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==Legacy== Considered by numerous sources to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time,<ref name="SI">{{cite magazine|title=Top 10 Men's Tennis Players of All Time |magazine=Sports Illustrated |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1009/top.ten.tennis/content.4.html |access-date=July 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918231717/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1009/top.ten.tennis/content.4.html |archive-date=September 18, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="tennis">{{cite journal |title=Tennis Magazine: 40 Greatest Players |journal=Tennis Magazine |date=December 2005}}</ref><ref name="cba">{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/columns/newsmakers/andre-agassi.html |title=Tennis's love affair with Agassi comes to an end |publisher=[[CBC Sports]] |access-date=May 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725010912/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/columns/newsmakers/andre-agassi.html |archive-date=July 25, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/3030108/Grand-slammed.html |title=Grand-slammed |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=May 15, 2010 |first=John |last=Parsons |date=June 26, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525021835/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/3030108/Grand-slammed.html |archive-date=May 25, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="stars">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/5113548.stm "Stars pay tribute to Agassi"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627160909/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/5113548.stm |date=June 27, 2007 }}. [[BBC]]. Retrieved May 15, 2010.</ref> Agassi has also been called one of the greatest service returners ever to play the game, and was described by the [[BBC]] upon his retirement as "perhaps the biggest worldwide star in the sport's history".<ref name="cba" /><ref name="stars" /><ref>[http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/tennis/simon-reed/article/1176/ "Reed's shotmakers: Men's return of serve"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214193503/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/tennis/simon-reed/article/1176/ |date=December 14, 2009 }}. [[Yahoo! Sports]]. Retrieved May 15, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/sports/tennis/13tv.html "Adjectives Tangled in the Net"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501011317/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/sports/tennis/13tv.html |date=May 1, 2013 }}. ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved May 15, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-14-sp-42741-story.html "Sampras, Agassi Have Just Begun to Fight"] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Retrieved 15, 2010.</ref> As a result, he is credited for helping to revive the popularity of tennis during the 1990s.<ref name="cba" /><ref name="stars" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/dont-walk-away-andre-charismatic-gifts-of-agassi-should-not-be-allowed-to-slip-through-net-406318.html |title=Don't Walk Away, Andre |work=The Independent |location=UK |date=July 2, 2006 |access-date=June 6, 2011 |first=Ronald |last=Atkin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606110540/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/dont-walk-away-andre-charismatic-gifts-of-agassi-should-not-be-allowed-to-slip-through-net-406318.html |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Among his numerous career accolades, Agassi was named the [[BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year]] in 1992, and the 7th greatest male player of all time by ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' in 2010.<ref name="SI" /> On July 9, 2011, Agassi was inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] at a ceremony in Newport, Rhode Island.<ref name="tennis" /> Agassi earned more than $30 million in prize-money during his career, sixth only to Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, Sampras and Murray to date (May 2018). He also earned more than $25 million a year through endorsements during his career, which was ranked fourth in all sports at the time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/53/1YUQ.html |title=Forbes:Andre Agassi |work=Forbes |access-date=January 26, 2011 |archive-date=February 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217030730/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/53/1YUQ.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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