How Good Was Andre Agassi Actually?

[@degerertenerten7307]

I reckon agassi as one of the only players standing like a statue in the transition from old school tennis to todays modern tennis. He was there to play and fight with the old style. He was there to shift up and succesfully compete with new style. As a tennis player I know how hard it is to achieve this. Imagine him playing with Mac in 80'ies, and then fighting Federer in early 20'ies. Phenomenal. One of the most talented tennis players of all times ever. It is always a pleasure to watch him play.

[@wheresbaby7783]

What are you talking about? Agassi never played old-school tennis. He ignited and revolutionized the Tennjs by taking the ball early and he changed the game of Tennjs. It was him.

[@Editor_Hound]

Andre had an unparalleled understanding of the court's geometry, superb footwork, quick hands(thanks to his dad's draconian training sessions), unparalleled timing, taking the ball on the rise, fast, redirecting pace. He's still to me, the purest ball striker I've seen. It's a shame he dealt with a lot of mental health issues, because he could have achieved so much more. Alas, still an all time great who has left an indelible mark on the sport.

[@hehehehehahahaha2025]

not to mention doing all of that with spondylolisthesis.

[@vv9452]

Or maybe he went on to do other good things because he overcame those mental health challenges?

[@Editor_Hound]

@@vv9452 It is very true. I was simply referring to his tennis career. Indeed, one never knows, maybe the 2nd part of his career wouldn't have been as spectacular if he was never affected by mental health issues in the beginning.

[@abbey810g]

The only male player in history to have won all four grand slams on different surfaces, Olympic singles gold +atp tour final. Legend.

[@davidgoldman5392]

I love Agassi, but Federer, Nadal , and Djokovic have all won all 4

[@abbey810g]

@@davidgoldman5392 No doubt all three are fab but only federer has matched agassi but with an Olympic doubles gold rather than singles gold whilst Nadal misses ATP tour finals and djokovic misses Olympic gold. Agassi had major personal issues and played in a much tougher era particularly compared to Nadal And djokovic who only really had each other in their prime to beat.

[@n0w3lly90]

That's not actually true. Wimbledon and the Australian Open were both played on grass, until the latter switched to hard court, like the US Open. So, there have always been TWO of the slams on the same surface: Wimbledon & Australian on grass (during Agassi's era), and then US Open and Australian on hard court (which leaves one grass and one clay slam left)

[@abbey810g]

@@n0w3lly90 okay maybe I mis-phrased my comment but the main theme stands. The Australian open changed from grass in 1988 and Agassi won the Australian open after that (4 times actually) most recently in 2003(?) so it still stands . I think it is known as the Career super slam when you add in the Davis cup. No other male player has done that.

[@orthopraxis235]

Well they didn't ALWAYS have olympic tennis, or the ATP final. Im pretty sure Rod Laver would have done that if there were the olympics and an ATP tour final in his day. Thats like also saying that the Bryan brothers are the greatest doubles team ever, with the most wins and gs. However, they had to play 2.5 sets at most per match and at most grand slams best of 3. Woodforde and Woodbridge has to play best of 3 full sets and best of 5. That difference leads to longer careers and more grand slams. ASTERISK.

[@Dwaynerade]

Andre had the best footwork! He never took unnecessary steps and hit everything so deep it pinned the best against the baseline. His return-of-serve was nuts and, when everything aligned and he was confident and on a roll, he couldn't be beat. Truly one of the greats. And made bald look good!

[@KandeShack]

My Son and I had the honor of meeting Andre at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI. My Son was a Junior tennis player and was there to receive the National Sportsmanship Award. Stefan Edberg presented the award to him, there was a dinner at The Breakers and because it was the 50th anniversary of the Hall of Fame, all the big names were there…McEnroe, Steffi, Becker, Borg,…anyone who was anyone. Price Albert of Monaco was even there! Andre was so kind, posed for pictures and gave us memories never to be forgotten. He was an incredible tennis player but I admire him more for his work with those less fortunate! That’s what makes him a true champion.🎾

[@Courtside_Tennis]

That’s amazing! What an experience

[@asadmahmood2007]

Please share the pics 😇🙏

[@KandeShack]

@@asadmahmood2007 I’d be happy too, not sure how I could get them to you.

[@mikerzisu9508]

@@KandeShack you should join the tennis subreddit and make a post about this, as well as share pics. It would be super popular and very appreciated by tennis fans

[@prabhakargurusamy5122]

? elbow

[@kayalcorn9569]

Read his autobiography. It's amazing - a page turner. Well done Andre!

[@Courtside_Tennis]

Very good read

[@leonpittman7329]

Totally agree. A very well written and fascinating story.

