Andre Agassi' Grand Slam Finals Matches

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One way to measure the quality of an opponent in a Grand Slam final is the count the total # of Grand Slam titles the opponent as won - Opponent Grand Slam (OPS). This is in a way somewhat superficial, but it is a quick way of numerically looking at a player's opponent. Here are Andre Agassi's stats:

8 Grand Slam wins
1) 1 GS, Goran Ivanisevic, 1992 Wimbledon
2) 1 GS, Michael Stich, 1994 US Open
3) 14 GS, Pete Sampras, 1995 Australian Open
4) 0 GS, Andrei Medvedev, 1999 French Open
5) 0 GS, Todd Martin, 1999 US Open
6) 2 GS, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 2000 Australian Open
7) 0 GS, Arnaud Clement, 2001 Australian Open
8] 0 GS, Rainer Schuttler, 2003 Australian Open

Total Win OGS: 18
Avg Win OGS: 2.25

The distribution of the Win OGS is:
0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 14
Hence the Median Win OGS is: 0.5 (the mean of 0 and 1)

7 Grand Slam runner-ups
1) 1 GS, Andres Gomez, 1990 Roland Garros
2) 14 GS, Pete Sampras, 1990 US Open
3) 4 GS, Jim Courier, 1991 Roland Garros
4) 14 GS, Pete Sampras, 1995 US Open
5) 14 GS, Pete Sampras, 1999 Wimbledon
6) 14 GS, Pete Sampras, 2002 US Open
7) 12 GS, Roger Federer, 2005 US Open

Total Runner-up OGS: 73
Avg Runner-up OGS: 10.43

The distribution of the Runner-up OGS is:
1, 4, 12, 14, 14, 14, 14
Hence the Median Runner-up OGS is: 14

Overall OGS: 91
Avg Overall OGS: 6.07

Agassi's top rival in Grand Slam finals is Sampras.

Agassi v. Sampras (GS finals): 1-4
Agassi v. Sampras (overall): 14-20