Open

Andre Agassi is one of the most talented tennis players in the world, but his success was hard-earned. From an early age, his father pushed him into tennis, and the child prodigy from an immigrant family became a rebellious superstar on the Centre Court through iron discipline and hours of relentless training. "I hate tennis," Andre Agassi confessed when he was at the top of the world rankings – and then fell from grace. In his autobiography, he speaks openly and honestly about painful defeats, the pressure to succeed, and a life caught between the drive for perfection and rebellion. His spectacular comeback against all odds and his love for Steffi Graf ultimately made Andre Agassi the great personality he is today. He advocates for the education of underprivileged children and can give them back what his triumph cost him.

"Open" is the unflinching and deeply emotional self-portrait of an exceptional athlete, describing the inner dynamics of tennis and the outer drama of fame more vividly than ever before.

"Open" reads less like a book about the sport of tennis and one of its most successful representatives, and more like a novel about a quest for self-actualization that was doomed to fail for many years.