Women's top seed Diede de Groot of the Netherlands faces Britain's Jordanne Whiley in the first round of the French Open women's wheelchair singles competition ©Getty Images

Diede de Groot of the Netherlands and Shingo Kunieda of Japan are the top seeds as the men's and women's singles competitions begin four days of wheelchair action at Roland Garros.

Starting tomorrow (Wednesday) a total of 20 players are competing across the men's and women's wheelchair singles and doubles and men's quad singles and doubles competitions.

The first day of wheelchair action sees the quarter-finals take place in the men's and women's singles weather permitting.

In the men's singles top seed Kunieda faces French wildcard Frederic Cattaneo, second seed and defending champion Gustavo Hernandez of Argentina plays Britain's Gordon Reid, France's Stephane Houdet takes on Britain's Alfie Hewett and Belgium's Joachim Gerard is in action against France's Nicolas Peifer.

In the women's singles top seed de Groot faces Britain's Jordanne Whiley in a repeat of a match from the first round of last month's US Open, won by de Groot in straight sets.

Second seed Yui Kamiji of Japan faces the Netherlands Marjolen Buis, French wildcard Charlotte Famin takes on the Netherlands Aniek Van Koot while Japan's Momoko Ohtani plays Kgothatso Montjane of South Africa.

Men's singles top seed Shingo Kunieda of Japan faces French wildcard Frederic Cattaneo in the first round in Paris ©Getty Images
Men's singles top seed Shingo Kunieda of Japan faces French wildcard Frederic Cattaneo in the first round in Paris ©Getty Images

The doubles competitions start later on during the four day event, and are being contested by players who are also in singles action.

The top seeds for the men's event are French pair Houdet and Peifer who face Fernandez and Kunieda, with the other semi-final pitting second seeds Hewett and Reid, the British pairing, against Cattaneo and Gerard.

In the women's doubles, the top seeds are Dutch pairing de Groot and Van Koot, who face Montjane and Ohtani, while in the second semi-final second seeds Kamiji and Whiley face Buis and Famin.

The men are also contesting singles and doubles competitions in the quad wheelchair discipline, later on during the four days.

In the singles top seed Dylan Alcott of Australia faces Dutch wildcard Sam Schroder and second seed Andy Lapthorne of Britain takes on American David Wagner.

The quad doubles is played as a straight final with Alcott and Lapthorne teaming up and playing Schroder and Wagner.