[@kevinle5460]

great audiobook too

[@cutnut8847]

Ghost written

[@jameshenson2056]

Best baseliner the game of tennis ever got to enjoy

[@alejandrocrespo7633]

Before I watch, I'm gonna go ahead and say that the dude is an amazing player. Agassi had a natural understanding of the court's geometry which, when combined with his ability to crowd the baseline and hit on the rise, resulted in the production of outrageous angles. Furthermore, he had hustle/foot-speed and feel for the ball. Agassi's match against Nadal in Montreal 2005 is, despite losing, an excellent example of this man's quick hands, fluid and powerful strokes, and natural feel/ball-placement.

[@outatime16]

that match against a young prime Nadal is a good reference I tell to kids today of how good he really was because he was playing with an injured back and still managed to take Nadal to a deciding set.

[@abdulmah72]

Andre is my favorite tennis player of all time. He made me enjoy watching tennis.

[@philp3512]

I remember when Agassi first came out and a lot of critics slammed him for being "all fluff and no stuff." Here was this kid getting millions in endorsements and all kinds of attention, and not winning any of the slams. I was so happy when he finally won his first slam, Wimbledon, in 1992. But I think agassi's biggest accomplishment is when he fell way down into the challengers in the 1990s, and it seemed like all was lost.....to have him pick himself back up after such a low point in his career, and to go on to win the career golden slam and more slams in his 30s was an amazing feat.

[@cchavezjr7]

Nobody would have ever thought Wimbledon would have been his first. That was a huge shock in the whole sports world, not just tennis. That was an amazing win.

[@rdefabri]

Criminally underrated player. First player since Rod Laver to complete a career Grand Slam in the open era and did it as a baseline player. I don't think there was a better baseline player than Agassi until Nadal came along. Will always be one of my favorites!!

[@Courtside_Tennis]

It seems like it's either Agassi or Sampras for the best of that period

[@lucasbarbieri2632]

Davydenko was a hitting machine

[@diegosotomiranda4107]

Dude how can you talk about great baseline players and not even mentioning Djokovic,the guy has the perfect set for a baseline beast, thats why he won every master (you know every conditions and variation of surfaces, not counting grass, talk about 6 wimby tittles tho

[@Summon256]

Are you sure it’s 6 and not 7?! Lol

[@fatboi1283]

@@diegosotomiranda4107 he was saying until, obviously djokovic is one of the best, or the best baseliner of all time, but nadal proved himself earlier than djokovic

[@jarisundström]

2024. for me he is still the best tennis-player ever. Background-strokes, returns and his passing-shots all were brilliant.

[@mathematics480]

Agassi had an amazing style that has never been done before nor replicated. He used to hit most of his shots standing very close to the baseline and he barely had to move whilst at the same time making his opponent seemingly move twice as much.

[@cchavezjr7]

Hitting on the rise was a completely new thing then and really put the pressure on his opponents.

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

Nobody in history was as good on the rise as Andre. Incredible hand eye.

[@jamesbedugraham8056]

@@chocolatetownforever7537 The best player in Side to side Tennis. No player has ever done side to side tennis better than anyone But Pete Sampras had the best competitive Attitude to Tennis for the 2000 Decade.

[@cchavezjr7]

Agassi was my idol and really started playing because of him when I was 15. Got to play in college and studied a lot of tennis history. The depth during his time playing was unreal. Any player in the top 10 could win any given tournament and even then, you'd have some low ranks coming in and making surprises. A great time to be a tennis fan. I would say he was the 2nd most naturally gifted tennis player of all time. Can't take that #1 spot of McEnroe and it will be a long time before someone will have that much natural talent like that.

[@robertlevasseur8896]

Really odd comparison. In my mind Agassi was the start of the new era of tennis players, and McEnroe was the last of the old schoolers. They style and power that Agassi brought to the game was light years ahead of what McEnroe could do.

[@cchavezjr7]

@@robertlevasseur8896 It's not about eras, I mentioned it was about pure natural talent. McEnroe throughout the various generations was an obscenely rare talent in what he could do with a ball on the court. If you read about his college career you would have read of some crazy stories about how much above everyone else he was without having nearly the hours put in like the rest of the team who were also at the top of their game. What Agassi brought to the game was different yet along with his talents, he really worked a lot to make that happen and to achieve what he did. Had McEnroe been in the same era, my argument is he could have still done that but much easier. That is what is meant by comparing players by natural talent of the game.

[@airdiarmuid]

Can you truly judge his "natural ability" when he had a tennis racket in his hand since he was probably 4 years old?

