Question 1

True or false: Agassi was married to actress Brooke Shields before he married Steffi Graf.

Accepted Answer

True. He married Shields in 1997, but they divorced in 1999; he later married Graf in 2001.

Question 2

True or false: Agassi is the only male player to win all four Grand Slams on three different surfaces.

Accepted Answer

False. Rod Laver and others also achieved this; Agassi did it in the Open Era, but not uniquely.

Question 3

True or false: Andre Agassi won a Golden Slam by winning all four majors and Olympic gold in 1999.

Accepted Answer

False. He never won the French Open in 1999; his Golden Slam claim is false. He won the career Golden Slam, but not in one year.

Question 4

True or false: Agassi once said he hated tennis and considered quitting in the early 1990s.

Accepted Answer

True. In his autobiography 'Open,' he admitted he resented tennis, even flushing his runner-up trophy down the toilet.

Question 5

True or false: Agassi opened a charter school for at-risk children in Las Vegas in 2001.

Accepted Answer

True. He founded the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, a public charter school, to help underserved kids in Las Vegas.

Question 6

True or false: Agassi won the French Open in 1999 after being down two sets to love in the final.

Accepted Answer

False. He beat Andriy Medvedev in five sets, but he was down two sets to one, not two sets to love.

Question 7

True or false: Agassi never won a match at Wimbledon until his surprise title run in 1992.

Accepted Answer

True. He skipped Wimbledon from 1988-1990 and lost in the first round in 1987 and 1991, making his 1992 victory shocking.

Question 8

True or false: Agassi won his first ATP match at age 15 against Jimmy Connors.

Accepted Answer

False. He turned pro at 16 and his first ATP win was against John Austin in 1986, not Connors.

Andre Agassi Trivia Questions