Andre Agassi is the author of Open, a memoir about professional tennis, family pressure, fame and his conflicted relationship with the sport that made him famous. Written with J. R. Moehringer, the book begins with Agassi's childhood under an intensely demanding father and follows training at Nick Bollettieri's academy, his rise on the professional tour, major tournament wins, injuries, relationships and periods of collapse and recovery. One of the memoir's defining tensions is that Agassi repeatedly describes disliking tennis even while building his identity and career around it. The book also discusses image, coaching, friendship and his later educational foundation. Open fits sports memoir, tennis writing and celebrity autobiography, but its appeal extends beyond match history because it focuses heavily on motivation and the cost of sustained elite performance. It is the central book-length account of Agassi's career from his own perspective. Read more Less
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