[@nocode61]

He was very very talented and unique. In my book, he is the only player that has won all 4 Grand Slams when the playing conditions were very different for different events. As good as Novak, Nadal and even Federer are, I do not think they would have won all four events if the disparities in playing conditions were as great as back then. During those times, some of the prominent clay court specialists would not even bother to attend Wimbledon.

[@Courtside_Tennis]

Good point!

[@feliscorax]

It’s a real shame the conditions have changed so much: I miss classic Wimbledon so much, especially the almost lost art of serve and volley, which has precious few exponents nowadays with the on-going homogenisation of…well, tennis, aye, but all good things.

[@michaelthorpe1869]

Good point but then you had Borg winning at the French and Wimbledon the two most extrem surfaces

[@noahhenderson3164]

I disagree I think they all would still have won all 4. But it's probably safe to safe Djokovic and Nadal wouldn't have gotten the double career grand slam. Djokovic and fed especially would not have done as well on clay as they did.

[@fatboi1283]

@@michaelthorpe1869 we don’t talk about borg

[@Zapatero33158]

“Having about 10 grand slam victories to his name” Was it too tough to say he won 8 slams??

[@hamzaabbaszaidi8788]

I was gonna say that lol

[@genossdiengdoh6749]

... about 10 sounds nicer than only 8 eh.

[@hamzaabbaszaidi8788]

@@genossdiengdoh6749 Then I have about 2 grand slams

[@genossdiengdoh6749]

@@hamzaabbaszaidi8788 yeah right, I have a few slams too, and they weren't Grand. One time I got slammed into the wall when I was learning to ride a cycle, another time when I had a fight with the neighbor kid, but this one won't count cos I returned the slam with interest. So all the slams I had in life will be an amazing number. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@matts4933]

That and the mispronounced names are killing me. Mats Will-and-errr (pronounced Vee-land-er) & Michael Stich (pronounced Steech) lol. I'm only 6 minutes in.

[@danielfiore5899]

thanks , great video . every kid wanted to be Andre. I based my game on his style in my younger years. the best return of serve in history . Such a talent but Andre in his early days didn't have the mental toughness to win a slam and didn't take tennis seriously. he realized that , then changed his ways . his book was an awesome read

[@Balkan_game]

This man was so charismatic on the court !!!! I loved his playing style a lot !!!!! Thanks to him , Pete Sampras , Monika Seles I started loving tennis so much !!!!

[@Courtside_Tennis]

A true icon!

[@vinceventura2393]

For me not only a count of his tournament victorys are interesting. It‘s more about his strokes and his revolutionary technique! Taking the ball very early, compact swings, very clean striking. One of the most efficient and beautiful backhands ever. And his returns were the most spectacular in tennis history!

[@DingKong]

Definitely one of the greats. His return of serve was immense. He really dropped off and lost focus for a while. He managed to work his way back up the rankings to reach the top of the game once more. Impressive.

[@adamkoyn792]

I saw him play at a charity event in Baltimore hosted by Pam Shriver years ago... it was maybe, 2001 or 2002? Nearing the end of his career. The feature event was Agassi vs. Roddick. One thing I'll never forget about the match is how EASILY he returned all of Andy Roddick's 130 mph + serves. I remember Andy clocking a few HUGE first serves that wouldve been aces against probably anyone else, but somehow Andre would just, get there and return it. His feet were moving before Roddick even started his toss. Such incredible reflexes and instincts. One of the GOATs for sure.

[@rushrush1209]

Agassi was terrific. He had some of the quickest reflexes I've ever seen, along with his return of serve. Gil Reyes got him in excellent physical condition towards the end of his career. But he also had inexplicable stretches of playing terrible tennis. Agassi said he played best when he wasn't expected to, and played poorly when expectations were high. I suppose the drug use resulted in times of laziness and disinterest. Still probably one of the top 10 men players to ever play.

[@thebigmonstaandy6644]

if he not wasted so many Australian Opens,he would win 10-12 GSs

[@jameschisholm1619]

I always said Agassi was the best player in the world when he wanted to be.

[@brandnew9834]

Andre was the best pure ball striker in the history of the sport. Best offensive returner. He was the only player talented enough to walk away from the game for basically 2 years, then getting all the way back to #1 after his physical prime was passed. 60 titles and 8 Majors for a guy who didn’t even like playing for the first half of his career.

[@ssaski800]

He could have won so many more grand slams if he always had the mentality and perseverance that he had in his later career. In addition to skipping Wimbledon, he had skipped eight Australian open tournaments until 1995 when he actually won. Probably his best surface of all. As good as his career numbers are, he is definitely an underachieved player. That is how good he was in terms of a raw talent. Yes he could have ended his career around 1997. We are so glad he did not.

[@RFED2O]

Ye but he didn't did he !! There will only ever be one GOAT

[@Badmansband]

He is still the best serve return I've ever seen.

