Agassi “figured there was a fifty-fifty shot” that Graf was the one for him.
Agassi “figured there was a fifty-fifty shot” that Graf was the one for him.
Agassi “figured there was a fifty-fifty shot” that Graf was the one for him. Having already made “one bad call,” he thought that maybe his chances could be higher. “But sometimes the universe whispers, sometimes it screams,” Agassi said in an interview with The Cut.
He claimed that when he was in the process of divorcing Shields, the Pretty Baby actress put a picture of Graf’s legs in a heart-shaped magnet on the fridge because those were the legs she was striving for. Agassi noted, “That’s the universe screaming,” adding, “It’s a bullhorn.”
Days before Graf was due to give birth to their first child in October 2001, she and Agassi tied the knot in a low-key ceremony. The tennis star revealed in his memoir that he and Graf invited their mothers and a Nevada judge to their house, where they exchanged vows in their courtyard “barefoot and wearing jeans.” The couple used twists of old raffia that Graf found in a drawer for their wedding bands.
The couple welcomed the first of their two children, son Jaden Gil Agassi, in October 2001, followed by their daughter, Jaz Elle Agassi, on Oct. 3, 2003. He revealed in his book that after their daughter was born, he and his wife, like they had done with their son, secretly vowed that Jaz wouldn’t play tennis. Although their son didn’t follow in their tennis footsteps, Jaden plays another sport. In 2019, the baseball player signed with the University of Southern California, while his proud mom and dad stood behind him.
According to Agassi, his kids never had a moment where they realized that their parents were famous — instead, they eventually began to understand why people would come up to them and want to talk to him and Graf in public.
While talking to PEOPLE in March 2024, Agassi said, “You go through a whole phase of them going, ‘Well, this makes no sense that the people are coming up as if there’s a big deal.’ And then they start to put together why it’s a big deal.”
He continued, “They start to realize they’re looking behind the Wizard of Oz curtain and they realize it’s not all that. So there’s a healthy balance that kind of is inevitable through the whole process.”
Graf was overcome with emotion after Agassi introduced her at her International Tennis Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2004. “As I attempt to find words worthy to introduce the person that has changed my life, I realize the words have yet to be invented that are large enough, colorful enough, or true enough to express the heart and soul of this woman that I love,” Agassi said in his speech.
Agassi concluded his remarks by calling his wife “the greatest person” he’s ever known. As she took the mic, an emotional Graf said, “Not that this occasion isn’t emotional enough, but to hear you are loved so much is amazing.”
