1999 Wimbledon Championships 1999 Wimbledon Championships The 1999 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 113th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 21 June to 4 July 1999. The total prize money for 1999 championships was £7,595,330. The winner of the men's title earned £455,000 while the women's singles champion earned £409,500. Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 Lindsay Davenport defeated Steffi Graf, 6–4, 7–5 Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes defeated Paul Haarhuis / Jared Palmer, 6–7, 6–3,
Andre Agassi Olympic boxer from Iran and Elizabeth "Betty" Agassi (née Dudley). His father claims to have Armenian and Assyrian heritage. One of his ancestors changed his surname from Aghassian to Agassi to avoid persecution. Andre Agassi's mother, Betty, is a breast cancer survivor. He has three older siblings – Rita (last wife to Pancho Gonzales), Philip and Tami. Andre was given the middle name Kirk after Kirk Kerkorian, an Armenian American billionaire. Agassi, a waiter at Tropicana Las Vegas, met Kerkorian in 1963. Agassi at the age of 12 (with his good friend and doubles partner Roddy Parks) won the 1982