[@richcampbell6808]

@@RFED2O Wrong

[@stephanesurprenant60]

Agassi ending his career in '97. The sports commentators really are bad at making those calls. I remember around 08-09 when some of them suggested Federer could just stop. The guy added another 5 GS titles 2010 onwards. 🤣 The guys that won multiple GS titles are absolute beasts. If Agassi made a come back right now, he'd probably still be top 50 material despite his 52 years of age.

[@stephanesurprenant60]

@@Badmansband Hands down the best. Djokovic is pretty terrifying on the return, but Agassi was just insane... If he was 20 again, he'd be returning Isner on the baseline -- it's not even a question: just look at old Agassi playing Roddick in the early 00s. 🤣

[@anilachar323]

I was hoping to get a better insight on Agassi's techniques, rather than just a spreadsheet of his victories. His solid ground strokes, one of the best returns of serves (in his time), speed around the court, etc

[@rsmith02]

Agreed that would have been interesting.

[@munetoshiyamasaki7536]

Agassi is still the best returner. Raquet technology has evolved so much than Agassi's time and that made you look like he's not the best returner today. The only player comes close to Agassi's return is Murray. Impressive record against Isner and Karlovic (15-1). Even then, Murray's return will not be effective in 90's where the court surface was much faster and heavier raquets without generating so much spin like today will make him difficult to dominate against Becker or Ivanisevic.

[@yinhuili]

I think his game got better as he get older. His second surge at age 30 was unbelievable. He was a return wizard and he punished his opponents on the field. He has so many game planes in a game that he rarely let his opponents to figure him out. His overall games in his later years were just so interesting to watch.

[@courtsidggyuhhg]

Andre was my goat! Locked watching him play, even with all of his ups and downs

[@bartonez123]

"Having about 10 grand slam victories". Weird quote. He had 8. Why use the term "have about" like it's an approximation? It's not like it's an unknown number, it's 8. Considering most of the info seems to be lifted straight from his Wikipedia page, and it's probably his most important statistic, it's probably something worth more than an approximation. It's also incorrect in the video description currently too.

[@kanifuker721]

In my 50yrs alive he married the greatest female tennis player i've ever watched and still the only player in history male or female to have done the Golden Slam in Steffi Graf. Agassi was one of the greatest returners of the big serve era and an outstanding player also, loved watching him play and so glad when he eventually came and played Queen's & Wimbledon. Great video, thanks.

[@Courtside_Tennis]

❤️

[@richcampbell6808]

STEFFI was actually a women. Serena was 1000% born male as her father stated by mistake when they were young

[@redlavish7027]

Graft would have got battered by Williams

[@rajusaha855]

@@redlavish7027 yeah in terms of slam Serena is ahead of Steffi but Serena failed to surpassed Steffi's total week & year end no 1, total WTA titles, golden slam, quadruple slam & winning percentage. Meanwhile Margaret Court had the most slams with 24.

[@davidtaranto9084]

never thought about tennis till i was about 15 from watching agassi. never played before. ended up getting a college scholarship for tennis. wish i would have started sooner. if he would have had the discipline in his early years he had in the later years he would have won many more majors. so great to the see the great human he has become.

[@youngrob2121]

Andre has been the only person to make me watch a full tennis match... I remember when I was young and my brother was watching him... Now I'm sure when I first started watching andre it was only because my older brother liked him so of course that meant I was going to like him just because... But he ended up being my favorite and watching his matches on my own free time as I got older

[@dzonyLM]

Its Ivanisevic!!! And you are so wrong! Laver won all 4. And agassi wont all 4 as a only player in history before grass slowed down. He won wiblwdon on quick grass with Becker, Stich, Lendl, McEnroe, Sampras and Edberg in draw…

[@yup466]

Michael stick won everything. Jk....

[@DMT-ix9zj]

He was always my favorite America. I loved Johnny Mac but Andre for me was best ever. Total class act.

[@NikoMalekMusic]

I met Andre Wayback win after he lost to Sampras at the SAP open. I remember how kind and gracious he was taking pictures with us.

[@mikedfurman]

Good video but man those pronunciations are killing me! Might want to look a few of those up before your next video :)

[@outatime16]

Agassi is the cleanest ball striker of all time. He is the pioneer of the modern tennis technique. Never seen him shanked a ball. His mobility was his weakness but his clean striking and anticipation compensated it.

[@魚-c3d]

I don't know if we can call this modern technique, because he used to hit extremely flat compared to today's high topspin. Not taking anything from him though, his ball striking was absolutely stunning even at 35.

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

Hitting flat is harder. More difficult. Andre gets points for that compared to todays heavy topspin and easier degree of difficulty.

