My parents are Wimbledon legends but I want to make my name in totally different sport after being picked by my country

THE SON of tennis icons Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf has vowed to become a sporting icon, in baseball.

Agassi, 54, and Graf, 55 are among the most highly regarded tennis legends on the planet.

American Agassi won eight men’s singles grand slams and is one of just 13 players to win the career grand slam – all four majors.

Meanwhile, Graf won 22 women’s singles grand slams, was ranked the world No.1 for a record 377 weeks and is the only player in tennis history, male or female, to have won each major singles tournament at least four times.

So it would make sense to think that their eldest son, Jaden, might choose to pursue a career in tennis.

However, the 23-year-old instead intends to walk down the path of baseball.

Speaking to WKBN News, Agassi said: “Agassi is a very tennis last name, of course.

“The goal is to try to make it a baseball one.”

Agassi picked up a tennis racquet many times during his formative years but insists he only has a real love for swinging a baseball bat instead.

And despite being born in Nevada, USA, he is now set to represent his mother’s home country, Germany, on the world stage.

It comes after he joined Team Germany ahead of the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers for the 2026 World Baseball Classic set to be held across Japan, USA and Puerto Rico from March 5-17.

The qualifiers themselves started on February 21 and will run until March 6.

Speaking to MLB.com, he said: “I’m so excited [to play for Germany].

“It’s been a dream of mine since I was a little boy to compete on an international scale.

“[I want to] make my mom proud, make Germany proud and do them right.”

Agassi is said to have become an impressive pitcher.

He impressed in the 2024 MLB Draft League with a 2.96 earned run average and was named Player of the Week on July 8, although his college numbers were not overly impressive.

Agassi has previously admitted he wasn’t much good at tennis as he could not keep the ball in.

But he realised he had a real love for baseball when he realised all he wanted to do was hit the tennis ball as far as he could.

He added: “I started playing baseball when I was six years old in T-ball.

“I loved it. I’ve picked up a tennis racquet a good amount, but it was always hard for me to keep that ball in between the lines.

“I just wanted to hit that thing as far as I could. Baseball had my love since day one.

“I entered college with the ability to be a decent pitcher, but I was a thrower.

“And because of lost time I was behind the eight ball.

“But at the University of Southern California I was blessed with some great coaches who began teaching me the art of pitching.”

Agassi’s parents married in 2001 and he also has a younger sister, Jaz born in 2003.

Germany, ranked 17th in the world when the Pool tournament draw was made, will start their games on March 2 in Arizona against China before facing Brazil and Colombia.

The USA qualified for the tournament in the 2023 Pool tournament and last won the World Championship in 2017 after losing to Japan in the 2023 Championship game.