It will be directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Chris Smith

Andre Agassi by James Bollettieri

Apple TV is to make a docuseries about tennis icon Andre Agassi.

The as-yet-unnamed series comes 16 years after the publication of Agassi’s highly regarded memoir, Open: An Autobiography.

The series “will tell the thrilling, complex, inspiring story of an American legend,” says Apple. It will be directed by Emmy Award-winning Chris Smith and produced by Smith’s Library Films. The series will be executive produced by Stacy Smith and Justin Gimelstob.