Open

"Open" is the autobiography of tennis champion Andre Agassi, published in 2009. Agassi worked with Pulitzer Prize-winning author J. R. Moehringer, who served as the book's collaborator and ghostwriter.

Agassi makes a number of surprising revelations, including that he hated tennis for much of his career, that he used the recreational drug crystal meth in 1997, and that his famously long hair was enhanced with a hairpiece early in his career. The book also details his difficult relationship with his father, who pushed him into the sport from a young age.

"Open" was published in November 2009 by Knopf. It debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list and went on to become one of the best-selling sports autobiographies of all time.

Yes, Agassi collaborated closely with J. R. Moehringer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the memoir "The Tender Bar." Moehringer conducted hundreds of hours of interviews with Agassi to craft the narrative voice, which reads almost like a novel.

The book details Agassi's rivalries with several tennis greats, most notably his intense battles with Pete Sampras, whom he faced 34 times between 1989 and 2002. Agassi also discusses his relationships with contemporaries like Boris Becker, Jim Courier, and Stefan Edberg, as well as his friendship with coach Brad Gilbert.