Open by Andre Agassi

Open

An Autobiography

Andre Agassi

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · August 10, 2010

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life. • "Agassi’s memoir is just as entrancing as his tennis game.” —Time “Honest in a way that such books seldom are.” —The New York Times Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib.

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Who it’s for
A searching memoir that makes professional tennis inseparable from the life lived beyond the court.
Genres
Sports Lives, Personal Memoirs, Tennis
Published
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, August 10, 2010

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life. • "Agassi’s memoir is just as entrancing as his tennis game.” —Time “Honest in a way that such books seldom are.” —The New York Times Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib.

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Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twenty-two Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game’s highest honors. But as he reveals in this searching autobiography, off the court he was often unhappy and confused, unfulfilled by his great achievements in a sport he had come to resent. Agassi writes candidly about his early success and his uncomfortable relationship with fame, his marriage to Brooke Shields, his growing interest in philanthropy, and—described in haunting, point-by-point detail—the highs and lows of his celebrated career.

Beyond the Court

A searching memoir that makes professional tennis inseparable from the life lived beyond the court.

Come here for

  • The strange friction between elite tennis and personal fulfillment
  • A candid look at fame, family, and a career’s highs and lows

Expect

  • Candid reflection on success, resentment, and celebrity
  • Career highs and lows told in point-by-point detail

Where it sits

Sports Lives88%
Tennis88%
Personal Memoirs58%

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Publisher categories

  • Sports Lives
  • Personal Memoirs
  • Tennis
Authors
Andre Agassi
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published
August 10, 2010
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Sports Lives