The competition, which will take place at Nottingham Tennis Centre on October 25-28, will be the first major international wheelchair tennis competition on British soil since the Paralympics and the men's singles looks to be the headline attraction with Dutch world number two Maikel Scheffers and British number one and defending champion Gordon Reid both in attendance.

Reid, the world number eight, will be looking for a repeat of last year when he beat the impressive Scheffers in the final but as well as the Dutch star, he will face competition from fellow Britons and London 2012 Paralympians Marc McCarroll and David Phillipson.

"This is my first chance to get onto court competitively since the Games and it'll be the chance to blow away a few cobwebs and to start playing tennis again" said British number three Phillipson, who is from Nottingham.

"I love playing in my home town and hopefully the public will come along and support us again."

Defending champion Gordon Reid will be looking to repeat last year's performance

Shuker and Whiley (pictured top), both previous winners of the women's singles at the Nottingham Indoor Tournament, are competing again this year alongside world number three and defending champion Sabine Ellerbrock of Germany.

Meanwhile, world number four Andy Lapthorne, who partnered former Nottingham Indoor champion Peter Norfolk to the quad doubles silver medal at London 2012, heads an all-British entry in the quad event.

"After the success of the London 2012 Paralympics, this is another chance to see many of the world's leading players in action and, after hosting July's British Open, the Tennis Foundation is delighted to be bringing world class wheelchair tennis back to Nottingham once again," added tournament director Patrick Hughesman.

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