Top 5 Australian Open champions in the Open Era

#4 Andre Agassi

2006 U.S. Open - Men's Singles - Third Round - Andre Agassi vs Benjamin Becker

Andre Agassi was always the talking point on the court due to his flamboyant style of playing and dressing. The man from America is quite the legend of the sport with 8 Grand Slams to his name which include four wins at the year-opening Grand Slam.

The former World No. 1's third career Grand Slam win came in 1995 when he faced off against long-time rival Pete Sampras in a four-set match at the Australian Open. He surpassed the challenge to claim his first ever Slam title in the country Down Under.

After a five-year gap Agassi found himself in the final again, against former World Number 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia, who was the defending champion. Agassi went on to defeat Yevgeny and win his second Australian Open title.

Going into 2001 as the defending champion, Agassi stayed true to the expectations and warded off Arnaud Clement in straight sets to win his third title in Melbourne. In 2003, Agassi was pitted against Rainer Schuttler of Germany whose challenge Agassi overcame easily in three sets to win his 4th Australian Open title.