Andre Agassi
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49 free Andre Agassi trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Andre Agassi won eight majors, Olympic gold and 101 weeks at No. 1, and wrote in his memoir that he hated tennis the whole time. His father, an Iranian-Armenian Olympic boxer, built a court in the Las Vegas backyard; Nick Bollettieri waived the fees after thirty minutes; and the teenager who skipped Wimbledon over its all-white dress code won his first major there in 1992. A wrist injury, a failing marriage and crystal meth took him to No. 141 in 1997; the French Open in 1999 made him the first man to win all four majors on three surfaces. These 49 questions follow the whole arc: Kirk Kerkorian and the middle name, the wig that cost him the 1990 French Open final, the Oakley sunglasses, the unseeded 1994 US Open win, the shaved head, Atlanta gold, the Sampras rivalry, the Medvedev comeback, three Australian Opens, the 2006 farewell, Brad Gilbert, Brooke Shields, Steffi Graf, the charter school, the Djokovic stint and the pickleball debut at 55. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so a miss still teaches you something. Play it solo or print it for a tennis night.
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Q 01Where did Agassi win four of his eight Grand Slam singles titles?
Melbourne
Melbourne was a late discovery: he did not enter the Australian Open until 1995, won it at the first attempt and finished with a 48-5 record there.
Q 02Agassi's catchphrase "Image is everything" came from his TV adverts for which camera brand?
Canon
Canon's line stuck to him for years: with his neon kit and no major title until 1992, critics used it to ask whether there was any substance behind the flash.
Q 03In which city was Agassi born?
Las Vegas
Las Vegas gave him his start: his father took a casino job at the Tropicana and tended its tennis courts in exchange for court time, and by two Andre could serve on a full court.
Q 04Agassi's father Mike had been an Olympic boxer for which country?
Iran
Iran sent him to the 1948 and 1952 Games, where he lost in the first round both times; he then emigrated to America and pinned his hopes on tennis instead.
Q 05Agassi's middle name Kirk honours which businessman?
Kerkorian
Kerkorian, the casino billionaire, was a fellow Armenian who struck up a lasting friendship with Agassi's father when the future tennis dad was waiting tables at the Tropicana.
Q 06Agassi's sister Rita married which former world No. 1?
Pancho Gonzales
Pancho Gonzales had been Rita's coach: she rebelled against her father's relentless drills and ran off with the much older champion, a man her father could not stand.
Q 07At 13, Agassi was sent to which coach's academy in Florida?
Nick Bollettieri
Nick Bollettieri watched him hit for half an hour, then rang his father: "Take your check back. He's here for free." A planned three-month stay became years.
Q 08Agassi won the 1990 ATP Tour World Championships by beating which defending champion in the final?
Stefan Edberg
Stefan Edberg took the first set, but Agassi won the next three in Frankfurt for the biggest title of his career until Wimbledon two years later.
Q 09The ghostwriter of Agassi's 2009 autobiography later worked on whose 2023 memoir?
Prince Harry
Prince Harry's Spare was shaped by J. R. Moehringer, whom Agassi had sought out after reading his memoir The Tender Bar; he also ghostwrote Nike founder Phil Knight's Shoe Dog.
Q 10Agassi skipped Wimbledon from 1988 to 1990 over objections to what?
Its dress code
Its dress code, with the rule on predominantly white clothing, clashed with his neon wardrobe; he came back in 1991 and a year later won the title dressed in white.
Q 11Agassi attributed his 1990 French Open final loss to worrying about what?
His wig falling off
His wig falling off was a real risk: the hairpiece had come apart in the shower the night before, his brother helped patch it up, and he lost to Andrés Gómez in four sets.
Q 12Agassi helped the United States win which team competition in 1990, 1992 and 1995?
The Davis Cup
The Davis Cup first came his way in 1990, when he helped the United States end an eight-year wait for the trophy; he won 30 of his 36 singles matches for his country.
Q 13Agassi lost the 1991 French Open final to which American, his former academy roommate?
Jim Courier
Q 21Agassi's last career win, a five-set thriller at the 2006 US Open, came against which eighth seed?
Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis was 21 and Agassi 36, with a back that needed injections after every match, yet it was the younger man who seized up with cramp in the fifth set.
Q 22Which drug did Agassi later admit using in 1997?
Crystal methamphetamine
Crystal methamphetamine showed up in a drug test; he wrote to the ATP that a friend had spiked his drink, the case was dropped, and twelve years later he admitted the letter was a lie.
Q 23Which actress was Agassi married to from 1997 to 1999?
Brooke Shields
Jim Courier trailed by two sets to one, then took the last two 6-1, 6-4 to win a major title a full year before Agassi managed it.
Q 14Whom did Agassi beat in the 1992 Wimbledon final for his first major?
Goran Ivanišević
Goran Ivanišević, the big-serving Croatian left-hander, took him to five sets; the winner was a baseliner who had refused to play Wimbledon at all from 1988 to 1990.
Q 15Agassi wore Oakley sunglasses in a famous 1992 magazine cover photo to hide what, per his memoir?
A hangover
A hangover, he wrote: the wraparound shades hid his bloodshot eyes, and he claimed Oakley's founder sent him a Dodge Viper to say thanks for the publicity.
Q 16Which coach, hired in 1994, pushed Agassi toward a more tactical baseline game?
Brad Gilbert
Brad Gilbert, the author of Winning Ugly, got him to stop chasing winners and grind opponents down instead; six of Agassi's eight major titles came under him.
Q 17Agassi won the 1994 US Open as the first man in the Open era to do what?
Win it unseeded
Win it unseeded: he had tumbled down the rankings, so he started without a seeding and beat five seeded players on the way to the title.
Q 18What did Agassi do to his appearance in 1995, breaking with his "image is everything" era?
Shaved his head
Shaved his head: the famous mane had been thinning for years, and the new look arrived in the season he won his third major and first reached world No. 1.
Q 19Agassi won his Olympic singles gold medal in which host city?
Atlanta
Atlanta gave the family the medal his father never won: Mike Agassi had boxed at two Olympics and lost in the first round both times.
Q 20Whom did Agassi beat in the final to win his Olympic gold medal?
Sergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera, a two-time French Open champion, was a clay-court specialist out of his element on a hard court, and won only six games: 6-2, 6-3, 6-1.
Brooke Shields and Agassi split in April 1999, and his tennis took off at once: within five months he had won the French Open and the US Open and was back at No. 1.
Q 24After sinking to No. 141, Agassi rebuilt his ranking by playing which lower-tier events?
Challengers
Challengers are the tour's minor league, a long way from Centre Court; the former world No. 1 swallowed his pride, played them, and ended the following season ranked No. 6.
Q 25From what deficit did Agassi come back to win the 1999 French Open final?
Two sets to love down
Two sets to love down after winning just three games, he beat Andrei Medvedev 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 at the tournament where he had already lost two finals.
Q 26Agassi's 1999 French Open title made him the fifth man to complete which feat?
Career Grand Slam
The career Grand Slam, all four majors at least once, fell into place at the tournament that had haunted him, and he was the first man to do it on three different surfaces.
Q 27Whom did Agassi beat in the 1999 US Open final?
Todd Martin
Todd Martin won two tiebreaks to lead by two sets to one, but Agassi ran away with the last two sets 6-3, 6-2 for his second major title of the year.
Q 28Agassi ended 1999 as No. 1, snapping whose record six straight year-end No. 1 finishes?
Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras won 20 of their 34 meetings, and the rivalry gave him his exit: he beat Agassi in the 2002 US Open final and never played another match.
Q 29At which Masters event did Agassi win six titles between 1990 and 2003?
Miami
Miami, 1996: his opponent in the final woke with a stiff neck and retired trailing 3-0, handing Agassi the third of the six titles he won there.
Q 30Agassi lost five-set Wimbledon semi-finals in both 2000 and 2001 to which serve-and-volleyer?
Pat Rafter
Pat Rafter beat him both times, the second by 8-6 in the fifth set, and then lost the final each year, retiring without the Wimbledon title.