1998 washingtonpost.com

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