Andre Agassi will return to the BBC for this year's Wimbledon coverage, the broadcaster confirmed. The 1992 Wimbledon champion, now 56, made his debut with the BBC in 2025 and will be back for the latter stages of the 2026 Championships. He will be joined by 2014 women's singles runner-up Eugenie Bouchard, who joins the BBC roster for the first time.
Eight Grand Slam Titles and a Private Life
Agassi won eight Grand Slam singles titles during his career, including four Australian Opens. Since retiring in 2006, he has stayed active physically and pursued various ventures. In the 1990s, he was part of a high-profile celebrity couple during his marriage to actress Brooke Shields. The pair divorced in 1999, and he subsequently married seven-time Wimbledon champion Steffi Graf.
Agassi and Graf tied the knot in 2001 in an intimate ceremony with just four people present: their respective mothers. They opted to forgo a lavish celebration with hundreds of guests.
Family Life Out of the Spotlight
The tennis power couple have two children: son Jaden and daughter Jaz. The family has kept their personal lives firmly out of the spotlight, with the youngsters—now adults—making only occasional public appearances. Jaden has pursued baseball at the University of Southern California, while Jaz has shown a propensity for dance and horseback riding. "Agassi is a very tennis last name, of course. The goal is to try to make it a baseball one," Jaden told WKBN in 2024.
Coaching and Pickleball Ventures
Almost two decades after his final match at the 2006 US Open, Agassi has returned to the court for exhibition matches and coaching. He coached Novak Djokovic between 2017 and 2018 and led Team World to a 15-9 victory over Team Europe at the 2025 Laver Cup, with Taylor Fritz and Alex De Minaur among the standout performers.
Beyond tennis, Agassi's primary interest is pickleball. Both he and Graf have been spotted playing, and he has invested financially. Agassi was among the prominent investors in Ballers, a start-up establishing sports and entertainment facilities across the United States with an emphasis on pickleball and padel. The start-up secured $20 million (£15.2 million) in a Series A funding round, with fellow tennis stars Sloane Stephens and Kim Clijsters also supporting it.
Agassi dismissed claims that pickleball threatens tennis participation. "I love watching pickleball, but only until I get to that point of wanting to go play it," he said in 2024. "I've seen pickleball save so many tennis clubs because people come and play. This sport translates culture, it breaks down cultural barriers. It's people, it's community, anybody can play it."
