Superstars Martina Navratilova and Martina Hingis will be the headline ‘legends’ at the June 16-20 event in Calderstones Park, alongside former Men’s Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek and former World number four Greg Rusedski.
The legendary ladies will clash in an all Czech showdown during the hugely popular event.
Hingis famously came out of retirement in 2008 to play Liverpool and enjoyed the experience so much she came back last year to use the event as a warm up before her competitive seniors return at Wimbledon.
The Liverpool International tournament began in 2002 and has since become the catalyst for four further events that now take place each summer in Manchester, Nottingham, Oslo and Marbella.
Event organiser Anders Borg said: “We’ve expanded from humble beginnings in Liverpool into quickly becoming a pan-European wide event that is already a highlight in each city’s corporate calendar. We are proud of now being branded the biggest tennis exhibition in Europe.
“This has been largely been due to the success of the Liverpool tournament because others have looked on enviously at what the city has created and wanted their own.”
He added: “Liverpool City Council over the years has also given us tremendous support enabling the tournament here to reach out to more than 60,000 children since we began. Without them, we would never have been able to expand and achieve the profile we now enjoy.”
The Liverpool event over the years has attracted such stars as John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, current world number two Novak Djokovic and ladies world number one Caroline Wozniacki.
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