Yes but he most likely would have also won the 1993 Wimbledon and 2001 U.S Open.
Those 2 slams are far from certain. At 1993 Wimbledon, there's Becker and Courier, the latter of whom beat Agassi 6 times in a row from 1991-1995. Becker showed in 1995 what he is capable of doing to Agassi at Wimbledon, so that match is far from certain either. As for the 2001 US Open, there's Safin and Hewitt in the way.
Wimbledon 1993- he owns Becker and Courier's worst surface by far is grass. Agassi nearly beat Sampras and had the level to beat both, despite not being at his best physically.
1993 Wimbledon didn't have a single rain delay, so the dry grass meant that the ball bounced higher than normal, favouring Courier's game.
2001 U.S Open- Agassi owned Hewitt up to that point. Hewitt didnt start getting the better of Agassi for awhile until he had the mental lift of that U.S Open title.
Just remember what Hewitt did to Kafelnikov and Sampras.
Gomez was a quality clay courter but aging and past his physical prime by then, and even in his prime he wasnt able to make it that deep at a French until that year.
Gomez had an excellent 1990 clay-court season, certainly better than Agassi's, and he was ranked at number 7 in the world during the 1990 French Open, just 2 places below Agassi. In the semi finals, Gomez beat Muster in straight sets, the man who had won the 1990 Rome Masters and had been runner-up at the 1990 Monte Carlo Masters.
Lendl won in 1989 and 1990. He wasnt that great at the Australian, he won in years he didnt play anyone or when Edberg was injured and had to retire in the final (1990). I am even more impressed with Lendl's Wimbledon final runs than his Australian Open titles given how he lost nearly everytime he came up against another top guy who finished the match there.
I'd say Mecir, the man Lendl beat in the 1989 Australian Open final, is the best player never to win a slam. At the 1990 Australian Open, Edberg was very unfortunate in the final and had to retire, but both Lendl and Edberg would have been a big handful for Agassi, in my opinion.
Courier owned Agassi but on rebound ace which is Agassi's favorite surface it would have been alot tougher.
Have you seen Courier's run in the 1992 and 1993 Australian Opens? They were both pretty dominant, especially 1993.
1992 Australian Open
Round of 128: Jim Courier def. Rodolphe Gilbert (6-4, 7-6, 6-3)
Round of 64: Jim Courier def. Thomas Enqvist (2-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4)
Round of 32: Jim Courier def. Thomas Muster (6-1, 6-4, 6-2)
Round of 16: Jim Courier def. Marc Rosset (6-3, 6-1, 6-3)
Quarter Final: Jim Courier def. Amos Mansdorf (6-3, 6-2, 6-2)
Semi Final: Jim Courier def. Richard Krajicek (Walkover)
Final: Jim Courier def. Stefan Edberg (6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2)
1993 Australian Open
Round of 128: Jim Courier def. Lars Jonsson (7-5, 6-0, 6-3)
Round of 64: Jim Courier def. Robbie Weiss (6-2, 7-5, 6-4)
Round of 32: Jim Courier def. Guillaume Raoux (6-4, 6-3, 6-4)
Round of 16: Jim Courier def. Sergi Bruguera (6-1, 6-3, 7-6)
Quarter Final: Jim Courier def. Petr Korda (6-1, 6-0, 6-4)
Semi Final: Jim Courier def. Michael Stich (7-6, 6-4, 6-2)
Final: Jim Courier def. Stefan Edberg (6-2, 6-1, 2-6, 7-5)
And Becker who won in 1991 was owned by Agassi on all courts since 1990.
The same Becker that Agassi said he deliberately avoided in the 1996 Australian Open by tanking his semi final match against Chang?
Sampras won in 1994 and he has never beaten Agassi down under.
Sampras was a better player at the 1994 Australian Open than what he was at the 1995 Australian Open and far less distracted too. Just looked at how he crushed the 2-time defending champion, Courier, in straight sets at the 1994 Australian Open in the semi finals. Agassi was also a lot better player by the time of the 1995 Australian Open (ranked number 2 in the world), than what he had been at the same time a year earlier (ranked number 23 in the world).
Fair enough.