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

@@karlsalocks Left to right absolutely. Agassi had great lateral movement.

[@ABPerlov]

The pronunciation of the names Wilander, Ivanesevic and Stich was hilarious! Almost as though it was read for the first time ever.

[@thomasmedeiros5722]

As a player and coach Agassi been a great example of how to dominate the baseline. If you watch him you will see how he frequently steps into the court, hitting on the rise and takes control of the rally.

[@hiwayman981]

A true tennis great - I followed him right up until the end in 2006 at the Open, and then a little afterward on the Senior's Tour. His work on and off the court is a thing at which to marvel, and commentators still talk of his achievements to this day. Certainly Andre is in the discussion of the ten best men's tour players ever; maybe not a tennis "God", but kind of the "Hercules", the "mere mortal" among other gods in tennis who relied upon hard work and process to earn the accolades that he accrued while on tour, thereby cementing his place on tennis' "Olympus".

[@Courtside_Tennis]

Agreed!

[@koartiste4756]

Andre is my idol for ever... incredible tennis player and character!

[@bipolarminddroppings]

I loved watching Agassi and Sampras do battle. My fav two players of all time.

[@richcampbell6808]

He's one of the best ever.

[@boudusaved4719]

Andre was such a favorite player of mine that I named my son after him...well him and Andrei Tarkovsky and Andrei Bazin...3 great Andre(i)s

[@jkj1459]

I LIKED ANDRE AGGASI BECAUSE OF HIS STYLE AND RETURN OF SERVES AND POWER GENERATED HITTING THE BALL ON THE RISE

[@honuman39]

I worked the 1986 Volvo tournament at Stratton, Vt as a court attendant. He made an impression on everyone but was unknown at that time. He beat Tim Mayotte who was top 25 at the time I believe. After that win everyone wanted to know who he was. I don't know if that was his coming out party but I've always thought it was.

[@bobbarker7462]

He made tennis a rockstar sport & had the younger generation watching.

[@IAMMOVIN4WARD]

I remember respecting how dedicated Andre was to turning his life around in the late 90s.

[@Actorclown]

Got some stuff wrong & you know it’s not hard to learn how to pronounce the names of players. Other than that enjoyed it. Agassi was my favorite American player of that era.

[@dannywhite9975]

AA is 1 of d most influential n' gifted athletes ever.

[@jomarigarcia1309]

Andre and Roger will forever be my favorites

[@The5thBranch]

I don’t think ppl realize, truly realize what fighting spirit Agassi has. When he fell out of the top 10, he was in the 200s. Ppl just don’t understand what the challenger circuit is, no ex-top 10 player, much less a grand slam winner would be seen dead there. It would have been humbling, humiliating, and even embarrassing to play at that level. He did what he had to do to get back to playing tournaments worth more points. I have so much respect for him because of that. After all that, my GOAT at that time was McEnroe. But when I’m crushed from defeat in my own life I always draw on what Agassi achieved in 1998.

[@gastondeveaux3783]

His goodbye speech at flushing meadows was unforgettable.

[@blackdogRexy]

I saw him play against an up and coming Pat Rafter at the 95 Aussie Open and had high hopes for Rafter. I could not believe how little resistance Rafter had as Agassi just destroyed him. I recall he destroyed just about every other opponent as he went on to win the tourney while barely dropping a set.

[@TennisLover82]

What if Andre Agassi loved tennis in the same way players like Nadal, Federer and Djokovic do? I think that in terms of overall talent, no question that he should be sitting at or near the top today. That he was able to achieve as much as he did, despite hating it, says quite a bit. Pretty sure Pete wouldn't have had nearly as many titles as he did at the end of his career. I think it's Andre who would have ended with more.

[@peterflorino9692]

Easy now. Don't compare him to the real greats of tennis. He wasn't great. Very good but not great

[@slaonestephens7575]

He couldn’t have loved it like them because they were not forced to play and abused by their farther like he was

[@TennisLover82]

@@Skiiiiiifreeeeeee Andre's work ethic only became elite in the last third of his career when he re-committed and chose to play tennis at a pivotal point where he almost had it taken away from him. Pete's work ethic was actually pretty high.

[@TennisLover82]

@@slaonestephens7575 I agree. I think that more credit should be given to his career when you think about what he had to endure growing up and that he hated tennis for much of his career while achieving so much.

[@flame-sky7148]

Once, Agassi got over the "image is everything" and changed coaches, he reached his goals. He would have had more GS if it were not for Sampras, but that's just the way the ball bounces. He was a child prodigy like Tiger. An amazing athlete and role model. He started that Academy School in Vegas now other tennis superstars like Nadal followed in the blueprint that Agassi started.

