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50 free Andre Agassi trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 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 50 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 01How many Grand Slam singles titles did Agassi win?
8
Six came on hard courts, plus Wimbledon 1992 on grass and the 1999 French Open on clay.
Q 02For how many weeks was Agassi ranked world No. 1?
101
He was year-end No. 1 only once, in 1999, ending Sampras's six-year run.
Q 03In which city was Agassi born?
Las Vegas
His parents married in 1959 after two months of dating and moved there from Chicago.
Q 04Agassi's father Mike had been an Olympic boxer for which country?
Iran
An ethnic Armenian from Tehran, he later worked in Las Vegas casinos.
Q 05Agassi's middle name Kirk honours which businessman?
Kerkorian
His father met the casino magnate while waiting tables at the Tropicana in 1963.
Q 06Agassi's sister Rita married which former world No. 1?
Pancho Gonzales
Gonzales was decades older than his bride and had dominated the pro tour in the 1950s.
Q 07At 13, Agassi was sent to which coach's academy in Florida?
Nick Bollettieri
After watching him for thirty minutes the coach said, "Take your check back. He's here for free."
Q 08In which grade did Agassi drop out of school to play full-time?
Ninth
He turned professional at 16 at La Quinta, California.
Q 09At what age did Agassi turn professional?
16
He won his first match against John Austin before losing to Mats Wilander.
Q 10Agassi skipped Wimbledon from 1988 to 1990 over objections to what?
Its dress code
He disliked the event's traditionalism, especially its predominantly white clothing rule.
Q 11Agassi attributed his 1990 French Open final loss to worrying about what?
His wig falling off
Andrés Gómez beat him in four sets; the hairpiece confession came in his memoir Open.
Q 12Who beat Agassi in the 1990 US Open final, their first major final meeting?
Pete Sampras
A year earlier Agassi had told his coach he felt bad for Sampras, who would never make it.
Q 13Agassi lost the 1991 French Open final to which fellow Bollettieri alumnus?
Jim Courier
Agassi led by a set and 3-1 when rain came; the delay rebuilt Courier's confidence.
Q 21To what ranking did Agassi sink in November 1997?
No. 141
He played only 24 matches that year amid a wrist injury and a failing marriage.
Q 22Which drug did Agassi later admit using in 1997?
Crystal methamphetamine
He failed a test, blamed a spiked drink in a letter, and admitted in Open that the letter was a lie.
Q 23Which actress was Agassi married to from 1997 to 1999?
Brooke Shields
He had earlier dated Barbra Streisand, 28 years his senior, calling it "like wearing Hot Lava".
Q 14Whom did Agassi beat in the 1992 Wimbledon final for his first major?
Goran Ivanišević
He beat Becker and McEnroe on the way; no baseliner won Wimbledon again until Hewitt in 2002.
Q 15Agassi wore Oakley sunglasses in a famous 1992 Davis Cup photo to hide what, per his memoir?
A hangover
He claimed Oakley's founder sent him a Dodge Viper for the free publicity.
Q 16Which coach, hired in 1994, pushed Agassi toward a more tactical baseline game?
Brad Gilbert
Gilbert told him to wear opponents out with deep, flat groundstrokes and win attrition wars.
Q 17Agassi won the 1994 US Open as the first man to do what?
Win it unseeded
He beat Michael Stich in the final and five seeds along the way.
Q 18What did Agassi do to his appearance in 1995, breaking with his "image is everything" era?
Shaved his head
He then won his first Australian Open at his first attempt, beating Sampras in the final.
Q 19Agassi's 1996 Olympic gold came in which host city?
Atlanta
He beat Spain's Sergi Bruguera in the final.
Q 20Whom did Agassi defeat in the 1996 Olympic final?
Sergi Bruguera
He later admitted in Open that he had thrown his Australian Open semi-final that year to avoid Boris Becker.
Q 24In 1998 Agassi rebuilt his ranking by playing which lower-tier events?
Challengers
He jumped from No. 110 to No. 6, the biggest leap into the top ten in a calendar year.
Q 25From what deficit did Agassi come back to win the 1999 French Open final?
Two sets to love down
He beat Andrei Medvedev in five to complete the career Grand Slam.
Q 26Agassi's 1999 French Open made him the first man to win all four majors on how many surfaces?
3
Hard, clay and grass; Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Alcaraz have since matched it.
Q 27Whom did Agassi beat in the 1999 US Open final?
Todd Martin
He won in five sets and finished the year as No. 1 for the only time.
Q 28Agassi ended 1999 as No. 1, snapping whose record six straight year-end No. 1 finishes?
Pete Sampras
Sampras had finished top from 1993 to 1998.
Q 29How many aces did Sampras serve in the 2000 Australian Open semi-final Agassi still won?
37
Agassi took the fifth set 6-1 and beat Kafelnikov in the final.
Q 30Agassi's 2000 Wimbledon semi-final loss, rated among the best ever there, was to whom?
Pat Rafter
Rafter beat him again in five sets in the 2001 semi-final, 8-6 in the fifth.