More young people with tennis star parents may come to visit.
Serbia’s former world number one Novak Djokovic’s 10-year-old son Stefan has been playing for some time. He won a club tournament a few years ago and was also seen hitting with his father on the Wimbledon practice range.
The mother of America’s 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams’ eldest daughter, Olympia, says she is a natural at sports but prefers golf.
Meanwhile, tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf made a conscious decision not to force their children to learn the sport.
Graf, a 22-time major singles champion, said the pair had “never been introduced to tennis so much in their lives.”
Agassi wrote about how strict his father was in his autobiography, Open. said in 2024, external: “The idea that parents grant a child the right to be loved in this world based on his or her performance is a tragedy.
“It’s crazy what someone has to do to turn pro at 16, right?”
