Editing Andre Agassi (section)

==Personal life==
===Relationships and family===
In the early 1990s, after dating Wendi Stewart,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/08/image-everything-andre-agassis-infamous-ad/55425/|title=1989: Image is Everything—Andre Agassi's infamous ad|publisher=Tennis.com|access-date=December 15, 2019|archive-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215090019/https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/08/image-everything-andre-agassis-infamous-ad/55425/|url-status=live}}</ref> Agassi dated American singer and entertainer [[Barbra Streisand]]. He wrote about the relationship in his 2009 autobiography, "We agree that we're good for each other, and so what if she's twenty-eight years older? We're sympatico, and the public outcry only adds spice to our connection. It makes our friendship feel forbidden, taboo — another piece of my overall rebellion. Dating Barbra Streisand is like wearing Hot Lava."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20128036,00.html |title=Double Fault |magazine=People |date=April 26, 2014 |first=Tom |last=Gliatto |access-date=September 7, 2014 |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918085353/https://people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20128036,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He was married to actress [[Brooke Shields]] from 1997 to 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brooke Shields Says It 'Felt Good to Feel Smaller Than Another' When with Andre Agassi: 'He Was So Famous' |url=https://people.com/brooke-shields-reflects-on-andre-agassi-relationship-he-was-so-famous-8611707 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref>

He married [[Steffi Graf]] on October 22, 2001, at their [[Las Vegas]] home; the only witnesses were their mothers.<ref name=GrafWed>{{cite web |last=Knolle |first=Sharon |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101751&page=1 |title=Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf Wed |work=ABC News |access-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522145516/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101751&page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> They have two children: son Jaden Gil (born 2001) and daughter Jaz Elle (born 2003).<ref name=GrafWed/> Agassi has said that he and Graf are not pushing their children toward becoming tennis players; Agassi's son Jaden took up [[baseball]], playing for the [[USC Trojans baseball|University of Southern California]] and the [[Germany national baseball team|German national team]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10861440|title=Tennis: Agassi taking different {{sic|ta|ct|nolink=y}} with fatherhood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918085420/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10861440|date=September 25, 2013|archive-date=September 18, 2018|newspaper=New Zealand Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/jaden-agassi-andre-steffi-graf-tennis-27c09e4f6eaf45d6d45d6e5aaf0c2e90|publisher=AP|date=March 2, 2025|title=Jaden Agassi, son of tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, works to make mark in baseball|first=David|last=Brandt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/player/jaden-agassi-694449|title=Jaden Agassi Career Stats|website=MiLB.com|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=March 3, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=agassi000jad|title=Jaden Agassi Career Stats|website=[[Baseball Reference]]|access-date=March 3, 2025}}</ref> The Graf-Agassi family resides in [[Summerlin, Nevada|Summerlin]], a community in the [[Las Vegas Valley]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/love-everything-graf-now |title=Love is everything to Graf now |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=May 20, 2010 |access-date=September 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025081858/http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/love-everything-graf-now |archive-date=October 25, 2014 }}</ref> Graf's mother and brother, Michael, with his four children, also live there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2014062019501/tennis-legendsteffi-graff-talks-royal-ascot-and-career/|title=Tennis legend Steffi Graf talks Royal Ascot and her career to HELLO! Online|work=Hello|date=June 20, 2014|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-date=June 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622090946/http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2014062019501/tennis-legendsteffi-graff-talks-royal-ascot-and-career/|url-status=live}}</ref>

His mother is a breast cancer survivor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 11, 2006 |title=Tennis star's mom, Betty Agassi, champions cause of breast cancer |url=https://www.dl-online.com/news/tennis-stars-mom-betty-agassi-champions-cause-of-breast-cancer |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Detroit Lakes Tribune |language=en |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214185149/https://www.dl-online.com/news/tennis-stars-mom-betty-agassi-champions-cause-of-breast-cancer |url-status=live }}</ref>

Long-time trainer [[Gil Reyes (tennis)|Gil Reyes]] has been called one of Agassi's closest friends; some have described him as being a "father figure" to Agassi.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/1999/year_in_review/flashbacks/father_best/ |title=Father Knew Best |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=January 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217090140/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/1999/year_in_review/flashbacks/father_best/ |archive-date=February 17, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://safinhantuchova.blogspot.com/2008/07/papa-gil.html |title=Peter Bodo Blog: Papa Gil |access-date=January 26, 2011 |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918085412/http://safinhantuchova.blogspot.com/2008/07/papa-gil.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2012, Agassi and Reyes introduced their own line of fitness equipment, BILT By Agassi and Reyes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/training-day/201209/bilt-andre-agassi-gil-reyes-fitness-gym-equipment-safety |title=Andre Agassi and Trainer Introduce Their Personalized Fitness Equipment to the Public |work=ThePostGame.com |access-date=September 7, 2012 |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909013720/http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/training-day/201209/bilt-andre-agassi-gil-reyes-fitness-gym-equipment-safety |url-status=dead }}</ref> In December 2008, Agassi's childhood friend and former business manager, Perry Rogers, sued Graf for $50,000 in management fees he claimed that she owed him.<ref>[http://media.lasvegassun.com/media/pdfs/blogs/documents/2008/12/06/Complaint_and_Summons.pdf ''Alliance Sports Management v. Stephanie Graf''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721101848/http://media.lasvegassun.com/media/pdfs/blogs/documents/2008/12/06/Complaint_and_Summons.pdf |date=July 21, 2013 }} ''[[Las Vegas Sun]]''. Retrieved October 23, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.lvrj.com/news/35674229.html "Ex-manager for Agassi sues Graf"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411081655/http://www.lvrj.com/news/35674229.html |date=April 11, 2010 }} ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]'' December 7, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2009.</ref>

