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Carlos Alcaraz becomes youngest man to complete career Grand Slam, Brief history, Complete list of career Grand Slam winners | Tennis News

Carlos Alcaraz becomes youngest man to complete career Grand Slam, Brief history, Complete list of career Grand Slam winners | Tennis News

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3 min readFeb 1, 2026 08:17 PM IST With his win against Novak Djokovic on Sunday at the 2026 Australian Open, the 22-year-old Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest man ever to complete a career Grand Slam. He became only the ninth man to do so in the history of men’s tennis. This was seventh overall Grand Slam for Alcaraz who has won two titles at French Open, US Open and Wimbledon. Career Grand Slam in tennis is achieved when any player wins all four majors (Australian Open, French Open, US Open, and Wimbledon) at once in their career. Novak Djokovic has most career Grand Slams with thrice achieving the feat while Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and Rafael Nadal have done it twice. The great Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Don Budge, Fred Prerry and Roy Emerson have achieved the feat only once with Alcaraz also joining the list now. A brief history of Career Grand Slam The history for the career Grand Slam is accounted from 1925 when French Open became an international tournament allowing players …

Andre Agassi’s professional pickleball debut off to winning start as he partners teenage star

Andre Agassi’s professional pickleball debut off to winning start as he partners teenage star

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Andre Agassi is now racking up wins in pickleball too! The eight-time Grand Slam champion, who retired from professional tennis in 2006, seems to have found a second wind in a similar-feeling-but-different sport: pickleball! A day after he turned 55 years old, Agassi joined hands with an 18-year-old partner, Anna Leigh Waters, to claim a win in the mixed pro division at the US Open Pickleball Championships on Wednesday. Agassi and Leigh Waters defeated a pair of even younger teens 11-8, 9-11, 11-7. Leigh Waters is the top-ranked player in the world in women’s singles. According to Forbes, Waters earned more than $3 million playing pickleball in 2024. The report called her pickleball’s “biggest and most marketable star”. Story continues below this ad A report on CNBC’s website, stated that the partnership had come about after Leigh Waters’ suggestion, which Agassi accepted. “She’s probably sick of winning so much, and that’s why she called me and asked me to play,” Agassi joked. “We both tend to err on the aggressive side, and I think that …

Jaden Agassi, son of tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, set to pitch for Germany | Sport-others News

Jaden Agassi, son of tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, set to pitch for Germany | Sport-others News

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Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf‘s son, Jaden, will pitch for Germany’s baseball team in the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers in Tucson, Arizona in March. Choosing baseball over tennis, the sport of his famous parents, Jaden previously played at USC and in the MLB Draft League. He’s representing Germany due to his mother’s German roots. If Germany qualifies, he’ll play in the main tournament in 2026. Despite his parents, Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, being tennis legends with a combined 30 Grand Slam titles, Jaden Agassi chose baseball over tennis. “Agassi is a very tennis-oriented last name. The goal is to try to make it known in baseball,” he had told WKBN, a local Ohio television channel. Story continues below this ad “I had a growth spurt in high school and started throwing harder, which is when coaches began to notice me. I felt I had a future in this sport.” Even though his baseball career started strong, Jaden Agassi faced numerous obstacles. A 2019 arm injury, coupled with the pandemic, caused him to miss playing …

Will Novak Djokovic find it tougher to compete because his great rivals have retired? Andre Agassi cites an example from his career | Tennis News

Will Novak Djokovic find it tougher to compete because his great rivals have retired? Andre Agassi cites an example from his career | Tennis News

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Eight-time Major winner Andre Agassi said that Novak Djokovic might find it difficult to emotionally given that his great rivals have now retired but warned not to right him off. At 37, Djokovic is at the business end of his career too, and has seen the retirements recently of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray – the once Big Four. Agassi cited the experience from his own career where he had to deal with the retirement of his great rival Pete Sampras. “He’s already done so much, so long, and it’s hard to imagine longer. I think he’ll run out of the energy for it more than the capability of it, I would imagine,” Agassi at an event in Bengaluru, according to PTI. “It cannot be easy, especially when the people you came to the dance with have left,” Agassi said. “When Pete (Sampras) retired, it was a blow to me. It set me back a little bit. It made me have to rediscover my inspirations on some level. And he’s (Djokovic) lost the …

Advantage pickleball: Why new sport is out-serving traditional disciplines like tennis and badminton | Sport-others News

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It was Novak Djokovic who fired the warning in July this year. The 24-time Grand Slam champion said that tennis was being challenged by the popularity of new sports like pickleball. “On a club level, tennis is endangered. If we don’t do something about it, globally or collectively, paddle, pickleball in the States, they’re gonna convert all the tennis clubs into paddle and pickleball,” said the Serbian tennis legend. Djokovic’s warning is already playing out in many metro cities in India, with pickleball gaining fans rapidly. And as another all-time great of tennis, Andre Agassi scheduled to visit India in January to promote a pickleball tour and league, the sport is expected to get a push and greater visibility. Even now, in cities like Mumbai where space is at a premium, pickleball has gained roots both in the well-heeled clubs and gymkhanas on one hand and in smaller arenas that have courts available on an hourly basis. All of Mumbai’s prominent clubs like Juhu Gymkhana, Khar Gymkhana, Cricket Club of India, Bombay Gymkhana, and Willingdon …

Andre Agassi to visit India in January to promote pickleball | Sport-others News

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Former World No 1 tennis player and eight time grand slam champion Andre Agassi is set to visit India in January next year to inaugurate the PWR DUPR Indian Tour and League, a major event that aims to popularise pickleball in the country. “I’m excited to visit India and bring the excitement of pickleball to its fans. I look forward to the PWR DUPR Indian Tour & League and hope it will be a great success in the country,” Agassi said in a video message. Agassi has won four Australian Open titles, a French Open and Wimbledon each, and two US Open titles, as well as a gold medal in men’s singles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The PWR DUPR Indian Tour and League follows the recent introduction of a new rankings structure by Pickleball World Rankings (PWR), along with the launch of the PWR World Tour and PWR World Series. Ahead of the main event in January, the PWR DUPR India Masters, including the “Battle of the League: Stage 1,” a PWR 700 event, …