[@jkj1459]

HE WAS LIKE A SUPER STAR DURING GRANDSLAM EVENTS EVEN IF IT WAS FIRST ROUND

[@wtafwasthat]

"As good as Andre was some rivals always got the upper hand against him sometimes" 🤔 This made me think of "60% of the time it works everytime". 😅

[@joakimokand6789]

Andre was one of the greatest players. However, there was another male player to hold 3 of 4 Grand Slams in a single year (as you state at 10:40 in the video) in the years between Rod Laver and Andre Agassi. Mats Wilander won 3 of 4 slams in 1988.

[@sfbadboy]

You mispronounced Wilander, Ivanisovic, Stich... inexcusable

[@rockinggator969]

Yes, I noticed the same 🙂

[@arthung2]

how about he won "about 10 grand slams"? lol

[@migelowsky]

Ivanisevic 😛

[@your_favorite_pariah2120]

Good ol’ Mats Willender 🙄

[@jimmtech]

Embarrassing to watch a video where the presenter murders the names of so many prominent players. Obviously was not there and never watched any of their matches. What a taint on the legacy of those players - years later, so-called professionally produced videos cannot even pronounce their name correctly. Please do a little research before putting out a video. How would you like your name badly mispronounced on videos that will remain for years on the internet?

[@carseye1219]

I admire that he was willing to put in the work when his first act crashed. Him not taking wild cards into events until he got his ranking back up was gutsy. Some things about him bothered me. I read his book. Hated that he chose to do the "I hate tennis" theme to it. Hey, everything good in his world happened because of tennis. It just didn't ring true. And I wished he had handled his firing of Brad Gilbert better. While I know he had some problems with his dad, he could've been kinder. But, career Grand Slam. That's special.

[@jton6852]

Agassi was a favorite of mine in the 90's era, but I don't think he every exhibited the dominance of the top guys. Obviously he had a lot of racquet talent, and again he was one of my favorites, but the sheer dominance you see from the top guys in their best years, the ability to win the majority of tournaments they enter, is something he never had.

[@skullleaderx4986]

What if Andre Agassi got really fit and conditioned in his early 20s? He would definitely have won more grand slams! He got really fit in his 30s and won titles but I can only speculate what could have been

[@carrington8999]

For me young Andre is the embodiment of the 90’s era.

[@niceguy1774]

That he was still a Grand Slam Finalist years after Sampras had retired is what keeps Andre in that upper circle.

[@PaulWolfe1]

Best player ever other than the serve. He won Wimbledon in 1992 never serving more than 110 mph. He improved his serve a little but was never better than average on the serve.

[@fred718]

This is a how-to guide on mispronouncing player names.

[@queent3343]

He had 8 grand slam victories.

[@bartonez123]

Yeah I don't know why the video is saying "about 10" lol. Also technically, it's 8 titles, with 224 victories within Grand Slam tournaments. But this video can't even get the basics right.

[@JohnCoates-l2o]

I think Agassi is often forgotten or underrated, but he and Roger Federer are the only two players that would have dominated the game in any age, under any conditions in the game's history. Underestimated, because his greatest weapon - his hand eye coordination, buying him precious milliseconds in every exchange - isn't really something you'll notice until you walk out and play him. But tennis thrives on time - anything that can keep the ball in the line of vision just that little bit longer. Then the geometry of the court can be perfectly processed and attacked. His success, notwithstanding: he's not unusually tall, with no big serve, no imposing volley game, and a huge comeback to even greater success - even though the game had continued to evolve. Eleven years between turning pro, and returning to no.1 - that's a very long time in modern tennis. He did it all by constructing and winning good points. He got no free points - he had to win them all. Close thirds? Maybe David Nalbandian, maybe Nick Kyrgios with proper coaching - his footwork is atrocious and he plays consistently low IQ tennis. Stefan Edberg I never saw play a bad point, either. But too many other champions of the game have got there by winning with bad or one-dimensional tennis. Agassi was much more subtle.

[@jonglewongle3438]

He was originally a case of this long-haired ' whatever ' on the circuit. But after he did some Tony Robbins motivationalism he got to be decidedly consistent. He became a fairly safe bet at very short odds with head-to-head wagers on the ATC circuit.

[@Chaggy1978]

Andre Kirk Agassi was the first man to win all four singles majors on three different surfaces (hard, clay and grass).

[@Courtside_Tennis]

Yup!

[@Foxentails]

He's about 6th all-time in my view. Won 8 slams. Only a 50% record in slam finals, though. 1-4 against Sampras is slam finals. But, as mentioned, had the golden slam accomplishment. Sampras never won a French open, so he had that on Pete at least.

