 | Born: 29/4/70 Nationality: American Seeded: 6 World ranking: 6 French Open best:
Winner (1999) Recent record:
2003: Quarter-final
2002: Quarter-final
2001: 2nd round |
Agassi goes into the French Open in his now familiar role as the veteran of the field, and it would be a huge surprise if he were to lift the title for a second time. The American virtually conceded he did not expect to progress at Roland Garros when he elected to miss all the European Masters events on clay.
In his only warm-up event, he was defeated in the first round by doubles specialist Nenad Zimonjic in St Poelten.
Many believe Agassi will announce his retirement at the end of this year after recent signs that he may just be falling short at the highest level.
The 34-year-old, an eight-times Grand Slam winner, picked up four titles last year and returned to the top of the world rankings thanks to his early season form.
But by his high standards, going out of the French Open in the quarter-final was a disappointment, and losing a round earlier at Wimbledon more so.
Defeat to 21-year-old Juan Carlos Ferrero in the semi-finals of the US Open saw him lose his number one ranking to the Spaniard.
The Australian Open, which Agassi had won the last three times he had entered, also proved beyond him this year and he lost in the semi-finals to Marat Safin.
MMIX
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