Andre Agassi Net Worth Money and More

By anushree garg | August 9, 2014 0 Comments

Net Worth: 175 million

Profession: Tennis player

 

Andre Agassi is a tennis player and his full name is Andre Kirk Agassi. Andre Agassi was born in the year 1970 on 29^th April. Andre Agassi was born in the hospital of Las Vegas, Nevada. He got an advantage of his good height; he was 5 ft and 11 inches tall that is 180 cm. Andre Agassi was a right hand player. He was considered to be one of the most winning and great player of his time. Andre Agassi’s father was Emmanuel “Mike” Agassi who was an Iran’s former Olympic Boxer. Emmanuel Agassi was with the descent of Assyrian and Armenian.

Early Life

Andre Agassi’s mother was Elizabeth “Betty” Agassi and the sad news about his mother Betty was that, she was a victim of breast cancer and survived through it. Ander Agassi was not the only child, he had his three older siblings; Rita, Philip and Tami. Andre Agassi’s father was very supporting and motivating one. Mike did not even think once before wagering his house on a bet for Andre and trusted him. Andre Agassi also stood up on his father’s expectations when he was 9 years old and won that bet. That bet was about playing a match with the Jim Brown in the year 1979; he was also warned by the club owner, since the club owner knew that Andre Agassi can lose the match.

Career

Andre Agassi had great interest in the tennis when he was just nine and at age of 13 years old, Agassi’s father put him into the Nick Bollettieri’s Tennis Academy which is situated in Florida. Mike at that point of time was not rich and did not have enough money to pay the whole amount of Tennis academy’s fees for the whole year, so he admitted Andre Agassi for three months only and paid the three months fees to Nick Bolletieri. While learning, how to play tennis with Nick, Andre Agassi played so well that within 30 minutes Nick got impressed with Andre and Nick Bollettieri called his father, Mike to give him back his total fees amount paid by him. Nick Bollettieri said to his father that Andre Agassi posses natural qualities and traits of playing tennis and just need a push, Andre can play here free of cost because Andre does not need to be taught by him in spite  of this Andre just need practice under a good coach. For the tennis, Agassi was so passionate that he even dropped his school in 9^th grade. Andre Agassi soon became a professional tennis player champion. Andre Agassi was not a ordinary player, he was a very loving, happy and charming individual. Andre Agassi brought back the image of tennis in the 1990s; it used to have in the earlier times. Tennis again became interesting and exciting. Andre Agassi is an eight time Grand Slam winner in Single tennis matches. In the year 1996, he became the champion in Olympics and became Olympics gold medalist. He comes amongst those four individuals who have won in the Open Era, Career Grand Slam award.

Personal life

Andre Agassi started dating an American entertainer Barbra Streisand in the 1990s. Barbra was older than Andre Agassi and so their relationship was always displayed on the news with a spice. But Andre Agassi did not pay much attention towards that news and continued his relation with Barbra Streisand. Then in the year 1997, he gets married to Brooke Shields. Their marriage did not last much and they soon get separated in the year 1999. Andre Agassi again sets his wedding in the year 2001 on 22^nd October with Steffi Graf. Around four days later only, a happy new knocks Agassi’s door, he was holding his son, Jaden Gil in his hand. Then in the year 2003 in October, Agassi was again blessed with the baby girl that is his daughter, Jaz Elle. Agassi said that he and his wife, Steffi Graf does not want to push their children towards the field tennis. They wanted them to earn success in whichever field they had interest. At that time Agassi started working on different things like making fitness equipment for those individuals who are of his tennis line, with the help of his nearest friend and best trainer, Gil Reyes.  

Richness

He is a very rich personality. His leads a very luxurious and lavish lifestyle. His profession has made a lot of money for him. His estimated net worth is said to be $175 million. He has performed quite well in his career. He owns many properties and expensive assets. He is also considered to be the world’s best tennis player. Andre Agassi Charitable foundation also belongs to him only. He owns a big house which is located in Tiburon. The estimated market value of the house is $20 million. The house is extremely beautiful and is equipped with all the facilities. The house covers a total of 10,500 square feet of area. The house encompasses two swimming pools and a huge staff quarter. He also has a property in San Francisco. The property in San Francisco is also very beautiful and expensive.