[@stephenglasse9756]

Beat Pete in the Australian open semifinal though and then went on to win it! Agassi had to work harder because his service wasn't great but probably had a better all round game 1 Novak 2 Nadal 3 Federer 4 Agassi ( all four slams plus Olympic gold plus year end tournament plus #1 plus last slam of last millenia and first of the present: Agassi is the chosen One)

[@stephenglasse9756]

@@Skiiiiiifreeeeeee well he did top Pete. Pete never won French Open clay even though he desperately wanted it. Eight slams (including all four) + Olympic gold puts Agassi ahead. And as is indisputable Sampras had a far superior serve so what would Agassi's results be if his serve was as good as Djokovic

[@stephenglasse9756]

@@Skiiiiiifreeeeeee Pete did have a better service and the service is the most important part of the game and you're right that it's not to his discredit he had a better service. But I will say that if I had a choice between having eight slams including all four on four surfaces vs 14 slams but without the french I'd take the former. I can accept that in headtoheads Sampras is the superior player but I think Agassi's career slam results are superior. There was no Nadal so Pete had no excuse. Djokovic managed to beat Nadal and even Federer took his chance when Nadal was out.

[@stephenglasse9756]

@@Skiiiiiifreeeeeee no way would Agassi swap all four slams for a mere numerical advantage. Its quality over quantity and Agassi wins. If Sampras was that great there's no justification for not winning the french which was one of the two most important slams

[@stephenglasse9756]

@@Skiiiiiifreeeeeee I don't think that's really true about the french. When Borg played THREE were on grass so the french was the only real hill to climb We know Sampras wanted the french but unlike Federer Djokovic Agassi he failed in every attempt.

[@crunchtimeeats347]

Could be a wrong observation but I felt his physical and mental strengths peaked at different points of his career. Add to that the psychological issues, and he still won a lot. We will never know how much more he could’ve won if he was focused for say two decades, but such is sports.

[@Courtside_Tennis]

He definitely accomplished a lot, even though he had the off court struggles and drama

[@josephcoakley6062]

Andre is arguably a better player than Pete if he had his mental and physical game on check during what should of been his prime years. So much potential wasted in the mid 90s

[@Courtside_Tennis]

With that being said would you consider Pete the greatest of the 90's?

[@petes6521]

Agassi was the first player in the modern era to win all four majors during his career. Something Pete Sampras, McEnroe, Lendl, Borg, Connors and other greats were not able to do during their careers.

[@SonateSonate]

Add to that Olympics, Davis Cup and ATP Finals. Something Federer, Djokovic or Nadal were not able to achieve either.

[@MarkEWallace]

Well, no. Rod Laver won all four of them in 1969.

[@antonreyneke6191]

Imagine if he was taller and had a serve like sampras,would have been totally unbeatable,was the best ever in changing direction of the ball from the baseline

[@sometimesfriendly9839]

He lost that French Open final to Courier because of a rain delay. They came back out and the match completely turned around in favor of Courier.

[@Courtside_Tennis]

^^^^

[@dannywhite9975]

Has been like a ride on roller coaster slow down boy u make my head spin!

[@dm1927]

I'm a great fan of Andre. I got to see him play a final against Brad Gilbert, he took match in little over an hour. But he's no goat.

[@redbluffman3278]

Sorry, I have to delete you if you say Mats Willander when his name is pronounced Mats Veelander.

[@Courtside_Tennis]

I appreciate you pointing this out, I want I just realized I said "Will-inder" and not "Will-ander"

[@MttSuddarth]

Andre started playing his best tennis at the end of his career when his body was failing him. Imagine how much he would have accomplished had he taken winning seriously from the get-go. But then again, that's what made him Andre Agassi, and he wouldn't have been as popular if not for his struggles and his overcoming them.

[@SonateSonate]

I disagree. He played his best tennis in 1995 both technically and physically. But he was mentally stronger (more focused and devoted) in his thirties. The defining moment was meeting Steffi Graf.

[@MttSuddarth]

@@SonateSonate That's what I mean. The mentality and physicality never met up. Imagine if they had.

[@thehandseesall]

You lost me the moment you said "about 10 grand slams" you should know that info man...

[@novaxdjokovic9592]

Easily the best returner imo

[@Courtside_Tennis]

He sure was great!

[@steveharaslin3822]

Andre was fantastic player, one of the best, no doubt. Maybe the most talented. The reason why he has ´´only´´ 8 Slams is because, in 90ties there were more competetive players not just three who were able to win Slam and there was Pete of course...

[@outatime16]

yes today's generation are snowflakes, making it the weakest era of all time and inflating the numbers of Nadal and Djokovic. The young talents are so absorbed and distracted with social media, that's why there's only 1 player (Medvedev) born in the 90s who's won a grandslam. Thiem's win doesn't count because of that lockdown.

