1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles 1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Michael Stich was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Pete Sampras. Andre Agassi defeated Goran Ivanišević in the final, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships. This was Agassi's first Grand Slam tournament title and the first step towards completing an eventual career Grand Slam, although his only subsequent Wimbledon final was in 1999. Jim Courier was attempting to become the first man to win Grand Slam titles on hard court, clay and grass in the same calendar year after winning
Andre Agassi first eight years of his career, Agassi chose not to play at Wimbledon from 1988 through 1990 and publicly stated that he did not wish to play there because of the event's traditionalism, particularly its "predominantly white" dress code to which players at the event are required to conform. Strong performances on the tour meant that Agassi was quickly tipped as a future Grand Slam champion. While still a teenager, he reached the semifinals of both the French Open and the US Open in 1988 and made the US Open semifinals in 1989. He began the 1990s with a series