Professional tennis player. Born April 29, 1970, in Las Vegas,
Nevada. Agassi’s Iranian-born father, Mike Agassi—an Olympic
boxer in 1948 and 1952—was determined that one of his four
children (two sons and two daughters) would grow up to be a
tennis champion. Andre, his youngest child, was his last and
best hope, and Mike Agassi reportedly introduced his infant son
to the sport by dangling a tennis ball over his crib. By the age
of three, Agassi was considered a tennis prodigy.
