Andre Agassi

. In November 24, 2004 Amanda Beard appeared in FOX's Quintuplets. Their daughter, Jaz Elle, was born on October 3, 2003. A NASCAR fan, Beard now dates Nextel Cup Series driver Carl Edwards. Their son, Jaden Gil, was born 6 weeks prematurely on October 26. Beard dated South African swimmer Ryk Neethling for nearly six years, but that relationship ended in the Spring of 2005. With only their mothers as witnesses, they were married at his home on October 22, 2001. She also won silver in the 200-meter individual medley and finished fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke.

By the time the divorce was final, Agassi was dating Steffi Graf. Olympic Swim Trials and competed in the 2004 Olympic Games, where she won gold in the 200-meter breaststroke, her first individual gold medal. Agassi filed for divorce, which was granted on April 9, 1999. She made a good showing at the 2004 U.S. The case was dismissed, but the headlines were indicative of the union. In 2003 she became the world champion and world record holder for the 200m breaststroke. That February, they had filed suit against The National Enquirer claiming it printed "false and fabricated" statements: Brooke was undergoing counseling, binge-eating and taking pills; Agassi "lashed into" Brooke and he and Brooke's mother "tangled like wildcats" when she demanded a prenup. She won a bronze in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2000 Games.

After a four-year courtship, Agassi married Brooke Shields in a lavish ceremony on April 19, 1997. Her childlike manner captured the imagination of the media, and she was often photographed clutching her teddy bear, Harold, who joined her on the medal stand.
. She won silver medals in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststrokes, and a gold in the medley relay.
. Born in Newport Beach, California, Beard made her first Olympic appearance at the 1996 games at the age of 14.
. Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981) is an American Olympic swimmer.

As of 2005, Agassi is the oldest active singles player on the ATP Tour. In addition to this, Agassi also earns over $25 Million a year through endorsements, the most by a tennis player and fourth in all sports (1st place is Tiger Woods at $70 Million/year). Agassi has earned over $25 Million throughout his career, second only to Pete Sampras. In 1992, Andre was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality Award.

Agassi has represented the USA in Davis Cup play many times, compiling a lifetime record of 30-6 in 22 tries. He won the tennis singles event at Atlanta in 1996. He also became the first male tennis player to win all four Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal. (The previous players had won the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open on grass courts and Roland Garros on clay.) Agassi won the Australian Open on Rebound Ace, Roland Garros on clay, Wimbledon on grass, and the US Open on hard court.

Even more impressive, he is the first male tennis player to win Grand Slams on four different surfaces. Agassi is one of only five male players to have won all the Grand Slam tournaments in a career, along with Don Budge, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver and Fred Perry. He was the target of one of the fastest serves recorded, a 149-mph (240 km/h) blast from Andy Roddick—and returned it into play. Most agree that Agassi is the best serve returner in the history of professional tennis.

His serve is slightly above-average at best among the top players on the men's tour (due to his lack of speed but good placement), but his return-of-serve is his claim to fame. However, he often makes contact with the ball inside the baseline, unlike most baseliners, who make 4-8 feet behind the baseline their home. Agassi keeps in exceptional shape and can outlast most players over the course of a long match, even the best counterpunchers. He typically employs a baseline style of play, rarely serving-and-volleying. After winning a match, he bows and blows a two-handed kiss to the spectators on each side of the court, a gesture most take as a rather humble acknowledgment of their support for him and for tennis.

Perhaps most remarkably, he has emerged as a gracious and thoughtful athlete, something of an elder statesman. Agassi rededicated himself to tennis: he shaved his balding head, began a rigorous conditioning program, and worked his way back to the ATP by playing Challenger Tournaments, a circuit for pros ranked 50th and lower. "Image is everything" was the ads's tag line, and it became Agassi's as well, but by November 1997, his ranking had plunged to 141. He boasted of a cheeseburger-heavy diet and endorsed the Canon Rebel camera.

He grew his hair to rock-star length, sported an earring, and wore colorful shirts that pushed tennis' still-strict sartorial boundaries. As a youngster, Agassi embraced a rebel image. Few athletes have so completely overhauled their public persona. He surpassed $2 million in career prize money in December 1988 after just 43 tournaments -- the quickest player in history to do so.

When he was 14, Andre was shipped off to teaching guru Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Academy in Florida, and turned pro when he was 16. Andre's sister, Rita, finally rebelled and moved in with, and later married, Pancho Gonzalez (their son, Skylar, played on Bishop-Gorman High School's tennis team). Mike had Andre practice with Ilie Nastase and Jimmy Connors. Growing up, Andre and his siblings had to hit 3,000 balls every day, seven days a week.

He hung tennis balls over Andre's crib, and gave him a full-sized racket at age 2. Mike Agassi was a tennis fanatic, to put it nicely, determined to turn at least one of his four children into a world-class player. His father, Emmanuel "Mike" Agassi, was a boxer for Iran in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics before emigrating to the U.S. Agassi, an ethnic Armenian & Assyrian, was born and raised in Las Vegas, and lives there when not on tour.

He is a former World No. 1 in the ATP rankings. As of 2005, he has won over $29 million in prize money. He has fifty nine career singles titles including eight Grand Slam titles. Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29, 1970, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) is an American professional tennis player (1986-).

Australian Open 2005 4th Round: defeated Joachim Johansson 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 despite being aced 51 times, a world record. Open 2002 Final: lost to Pete Sampras, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, in what turned out to be Sampras' last competitive match. U.S. Open 2001 Quarter-final: lost to Pete Sampras, 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, despite not losing a service game.

U.S. Australian Open 2000 Semi-final: defeated Pete Sampras, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-1, en route to his second Australian Open championship. Open final 1999: defeated Todd Martin 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2, in another come-from-behind thriller. U.S.

French Open final 1999: defeated Andrei Medvedev 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, in a spectacular come-from-behind victory to complete his career Grand Slam. Wimbledon semi-final 1998: lost to Patrick Rafter, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, in a tense five-set match. Wimbledon final 1992: defeated Goran Ivanisevic, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 for his first Grand Slam win and only Wimbledon championship. French Open final 1990: lost to Andrés Gómez, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, in his first Grand Slam final.