The world number one-ranked Australian will be looking to defend the quad singles title he won last year with victory over Great Britain’s Andy Lapthorne.

Lapthorne, who also lost to Alcott in the Rio 2016 Paralympic final, will once again provide opposition in the four-man round-robin event.

Completing the line-up is Australia’s Heath Davidson, who partnered Alcott to quad doubles gold at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, and the United States’ David Wagner.

Competition is also due to take place in the men’s quads doubles in which Lapthorne and fellow Briton Jamie Burdekin are the reigning champions.

France’s Nicolas Peifer is due to begin the defence of his men’s singles title against Japan’s Yoshinobu Fujimoto, while The Netherlands’ Jiske Griffioen will first face either Japan’s Momoko Ohtani or Saki Takamuro as she bids to retain her women’s singles crown.

Peifer is also part of the reigning men’s doubles duo along with compatriot Houdet.

Germany’s Sabine Ellerbrock and South Africa’s Kgothatso Montjane hold the equivalent women’s title.

The five-day International Tennis Federation (ITF) Super Series event is scheduled to begin tomorrow and starts exactly two weeks before the opening day of wheelchair competitions at the Australian Open in Melbourne, the first Grand Slam of the year.

Alcott is the defending quad singles champion at the Australian Open, while Britain’s Gordon Reid, who is also in line to compete at the Sydney Wheelchair Tennis Open, and Griffioen are the respective holders of the men’s and women’s singles titles.