Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of
professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a
remarkable life.
Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left
the crib. 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.