[1] Andre Agassi, the flamboyant ex-rebel turned elderly statesmen makes his final appearance (of his 20 year career) on the tennis court this next couple of weeks in the [2] 2006 US Open Grand Slam Tennis Championship. Hopefully he can survive long enough to make a grand finale. Andre is one of the last out of the super brat pack and great American tennis hopes to retire i.e. the last of the talented American quartet consisting of (Agassi), [3] Pete Sampras, [4] Jim Courier and [5] Michael Chang. Also deemed the most natural and versatile player of his generation, he holds the current record for the only man in the modern era to win all 4 Grand Slam tennis titles (The Australian Open, The French Open, Wimbledon and The U.S Open) - a feat not even tennis greats like [6] John McEnroe, [7] Jimmy Connors, [8] Boris Becker and [9] Roger Federer could do.

American tennis and tennis is general will lose it’s flavor without characters like him - an old school tennis player. The last great tennis rivalry of Sampras vs. Agassi, is a distant past… no one has actually matched/ lived up to the hype of their exciting rivalry of the 90s. He was the face of tennis for a long time, and will be greatly missed.

Thank you Andre for the interesting roller coaster career, the Hollywood appeal, the dramatic Grand Slam tennis wins, the great hype and for making tennis as popular as it is today. Thanks for also giving back so much to the sport and its community (with your [10] Agassi Foundation for underprivileged kids and [11] Agassi College Prep Academy).

We may not wait long to have another Agassi to star in particular sport, he and tennis legend wife ([12] Steffi Graf) already have two children. I won’t bet against at least one of their kids having a natural sports talent - let me take an educated guess… in tennis?