Tennis Legends Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf Reveal the 1 Rule in Their Marriage
Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf each have an incredible legacy in the game of tennis. Although they’ve both retired from the sport, they’ve kept up the spirit of competition through their love of pickleball.
Like many people who were looking to stay active during the pandemic, the athletic duo found that their interest in the sport only grew over time. Agassi and Graff are so good, that they even won ESPN’s Pickleball Slam 3 in February. The dynamic duo pocketed a $1 million prize against former tennis colleagues Andy Roddick and Eugenie Bouchard.
The married couple are a great team on the court, but they do have rules about their marriage — and pickleball — off the court.
"We don’t play each other. We prefer to be on the same side of the court,” admitted 55-year-old Graff to People. That competitive edge, which kept them at the top of their game as elite athletes, probably shined through during their pickleball matches. Graff collected 22 Grand Slam titles throughout her storied career while Agassi has eight Grand Slam titles to his name.
The tennis stars, who have been married for 24 years and have two children, son Jaden, 23, and daughter Jaz, 21, share more than just love on the tennis court. "We love cooking together," Agassi told E! News in March 2024.. "We love hiking together. We love even grocery shopping together, dividing and conquering. So, it's real life. And we're blessed."
The 54-year-old retired USTA athlete has advice for anyone wanting a successful marriage.
"Choose wisely," he joked. Agassi was previously married to actress Brooke Shields from 1997 to 1999, so he has experience in trying to make a marriage work. “There's a respect, there's a discipline, there's a commitment,” he noted about his marriage to Graff. “And then you need two that are doing that, everything else will get in balance. And we work on it every day, and I'll never stop."
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