===Autobiography===
{{Main|Open: An Autobiography}}

Agassi's autobiography, ''[[Open: An Autobiography]]'', (written with assistance from [[J. R. Moehringer]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/books/09book.html?_r=1 "Agassi Basks in His Own Spotlight" by Janet Malin ''New York Times'' November 8, 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927000529/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/books/09book.html?_r=1 |date=September 27, 2017 }}. Retrieved December 11, 2009.</ref>), was published in November 2009. In it, Agassi talks about his childhood and his unconventional Armenian father, who came to the United States from Iran, where he was a professional boxer. Overly demanding and emotionally abusive to the whole family, his father groomed young Agassi for tennis greatness by building a tennis court in their backyard and sending Agassi to tennis boarding school under the supervision of [[Nick Bollettieri]], who later coached and managed part of Agassi's professional career.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/books/review/Tanenhaus-t.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705014517/http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/books/review/Tanenhaus-t.html |archive-date=2022-07-05 |title=Andre Agassi's Hate of the Game |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first=Sam |last=Tanenhaus |author-link=Sam Tanenhaus |date=November 20, 2009 |access-date=November 30, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

There is also mention in the book of using and testing positive for [[methamphetamine]] in 1997.<ref name="sports.espn.go.com" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2009/10/27/2009-10-27_agassi.html |location=New York |work=Daily News |title=Andre Agassi admits to using crystal meth in forthcoming autobiography |first=Nathaniel |last=Vinton |date=October 27, 2009 |access-date=October 27, 2009 |archive-date=October 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029005717/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2009/10/27/2009-10-27_agassi.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/sports/NATL-Andre-Agassi-Admits-to-Using-Crystal-Meth-66510482.html |title=Andre Agassi Admits to Using Crystal Meth |date=October 27, 2009 |access-date=January 26, 2011 |archive-date=March 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307073621/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/sports/NATL-Andre-Agassi-Admits-to-Using-Crystal-Meth-66510482.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In response to this revelation, [[Roger Federer]] declared himself shocked and disappointed, while [[Marat Safin]] argued that Agassi should return his prize money and be stripped of his titles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sport.repubblica.it/news/sport/tennis-federer-deluso-e-scioccato-da-agassi/3730572.html |title=TENNIS, FEDERER: DELUSO E SCIOCCATO DA AGASSI |language=it |access-date=March 30, 2010 |archive-date=April 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416172900/http://sport.repubblica.it/news/sport/tennis-federer-deluso-e-scioccato-da-agassi/3730572.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/nov/10/andre-agassi-marat-safin-drugs |location=London |work=The Guardian |title=Marat Safin tells Andre Agassi to relinquish titles after drug admission |date=November 10, 2009}}</ref> In an interview with CBS, Agassi justified himself and asked for understanding, saying that "It was a period in my life where I needed help."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportmediaset.mediaset.it/altrisport/articoli/articolo27870.shtml |title=Agassi: 'Ora chiedo comprensione'. Droga, ex tennista si giustifica in tv |language=it |publisher=Sport-[[Mediaset]] |access-date=November 22, 2013 |archive-date=July 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728012222/http://www.sportmediaset.mediaset.it/altrisport/articoli/articolo27870.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

Agassi said that he had always hated tennis during his career because of the constant pressure it exerted on him. He also said he wore a hairpiece earlier in his career and thought [[Pete Sampras]] was "robotic".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/oct/29/andre-agassi-hate-tennis |title=Why did Andre Agassi hate tennis? |first=Stuart |last=Jeffries |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=October 29, 2009 |access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref>

The book reached No. 1 on the [[New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/books/bestseller/besthardnonfiction.html?ref=bestseller |work=The New York Times |title=Hardcover Nonfiction |date=November 29, 2009 |access-date=March 30, 2010 |first=Jennifer |last=Schuessler |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713023544/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2009/11/29/besthardnonfiction.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and received favorable reviews.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/11/book-reviews-agassi-mayle-mourlevat-palin.html |work=Los Angeles Times |title=Jacket Copy |date=November 20, 2009 |access-date=November 24, 2009 |archive-date=November 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123214840/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/11/book-reviews-agassi-mayle-mourlevat-palin.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It won the Autobiography category of the 2010 [[British Sports Book Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/simonbriggs/100005984/the-british-sports-book-awards-go-global/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202231911/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/simonbriggs/100005984/the-british-sports-book-awards-go-global/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 2, 2011 |title=Andre Agassi's 'Open' wins at the British Sports Book Awards. Pity about the gloopy speech |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |author =Simon Briggs |date=March 12, 2010 |access-date=November 26, 2012 |location=London}}</ref> In 2018, the book was listed on ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' as one of "The 30 Best Sports Books Ever Written",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/books/a22033403/best-sports-books-ever-written/|title=The 30 Best Sports Books Ever Written|last=Wilson|first=Paul|date=March 7, 2018|work=Esquire|access-date=November 30, 2018|archive-date=July 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714021806/https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/books/a22033403/best-sports-books-ever-written/|url-status=live}}</ref> and was also recommended by self-help author [[Tim Ferriss]] who described it as "very candid, very amusing, and very instructional".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3024245/6-must-read-book-recommendations-from-our-favorite-leaders|title=6 Must Read Book Recommendations From Our Favorite Leaders|last=Baer|first=Drake|work=Fast Company |date=January 7, 2014|access-date=November 30, 2018|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030432/https://www.fastcompany.com/3024245/6-must-read-book-recommendations-from-our-favorite-leaders|url-status=live}}</ref>