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- lifting him to a Number 4
- ranking. Andre was only
- 18 years old -- the
- youngest male pro ever
- to hold that position! By
- October, he was Number 3 in the world.
-
- But in 1989 his game went into a slump
- again, and Andre slipped to Number 7. In
- 1990, he won the IBM/ATP Tour World
- Championship, reached the finals of the
- French Open, and bounced back to Number
- 4. Still, his career had been filled with ups
- and downs and he had yet to win even one
- of the sportΓÇÖs four biggest tournaments: the
- Grand Slam events. In 1991, he reached
- the finals of the French Open again, but
- suffered a disappointing loss after
- leading two sets to one.