“Open: An Autobiography” by Andre Agassi – The Making of a Legend

While most people only watch tennis when there is no American football, soccer, basketball or hockey playing, dismissing it as being a lighter sport with less intrigue. However, there are many others who have taken the time to learn about the sport, its history as well as its players, and they know the emotions don’t run lower than in any other professional sport. Andre Agassi was one of the greatest tennis players of his time, having won a total of eight Grand Slams and claiming victories over some of the sport’s greatest athletes.

Open: An Autobiography is Andre Agassi’s tale, detailing the life he led to becoming one of the greatest tennis players of all time. It starts with his childhood during which he was already groomed to become a tennis champion by a demanding father. 

He touches on topics such as winning his first Grand Slam at the age of twenty-two, how the fame and wealth affected him, his double-sided relationship with the sport, his marriage with Brooke Shields and even his ever-growing interest when it comes to philanthropy. 

Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi (Book cover)
One commendable thing about this book is that Andre Agassi describes everything in vivid and precise detail. He touches on his highs as much as his lows, and it just feels that he is being completely honest about how felt at each period of his life. 

We get to learn some pretty interesting things we couldn't have come across by just watching him play the game, getting to see the person, the human behind the seemingly unstoppable athlete.

All in all, if you are interested in the biographies of famous professional sports figures, then I highly recommend that you check out Andre Agassi’s autobiography; it is filled with heartwarming moments as well as harrowing accounts of mental suffering. You don’t even have to be a fan of tennis to enjoy this book, at least that’s what I believe.

Andre Agassi (Author)

Andre Agassi


Andre Agassi was born in Las Vegas, and quickly rose to prominence as being one of the best tennis players in the world. Now retired, Agassi has more than enough time to look back on his illustrious career, creating an opportunity for him to put his experiences in writing, as he did in his autobiography.



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