Tennis legend Martina Navratilova will play in this year's Eastbourne Tournament.

The 43-year-old tennis legend, who has won the singles crown at Devonshire Park on ten occasions, will return with South African Marianne de Swardt in the doubles.

Navratilova, who also won nine singles crowns at Wimbledon and two at the Brighton Indoor Tournament, has been playing team tennis in America since her retirement in 1995 will be yet another star name for the event that starts on Monday June 19.

Russian sensation Anna Kournikova and last year's Wimbledon semi-finalists Jelena Dokic and Alexandra Stevenson have already confirmed they will be playing.