[@blameitonben]

It's because in the 90s, the courts were so fast, you could show up and get blown off the court by someone having a good day.

[@rajusaha855]

No, the big 3 are too good. They didn't allow others to win slams. But Sampras or Agassi were not that good & consistent to dominate whole year like big 3 did. Frankly players like Muster, M. Stich, S. Bruguera, Moya & korda would have zero slam during big 3 prime. Similarly players like David Ferrer, Tsonga would have slam winner, Murray would have 7 or 8 slams in 90's, Medvedev would have atleast 3 slams already.

[@floridapmi]

He wasn't the best, but he was the most entertaining to watch play, his game was easy on the eyes.

[@RFED2O]

No chance !! Only one goat and he was is and will be the greatest talent and exciting player to watch NOT ANDRE AT ALL !!

[@seatime674]

@@RFED2O What are you talking about??. The person you are responding to already said he wasn't the best are you rubbing it in by saying NOT ANDRE IN CAPS??... Oh God please tell me you're not referring to Novax...

[@naysayer1238]

@@seatime674 Oh God, please don't tell me you are yet another corporate stooge...

[@seatime674]

@@naysayer1238 Be quiet and go put curlers in your hair and vacuum, men are talking here!

[@naysayer1238]

@@seatime674 lol Which is it, junior, are you a one of the mo -_ rons who think that you are campaigning for "GOAT" for Nadal or Federer, or are you just a stooge of Big Pharma?

[@rizwanramzan5729]

Agassi's serve was mediocre for a pro however his returning and groundstrokes were amazing that it made him awesome. Imagine if Andre had a better serve.. wow

[@stephenglasse9756]

He'd have dominated Sampras with a good service

[@SonateSonate]

Mediocre in his early days, but he improved it a lot throughout his career.

[@saheribrahim5124]

agassi was very good , he could defeat every body and has the edge over every body with the exception of pete sampras , there was actually no rivalry , it was a one way direction for pete sampras due to the nature of the courts they faced most of the time ( fast paced courts), for some reason also he had problems also with jim courrier and has a losing record against him

[@jaquevius]

It's pronounced Vilander not Willander...anyway, love Agassi and miss the old battles with the American crew

[@arjunsinhharer4448]

Andre won all 4 slams when all the surfaces played drastically different than one another

[@Yuliasoebeno4929]

My favourite tennis player #AndreAgassi ❤❤❤

[@jonathanwilson1393]

He INFLUENCED JOE DIRT'S HAIR 🐐🐐

[@earnthis1]

He was flashy and stylish, but also had amazing fortitude.

[@MarkEWallace]

Cmon. Learn to pronounce the names correctly. Wilander, Ivanišević, Stich.... You're a tennis channel.

[@Romans8-9]

I read his.auto bio. He didnt throw the match against Gomez. He said he was worried about the wig coming off.

[@TheCajunAsian]

If i had to choose the best ground stroker in history, Andre comes first... in his prime, he was literally a ball machine... he can hit every shot cross or down at any time he felt like it... best offensive serve returner of all time (when he could reach the ball, cant criticize him for reach because Novak is more flexible and has longer limbs)... When I was younger and in a funk, even though Pete was my fav, I always thought about Andre's groundies and it got me right back on track... If I am teaching someone those strokes, Andre would be the model example... simple, compact, powerful, and effective to all situations. The fact that he had one of the worst volleys in the history of any elite player and still won ALL 4 GRAND SLAM EVENTS on all 4 tough surfaces (and gold) when grass was NOT meant for baseliners, not sure if people realize how tough it was to hit off that surfaces after the bounce and be offensive at the same time... All credit to Rafa but no way he would have had the same result on that surface... back then how many baseliners won Wimbledon? Enough said

[@stevencoardvenice]

His forehand was perfect

[@martinferguson4255]

Agassi.......❤❤❤

[@roeeorland]

Nice video, weird mispronunciations of Wilander and Ivanisevic

[@thelolguy007]

My favourite ever 👏🔥

[@chiccoduro813]

How Good Was Andre Agassi Actually? He was absolutely stunning...! 😲💥

[@noeldacosta7621]

Narrator: "... that is, clay, grass and hardcourt" Video: "clay, green hardcourt, blue hardcourt"

[@deepakmahajan4978]

Andre agasi was the star to carry sports. Pete didnt have mass star appeal like andre. Andre had hollywood and endorsements

[@Courtside_Tennis]

AGREED!

[@jmar5127]

Imagine if he took his craft serious in the beginning like he did in the ladder stages of his career..