Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf: All About the Tennis Stars’ Marriage and Family
While he was admittedly “taken by” the fellow tennis player in the early 1990s, the pair did not tie the knot until a decade later.
Agassi, who was previously married to actress Brooke Shields, once told Forbes India that the “highest point of his life” was when Graf accepted his marriage proposal.
“She was the hardest to win,” he declared.
Speaking to The Cut in 2014, Agassi noted that he respected Graf “from a distance and marveled at her” early on. The tennis power couple, who have both since retired from the sport, went on to wed in 2001 and are now parents of two.
“What has transcended everything has been the common ground we share and our basic approach toward life. It’s better to be lucky than good sometimes,” Agassi told Parade of him and Graf. “I don’t feel like I have any answer to how to have successful relationships, but I do feel overwhelmed with the joy that I feel every day.”
In January 2024, the couple rang in the new year together, posing for a photo that Agassi shared on Instagram. “With Love ❤️,” he wrote in the caption.
From their first introduction to their marriage and family life, here’s everything to know about Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf’s relationship.
Agassi had a crush on Graf prior to meeting her
Agassi developed a crush on his future wife before meeting her in person. “I’ve had a crush on Steffi since I first saw her doing an interview on French TV,” he wrote in his memoir Open. “I was thunderstruck, dazzled by her understated grace, her effortless beauty.”
Following the French Open in 1991, Agassi tried to get a message to his crush. “But she didn’t respond,” he shared in his book.
They were formally introduced after winning Wimbledon the same year
Agassi had the chance to meet Graf after winning his first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 1992. She won the ladies’ singles tennis title at the tournament the same year. Agassi was “dying to go” to the Wimbledon Ball that he’d heard about for years because the men’s winner got to dance with the women’s winner. He even purchased a tuxedo from Harrods for the event, but was informed that the dance had been canceled.
“I don’t get to dance with Steffi, but there will be a kind of consolation match: a formal introduction. I look forward to it all night. Then it happens,” he penned in his book. “Shaking her hand, I tell Steffi that I tried to reach her at last year’s French Open and I hope she didn’t misunderstand my intentions. I say, I’d really love to talk with you some time.”
